1996 Finances and Recommendations

Movie Recommendations

This year, the movies that we recommend are: Independence Day, Twister, Mission: Impossible, Jerry Maguire, The Rock, The Nutty Professor, The Birdcage, A Time to Kill, Phenomenon, Scream, Michael, Space Jam, Broken Arrow, Courage Under Fire, Jack, Tin Cup, Happy Gilmore, Set It Off, Matilda, Black Sheep, Eye for an Eye, That Thing You Do!, From Dusk Till Dawn, Kingpin, The Craft, D3: The Mighty Ducks, The Juror, Multiplicity, Fear, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, The Crow: City of Angels, Bio-Dome, Ghosts of Mississippi, Dunston Checks In, Bordello of Blood, Swingers, Barb Wire, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, and Race the Sun

The total collected by movies (which grossed over $1 million) is $5.445 Billion. Our fees from our services are $54.45 Million.

Recommended TV Shows

ER, Seinfeld, Suddenly Susan, Home Improvement, Frasier, Spin City, The Drew Carey Show, The X-Files, Walker Texas Ranger, Mad About You, Caroline in the City, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Ellen, JAG

Music Recommendations

For music albums for 1997, we recommend: Radiohead- OK Computer; Limp Bizkit- Three Dollar Bill, Y'all; Bone Thugs 'N Harmony-The Art of War; Bjork- Homogenic; Deftones- Around the Fur; Silverchair- Freak Show; Megadeth- Cryptic Writings; Spawn soundtrack; Incubus- S.C.I.E.N.C.E.; Coal Chamber-Coal Chamber.

The estimated number of units for the best-selling albums for 1997 is 955 million copies at the average cost of $11 per album, which should give us a share of $78.985 million.

Video Game Recommendations

The recommended games for this year for Super NES: Kirby Super Star; Game Boy: Pokémon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow; Playstation: Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Twisted Metal 2, PaRappa the Rapper; Nintendo 64: Mario Kart 64, Super Mario 64; PC: Civilization 2, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Diablo.

This year, we will make $138 Million from our services to the video game industry. The income from our forecasts and services for this year is $138 Million.

Basketball Draft Recommendations

Our recommendations for the Mavs this year are (with the best being ^, then *, +, the last good forecast is /). For players that are expected to be undrafted, we will denote them as U. The players that we do not think will sign have #. They can draft 9: Kobe Bryant and Ben Wallace.

SG/PG: Allen Iverson^ 1,

SG: Ray Allen^ 5, Kobe Bryant^ 13,

PG: Steve Nash^ 15,

C/F: Ben Wallace^ U,

G: Stephon Marbury* 4,

F: Peja Stojaković* 14, Shareef Abdur-Rahim+ 3, Antoine Walker+ 6, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas+ 20,

F/C: Jermaine O'Neal* 17,

This year, we do not recommend drafting: G: Ryan Minor#, Shawn Harvey#, Doron Sheffer#, Ronnie Henderson#, C: Joseph Blair#, Joe Vogel#, Terrell Bell#, F: Russ Millard#, Marcus Mann#, Darnell Robinson#, G/F: Ron Riley#

Baseball Draft Recommendations

For the Texas Rangers draft this year, we recommend these forecasted high-value players: (Position, Name, estimated pick), (Best=^, 2nd=+, will not sign=*)

RHP: R. A. Dickey +18, Jake Westbrook +21, Gil Meche +22, Jason Marquis +35,

LHP: Eric Milton +20,

We recommend 18: R. A. Dickey and 24: Jason Marquis for this draft. Most players drafted this year will stay in college or go to the NFL.

We do not recommend drafting this year: Willie Bloomquist*, Mike Gonzalez*, Mark Hendrickson*, Aaron Harang*, Joe Beimel*, Willie Harris*, Freddy Sanchez*, Mike Lamb*, Orlando Hudson*, Matt Guerrier*, Jason Michaels*, Chris Capuano*, Juan Pierre*, Greg Dobbs*, Jason Jennings*, Barry Zito*, Clay Condrey*.

Football Draft Recommendations

For the Cowboys, we recommend: *indicates a projected Hall of Fame player, † indicates a projected Pro Bowl player. U indicates an undrafted player that is likely to be a Pro Bowler.

OT: Jonathan Ogden‡† 4, Willie Anderson † 10, Jermane Mayberry † 25, Jon Runyan † 109,

WR: Marvin Harrison‡† 19, Terrell Owens‡† 89, Keyshawn Johnson † 1, Terry Glenn † 7, Eric Moulds † 24, Muhsin Muhammad † 43, Joe Horn † 135, Jermaine Lewis † 153,

LB: Ray Lewis‡† 26, Zach Thomas‡† 154, Kevin Hardy † 2, Tedy Bruschi † 86, Donnie Edwards † 98, Larry Izzo † U,

FS: Brian Dawkins‡† 61, Jerome Woods † 28,

DE: Simeon Rice † 3,

CB: Walt Harris † 13, Tory James † 44, Donnie Abraham † 71,

RB: Eddie George † 14, Detron Smith † 65, Stephen Davis † 102,

OG: Jeff Hartings † 23, Marco Rivera † 208,

DE: Tony Brackens † 33,

FB: Mike Alstott † 35,

SS: Lawyer Milloy † 36,

C: Mike Flanagan † 90, Casey Wiegmann † U,

DT: La'Roi Glover † 166,

K: Adam Vinatieri † U, Olindo Mare † U,

P: Josh Miller † U

The players we recommend are: 37: Tory James† 49: Brian Dawkins‡† 67: Terrell Owens‡† 94:Stephen Davis † 95:Zach Thomas‡† 157: La'Roi Glover † 167: Marco Rivera † 207: Casey Wiegmann † 243: Larry Izzo †

If we have a weak kicker or punter, we recommend the undrafted Adam Vinatieri †, and punter Josh Miller †.

Hockey Draft Recommendations

Our recommendations for the Stars this year are (with best being ^, then *, +, the last good forecast is /). For players that are expected to be undrafted, we will denote them as U. The players that we do not think will sign have #.

D: Zdeno Chara ^56, Tom Poti *59, Pavel Kubina *179, Tomas Kaberle *204,

LW: Marco Sturm * 21,

C: Daniel Briere *24,

RW: Mark Parrish *79

The players we recommend are: 5: Zdeno Chara ^, 70: Mark Parrish *, 90: Pavel Kubina *, 112: Tomas Kaberle *

Soccer Draft Recommendations

Our recommendations for the Burn this year are (with best being ^, then *, +, the last good forecast is /). For players that are expected to be undrafted, we will denote them as U. The players that we do not think will sign have #.

For the MLS Inaugural Player Draft, the best players available are projected to be:

D: Robin Fraser^4,

M: Mark Chung^6,

F: Jason Kreis^43, Brian McBride*1, Peter Vermes^29

GK: Mark Dodd^53, Zach Thornton^69,

We recommend: 3: Mark Chung, 23: Peter Vermes, 43: Jason Kreis, and 53: Mark Dodd.

We do not project any of the best players in the Supplemental Draft.