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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2009-2010 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 69 Losses: 73 Ties: 2
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 49%
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AC'S FREE NBA PICKS AND COLUMN WEEK 19:
It’s Oscar time which means AC’s annual column where he compares the best picture nominees to teams/players/stories from this NBA season. Luckily, the Oscars shifted to nominating ten movies for best picture this year instead of the traditional five, so that means double the work for AC (and yes that was sarcasm). While he’s contractually obligated to write this column, he’s not getting paid to double his output (nor are you getting paid to read what would likely be a 3k word column), so AC will keep the analysis brief. Now on with the show, because this is it…
Avatar: This goes to LeDong James who is otherworldly. He’s like a video game on the court averaging 30 points, 7 rebounds, and a career best 8.5 assists per game (did I mention the 1.7 steals a game or the 50% FG%?). LeDong has led Cleveland to the best record in the NBA with only 20 games to go and has them as the favorite to win it all. He plays basketball with the agility of a gymnast, the speed of a gazelle, the quickness of champagne room hummer, and the power of religion. The guys is flat out unstoppable and AC often has to check to make sure he isn’t wearing 3D glasses or watching a video game to make sure that what LeDong does is real.
The Blind Side: This goes to the NBA’s version of Michael Oher, Leon Powe. Powe overcomes adversity like adversity is a fresh off the bus Hollywood wanna-be actress and he is a casting director. Powe grew up homeless and in foster care, his mom died while he was in high school, he ruined both of his knees in college, was a 2nd round draft pick and sat behind about seven players, earned his way into being a valuable member of a championship rotation, blew out his knee again in the playoffs and yet played through it, and then was brushed aside by his team (The Celtics) and signed by Cleveland where he rehabbed for most of this year before just coming back. The guy is not only a great fucking story but he plays with passion and intensity and he just outworks guys on the court. He is always on the offensive glass and always around the ball. If Michael Lewis didn’t want to spend his days whining about fatherhood and boning Tabitha Soren, he should write a book about Leon Powe called “Rebound: The Inspiration of the Game.”
District 9: To be honest, AC has never even heard of this movie so this goes to the annual team in which nobody has seen play, the Sacramento Kings (and this may mark the first year in Wagercom.com history that the movie no one has heard of has not gone to the Milwaukee Bucks). The Kings seem to have some nice pieces with Tyreke Evans, Omir Casspi, and now Carl Landry, but their games are shown on tv less frequently than SNL has funny sketches (and AC has taken funnier shits than any sketch on SNL for the past ten years, though to be fair, AC’s shits have great timing). Quick quiz, name the Kings’ five starters. Exactly. You probably left out Spencer Hawes (because why wouldn’t you?) and that other guy, you know, the black guy who plays shooting guard.
An Education: This movie is about an older man who tastefully seduces a lovely high school student. I would love to somehow give this award to Antonio Cromartie who was just traded to the Jets in the NFL because he is one hell of a woman seducer as the 24 year old already has seven children with six women living in five states and has been named in at least five paternity suits in the past two years. Now that’s some solid ball play. But instead, this award goes to the New York Knicks who have been playing a more lecherous seducer like Humbert Humbert to LeDong James’ Lolita for the past two years. One of the oldest franchises in the NBA, the Knicks have stripped their team and gone on a full out campaign to try to attract the young and vibrant LeDong. They will do whatever it takes to sign him in the off-season and have essentially thrown the past two years away in order to do so. Will their advances be returned or will their deviance come back to haunt them?
The Hurt Locker: This goes to the Boston Celtics who have not only had to deal with injuries, but also an apparently combustible locker room (hence a hurt locker room). Rumors have swirled for quite some time that the young guys hate the veterans, Perk hates Rasheed (though everyone should hate Rasheed), and Big Baby Davis is a pain in everyone’s ass. This team is playing with no fire and has seemingly replaced Doc Rivers’ “ubuntu” saying with a new one called “ihateyou.” The rift in the locker room is more apparent than that thing on Cindy Crawford’s face or Christina Hendrick’s great rack. So this team not only needs to get healthy physically (though KG’s knee will never be healthy), but they need to fix their locker room (and telling Rasheed Wallace to stop shooting threes and try on defense would be a nice first step).
Inglourious Basterds: This goes to the Milwaukee Bucks who have been quietly making a run for the playoffs without getting any of the glory. AC has had a stiffy for this Bucks team all year (though it may also have been the wind, or the fact that he has Spankwire running on a constant loop all day, but whatever). Brandon Jennings is legit, Andrew Bogut is intense, and their rotation players (such as Luke Ridnour, Ersan Ilyasova, Luke Mbah a Moute) are skilled and bring energy. The best part is that this team didn’t give up and actually acquired talent at the trade deadline. You want to dump salary? Fine, we’ll take your John Salmons. You want to try a comeback? Well come on down Jerry Stackhouse. AC seriously loves everything about this team and how they seem to be in it to win games and take revenge on the league for ignoring them and passing them over. They are going to be a huge pain for some first round opponent and could even upset a team like the Hawks.
Precious: This goes to the Orlando Magic who have had an up and down season since signing Vince Carter and his precious vagina. Carter has made a career out of avoiding contact, getting injured at the sound of a whistle, and acting like a prima donna. He must seriously have some precious jewels up his twat to act that way and his on again off again intensity has been challenging for the Magic. Orlando should be a title contender even with out knowing which Vince Carter will show up but they’re 60 games in to the season and still haven’t gelled.
A Serious Man: While this movie is about a lot of different things (and unfortunately entertainment isn’t one of them), it is mainly about when bad things happen to good people. That is why this movie goes to the Portland Trailblazers who have had bad things happen to them all year despite being a good/fan friendly team. First they lost Greg Oden for the season on a freak non-contact play and then Oden’s back-up, Joe Pryzbilla, also went down for the year. Their best player, Brandon Roy, has been in and out of the line-up with injuries while they also lost their best scorer off the bench, Travis Outlaw, for the year. Nothing has gone right for the Blazers this year and yet they don’t complain and keep winning. Nate McMillan should be coach of the year for keeping this team together.
Up: This movie goes to the historically bad New Jersey Nets who have nowhere to go but up. AC has said it all year but they have a really nice young nucleus in Lopez, Lee, and Harris and if they can add LeDong in free agency, they will be immediate title contenders. It’s not clear how they only have six wins (though having their coach be more disinterested in coaching than Paris Hilton is in wearing underwear is one big reason) as they are not the least talented team in NBA history. AC is a bit flummoxed on this one, but things will get better in New Jersey so the one Net fan should breathe a sigh of relief.
Up in the Air: This movie goes to Gilbert Arenas whose career is up in the air after going all Dirty Harry on teammate Javaris Crittenden and challenging him to a gun fight. Arenas still faces criminal charges and who knows what else in trying to get this situation resolved. Even if he hadn’t channeled his inner idiot, his knee was still less reliable than the sexuality of a Republican anti-gay candidate. There is no telling what Arenas’ career will look like from here on out. He could never play again, he could become an all-star again (though doubtful), or he could kick around a few teams before finally joining the circus. With Arenas, one never knows. But Wizards fans must be thrilled to have him for another 75 years at the bargain price of $900MM per year (give or take a few years and a few $s).
Friday Night Free NBA Picks:
LA Lakers -3.5 at Charlotte:
Charlotte sucks more balls than a Canadian hooker at an all night gang bang (and I have no idea why her being Canadian matters, but trust me it does). The Bobcats just got throttled by the aging and crippled Celtics the other night and despite playing an OT game in Miami last night, the Lakers are not going to have a let down game here. Charlotte is simply not that good. They are starting Theo Ratliff at center for fucksake and he hasn’t been good since, well since ever. Take the Lake Show and hope they flew out of Miami last night and not this morning and thus got some sleep and no AIDS.
Boston at Philadelphia Under 197.5:
Boston is acting like they have their defense back so tonight is a big test for them. They need to prove that they can play for four quarters, or even three quarters, and Philly could be the panacea for their woes. The Sixers struggle to score sometimes and even with Lou Williams starting to fill it up again, Boston should be able to keep them in the low 90s. So as long as the Celtics don’t just go absolutely bat shit and drop 110, this game should hit the under.
Golden Shower State at Atlanta Over 212.5:
The Hawks will definitely look for some run and fun at home against the Warriors. Their fans will appreciate some scoring and the players should appreciate a night off of defense so sit back and enjoy the dunk fest.
New York at Toronto Under 222:
The Knicks started Tracy McGrady at PG last game. Sure they scored 124 points but that was more of a fluke than that Seal person marrying Heidi Klum. The Knicks should have trouble scoring without a facilitator and the Raptors should be completely disinterested, like Clay Aiken at The World Famous Mitchell Brothers’ O’Farrell Theatre. So take the under and root for the Raptors to go up big early and thus extended scrub time.
Saturday Free NBA Picks:
AC was convinced he was going to go 4 and 0 last night but the Lakers failed him like all of his boyhood hopes and dreams. Tonight we continue with our rally and win back some of the lap dances we have lost this year.
Atlanta +1.5 at Miami:
AC still isn’t buying the Heat. They have an ok team (and any team is ok when it features Dwyane Wade) but lack the talent throughout to compete with the top teams. The Hawks aren’t a great road team but they need to win to stay ahead of Boston for the third seed in the East and thus avoid Cleveland in round 2. This should be a close game so AC will take the points and root for Joe Johnson to have fewer than 4 turnovers.
New Jersey at New York Under 210:
The Nets have scored over 100 points exactly 3 times since January 1 (which is roughly 30 games) and as AC pointed out last night, the Knicks are playing Tracy McGrady at point guard and McGrady is to facilitating offense what Dustin Diamond is to acting. The Nets will struggle to break 90 and the Knicks are not putting up 120 so take the under and hope one team plays defense for at least 3 minutes.
San Antonio at Memphis Under 198.5:
The Spurs have been scoring as of late and the Grizzlies can fill it up as well, but this should be a tightly fought game as both teams need wins. When San Antonio tries, it is their defense that leads them so they should clamp down on Memphis just enough for this to hit the under. It will be close, so keep rooting for missed free throws as the game winds down.
LA Clippers at Utah Over 206:
The Jazz have been racking up the points at home and lucky for them, the Clips play defense as if it will give them AIDS. Teasing this with LA +13 isn’t a terrible idea, but then again, neither is Topless Tuesdays, so do with that as you will. The Clips just need to score 95 for this to hit the over so root for Baron Davis to remember to try (which is something very big for which to root) and Eric Gordon to get hot.
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