Nobody picked the Pelicans to win 1. Orion Bailey - Total Diff 10; Pick Diff 10; Margin Diff 6 2. Chris Craig - Total Diff 11; Pick Diff 10; Margin Diff 5 3. Lanny - Total Diff 12; Pick Diff 8; Margin Diff 0 4. rotary111 - Total Diff 14; Pick Diff 11; Margin Diff 4 5. KingSpeed - Total Diff 18; Pick Diff 14; Margin Diff 6 6. honkicracker - Total Diff 18; Pick Diff 14; Margin Diff 14 7. GrandpaBlaze - Total Diff 20; Pick Diff 13; Margin Diff 2 8. BUNTA - Total Diff 23; Pick Diff 14; Margin Diff 1 9. * Community Average Prediction * - Total Diff 23; Pick Diff 16; Margin Diff 7 9. e_blazer - Total Diff 25; Pick Diff 17; Margin Diff 5 10. Hoopguru - Total Diff 26; Pick Diff 16; Margin Diff 2 11. trailblazer18 - Total Diff 27; Pick Diff 18; Margin Diff 5 12. Darkwebs - Total Diff 29; Pick Diff 18; Margin Diff 3 13. BlazerBeachBum - Total Diff 33; Pick Diff 20; Margin Diff 3 14. PHXBlazer1 - Total Diff 36; Pick Diff 22; Margin Diff 4 15. Magoo - Total Diff 53; Pick Diff 31; Margin Diff 5 ----- Starter Bench Prediction Results Starter Points 68, Bench 27 1. rotary111, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 13, Pick Diff = 12 2. BUNTA, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 14, Pick Diff = 13 3. trailblazer18, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 18, Pick Diff = 17 4. Darkwebs, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 18, Pick Diff = 18 5. GrandpaBlaze, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 19, Pick Diff = 16 6. e_blazer, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 19, Pick Diff = 18 7. Chris Craig, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 22, Pick Diff = 16 8. KingSpeed, Picked Right Group = Y, Total Diff = 34, Pick Diff = 24 ----- Contributor Prediction Results 1 GrandpaBlaze - Damian Lillard off by 3 2 KingSpeed - Damian Lillard off by 3.5 3 e_blazer - Damian Lillard off by 4.5 3 Darkwebs - Damian Lillard off by 4.5 5 trailblazer18 - Damian Lillard off by 5.5 5 BUNTA - Damian Lillard off by 5.5 7 rotary111 - Damian Lillard off by 6.5 8 Chris Craig - Damian Lillard off by 7.5 9 Hoopguru - C.J. McCollum off by 6 Actual Player Contributions 1 - Damian Lillard, 39.5 2 - C.J. McCollum, 28 3 - Jusuf Nurkic, 25 4 - Zach Collins, 20 5 - Ed Davis, 18.5 6 - Evan Turner, 15.5 7 - Al-Farouq Aminu, 12.5 7 - Pat Connaughton, 12.5 9 - Shabazz Napier, 4.5 10 - Wade Baldwin IV, 1.5 Gramps...
If anybody had picked the Pelicans to win they'd have been tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail. I'd heartily suggest that no one pick the Pelicans to win any of our remaining games against each other.