CONTEST: Rookie otY and All-Rookie teams

[ItsGoTime]

Contest Rules:
Predict the end of season Rookie of the Year and both All-Rookie Teams
* Make note the date to get your final prediction and any edits to your prediction will be 10/24/2023 @ 12p CST. This is a day earlier than the Mavs record prediction as this is the official date of the start to the regular season. I will post to timestamp the predictions as closed around that time.

Contest Scoring:
25 points for predicting the correct RotY
5 points for every player you correctly pick on the correct All-Rookie team
1 point for every player you name that is on any of the All-Rookie teams, but not predicted on their correct team

Contest Award:
Big Brain: 23/24 RotY

[ballsrchr]

Rookie of the Year:
Chet Holmgren

First Team:
Chet Holmgren
Brandon Miller
Jordan Walsh
Auser Thompson
Amen Thompson

Second Team:
Dereck Lively II
Victor Wembanyama
Jarace Walker
Vasilije Micic
Scoot Henderson

Well...that was a lot of work--and a total crap shoot. Obviously I couldn't watch all of them, so I had to do a lot of research. Not a lot to go on with some rookies.

[Mavs2021]

ROTY: Wemby

First team:

Wemby
Holmgren
Scoot
Miller
A. Thompson (I take the 2.5 points), just kidding. Ausar Thompson.

Second team:

Walker
Lively
Whitmore
George
Amen Thompson

[HoosierDaddyKid]

After what I saw last the other night, vs the Heat, no way Wemby is on the rookie second team.

ROTY: Wemby

1st team.
Wemby
Scoot
Holmgren
Whitmore
Ausar Thompson

2nd team

Amen Thompson
Miller
Bufkin
Walker
Black

[ItsGoTime]

RotY: Scoot

1st team:
Scoot
Ausar
Amen
Black
Walker

2nd team:
Miller
Lively
Wallace
Dick
Hawkins

Wemby and Chet will not play 65 games and will therefore not be eligible for inclusion.

[ballsrchr]

Wemby and Chet will not play 65 games and will therefore not be eligible for inclusion.

Ah so, Grasshopper.  Deep thinking...and you may be right.

[ItsGoTime]

Ah so, Grasshopper.  Deep thinking...and you may be right.

Ya, was trying to take the games played into account for the other awards too. It’s a huge wrinkle in an otherwise, mostly crapshoot.

[ItsGoTime]

Thank you to those who participated. Predictions are locked.