Members of the House of Strauss community are, as noted, invited to do our NBA season over/unders contest over at Sports Predict. Personally, I am agonizing over the Warriors and their O/U of 46.5. We discuss this in the pod with Steve, plus other NBA trend subjects. Topics include…

* Shoutout to Sid Kali for winning last week in NFL picks. Email me at houseofstrauss@substack.com if you wish to collect a prize

* What’s my overall strategy for making NBA picks now that I’m not deep in the weeds?

* Steve is trying to break the NBA with an idea that, in my opinion, broke the MLB

* The Rockets’ style is gaining traction, but is it good for the sport?

* That Houston Rockets O/U

* I have a non analytical reason to love the Orlando Magic OVER

* Steve and I disagree on the Lakers

* Is weather is a HUGE underrated influence on quarterback performance?

Oh, and again, details for entering the contest:

The NBA Smart Predictor Challenge

Think you’ve got one of the sharpest NBA minds around?

Here’s your chance to prove it — and maybe pocket up to $1,000 while doing what you already love: thinking deeply about basketball.

How It Works

This is the Season Win Totals Challenge — a simple but revealing test of who really understands the league.

You’ll see the projected win totals for all 30 NBA teams for the 2025–26 season.

Your job: for each team, pick Over or Under. Before the first game begins of the season begins. That’s it.

Scoring

• Winner: Whoever gets the most correct picks.

• Tie-breaker: If multiple people nail the same number of teams, we go to total net wins differential — meaning how right you were and by how much. It’s a clean way to separate luck from skill.

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