***FINAL WINS PREDICTION THREAD***

[Coolbreeze44]

Towns is so talented, and he has a good head on his shoulders. Add the fact he is very competitive and you have a very unique talent. I think he will win rookie of the year. Wouldn't surprise me if he plays in the real all star game as a sophomore.

[60WinTim]

I wasn't sure about KAT's chances at ROY going into training camp. But, damn, he's my favorite to win ROY now. He and Wiggins will be the featured players on a team that is fighting for a playoff spot in the West. Of course, that means Sam will be COY once again!

[Coolbreeze44]

I wasn't sure about KAT's chances at ROY going into training camp. But, damn, he's my favorite to win ROY now. He and Wiggins will be the featured players on a team that is fighting for a playoff spot in the West. Of course, that means Sam will be COY once again!

Douglas, Douglas, Douglas..........

[Porckchop]

25 Ws

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

My only issue with this is that it doesn't recognize folks that may have got it right from the beginning. It's not as much of a prediction if people are editing things as we go. You should at least note those that updated their predictions after X # of pre-season games.

Since no games have counted to date I don't get why these win totals wouldn't be fine. Why should there be a difference between picking at the start of camp and the end of camp? I get not allowing editing once the season has started, but the rotation has changed since the start of camp so I think it's perfectly reasonable for people to edit their guesses as long as the season hasn't started. Is your interest in noting the edits for people to say they knew it all along if they're right and didn't edit or for you to call people out for changing it for whatever reason? I don't get why that's necessary. Information changes. It's smart to re-evaluate and potentially adjust when new information is presented.

Well, let me ask you this: Let's say the Wolves win 30 games. If you have one person that predicts 30 wins before pre-season starts and sticks to their guns versus another person that predicted 38 wins prior to pre-season and then revises it down to 30 after 7 pre-season games, whose prediction was better?

Long's system doesn't differentiate between the two.

It's not that big of a deal, but in my thread I simply notated folks that made revisions or jumped into it late in the game. That sort of accounts for everything.

[mrhockey89]

I'm conflicted...part of me wants to be optimistically realistic, and part of me wants to go Price is Right on this and go 49 (or 48.01) to 1 up Tim.

But in an effort to somewhat save face, we'll go with 30...since nobody picked it yet, and I want to be original

[The Rage Monster [enjin:8010341]]

As a guy jumping in late I don't think there's really a difference since nothing changed. No one was injured, traded, or added.

The main thing this season will hinge on is health (I think the young guys will develop just fine). With all the health issues we've had in the past I think this is the season we finally remain relatively healthy and we finish with 42 wins.

[Monster]

Towns is so talented, and he has a good head on his shoulders. Add the fact he is very competitive and you have a very unique talent. I think he will win rookie of the year. Wouldn't surprise me if he plays in the real all star game as a sophomore.

It's really hard not to get pretty psyched up about him based on what I have seen in preseason. He struggled against Montoe one night and sorta dominates him the next night. He needs to get stronger he boxes out but he is young that won't be a problem. It's not hard to imagine him being the best center in the league his 3rd year. He has a long way to go on both ends of the floor but I don't see anything really holding him back and he has plenty of ability to work with.

[Monster]

I am sticking with my 29 wins I picked halfway through the preseason. Nobody else had it and I would be relatively happy if they reached that number. That would mean they didn't completely suck this year. That would be good news all things considered going into this season.

[khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]]

My only issue with this is that it doesn't recognize folks that may have got it right from the beginning. It's not as much of a prediction if people are editing things as we go. You should at least note those that updated their predictions after X # of pre-season games.

Since no games have counted to date I don't get why these win totals wouldn't be fine. Why should there be a difference between picking at the start of camp and the end of camp? I get not allowing editing once the season has started, but the rotation has changed since the start of camp so I think it's perfectly reasonable for people to edit their guesses as long as the season hasn't started. Is your interest in noting the edits for people to say they knew it all along if they're right and didn't edit or for you to call people out for changing it for whatever reason? I don't get why that's necessary. Information changes. It's smart to re-evaluate and potentially adjust when new information is presented.

Well, let me ask you this: Let's say the Wolves win 30 games. If you have one person that predicts 30 wins before pre-season starts and sticks to their guns versus another person that predicted 38 wins prior to pre-season and then revises it down to 30 after 7 pre-season games, whose prediction was better?

Long's system doesn't differentiate between the two.

It's not that big of a deal, but in my thread I simply notated folks that made revisions or jumped into it late in the game. That sort of accounts for everything.

There literally isn't a difference between those predictions. They both predicted 30 and got it right. You aren't more right because you predicted it earlier and your prediction isn't better because they both are right in that scenario. You can't have a better prediction than someone who guessed the exact same number as you. When you guess doesn't matter as long as it happens before the season starts. I don't think this is a who was on the bandwagon first scenario like sticking with a drafted player you like. It's a simple right or wrong scenario.