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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2006-2007 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 87 Losses: 79 Ties: 1
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 52%
Record updated Saturdays and Mondays
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AC'S NBA BASKETBALL FREE PICKS WEEK 21:
Your boy AC attended the Celtics-Sixers game in Philly last night and is a much worse person for having done so. I have seen more intensity in a Wiggles video than I saw in last night’s game. There are now six teams trying their best to lose every game to get more ping pong balls and the league is suffering for it. I don’t know that I have a solution for how to fix this other than having the three teams with the worst record demoted to the NBDL, but then again, sending the Celtics down would probably be an affront to the NBDL.
As evidence of tanking, I will look at the six teams trying to lose and show exactly how they are doing it.
Charlotte Bobcats:
Ok, this may be the one team that is actually losing on their own and not purposely tanking, but Okafor’s longterm absence is certainly eye raising. I know he played 24 minutes last night, but taking 15 games off for a strained calf is probably something that wouldn’t have happened if the Bobcats were in contention. At least we know they’ll get someone good with their pick due to Michael Jordan’s great front office track record of Adam Morrison and Kwame Brown. It makes you wonder if Van Gogh ran a crappy art center when he finished painting.
Portland Jailblazers:
Zach Randolph is now done for the year due to wrist surgery which means the strip club revenue in Portland will now go up exponentially due to Zach’s new found free time. In my favorite story of the year, Zach was found in a strip club the night he was to be on bereavement leave and gave the excuse that he merely stopped in on the way to the airport. I think he should have told people he was studying to be a zookeeper for pandas, but that is just me. So the Blazers have no Randolph for the rest of the year due to wrist surgery that likely could have been put off for another 2 weeks, but hey, maybe that means more Pryzbilla.
Atlanta Hawks:
The Hawks are on a five game losing streak and their best player, Joe Johnson, has caught the mysterious calf strain that Emeka Okafor also had. Johnson has missed the last 12 games in which the Hawks have gone 5-7 but they are 1-7 in their last 8. This team is bad with or without Johnson, but come on, at least make like you are trying to win by letting your only good player play. And what is the point of getting more ping pong balls since Billy Knight will invariably draft another ACC stud like Shelden Williams or Marvin Williams. Hey Hawks fans, can you spell McRoberts? Bwahahahaha.
Milwaukee Bucks:
This is perhaps the most egregious case of tanking as the Bucks have shut down Villanueva and Bogut for the rest of the year. On top of that, Michael Redd only played 24 minutes last night and sat out the night before for the entire stretch where they blew a double digit lead to the Mavericks. The Bucks lost by 16 to Charlotte last night and allowed some guy named Damir Markota to log almost as many minutes as Michael Redd. Mo Williams is also getting some rest as he only played 27 minutes. If Redd and Williams don’t play 40+ minutes each, then this tank job is more obvious than Alberto Gonzales’ lying.
Boston Celtics:
Well, there was the incident the other week where they blew an 18 point lead to Charlotte when Doc Rivers refused to put his starters back in the game, and now they have shut Paul Pierce down for likely the rest of the year. This team is bad, the coaching is bad, the GM is bad, the strategy is bad, it is all bad. With all of their incompetence, I am surprised they don’t blow this trying to lose thing (oh wait, they were blowing it which is why Pierce is now sitting out). The Celtics are now 2-22 without Pierce so they better hope Durant and Oden come out and they get one of them or else the dark days for Celtics fans will last many years longer. That is of course unless they finally get rid of Danny “King of the sideways trade” Ainge.
Memphis Grizzlies:
The Grizz have also gone the route of the injury with Mike Miller out indefinitely with knee tendonitis (apparently his calf muscles are just fine). This means they are starting guys named Tarence Kinsey (anagram for “Narc Teen Yikes”) and Junior Harrington (which in ancient Egyptian means “crappy point guard”). In other words, it is not clear this team could even beat West Virginia to win the NIT. This team is not just horrible, but also giving no effort. David Stern really needs to find a solution to this.
So with six teams basically not trying, and five of the six teams having their best players sit out with questionable injuries (all six if you include Okafor), the NBA is an eyesore. Not only that, but it is now harder to bet the games than it is to find a stripper who is actually putting herself through college by dancing.
Friday Night NBA Picks
Toronto at Washington Under 213:
All it takes is one bad quarter for the under here so there is an automatic 25% chance of winning. When you add to that Toronto's new reliance on Rasho Nesterovic in the middle due to Jorge Garbajosa's mangled leg, you should have plenty of chances for sloppy play. Arenas is due for a 50 point game, but it is not happening tonight. Take the under and hope for any semblance of defense.
Milwaukee +5 at Charlotte:
This game is either going to be 2-0 or 150-148 since neither team wants to win. So either they won't try to score, hence 2-0, or they won't play any defense and try to let the other team win, hence 150-148. What I do know is it should be a relatively close game since both teams need ping pong balls in the draft lottery more than Pac Man Jones needs defense lawyers. This may go down as the worst NBA game in history so take the Bucks and root for Michael Redd to get hot, and for the Bucks to leave him in the game if he does.
New York +13.5 at Dallas:
There are so many reasons why I hate doing this but I can't see the Knicks dropping this game by two touchdowns. What I think happens is that Renaldo Balkman will block an extra point with no time on the clock to keep it to a 13 point defeat. The Knicks are really just a terrible team and Dallas is pretty good at demolishing teams this bad. This is not one of my favorite calls of the year, but you have to assume the Knicks give some effort since they need to make the playoffs. Teasing this with the over 190 would be a good idea, but in any case, just hope the Knicks don't listen to what Isiah has to say.
Houston -2 at LA Lakers:
Who is going to stop Kobe? Better question, who is going to stop Yao?
Saturday Night NBA Picks:
Once again there are only four games tonight so I can’t pick and choose my favorites so be cautious. And thanks to Mo Peterson for hitting a ridiculous 3 point shot last night sending the Raptors-Wizards game into overtime and thus losing the under for me. The third time in four weeks I have lost an under due to overtime which blows like an www.AmateurAllure.com video participant.
Cleveland +3 at Chicago:
Taking over 184 is also tempting so tease this if you can but LeDong is not losing to the Bulls on national tv, just not happening. As long as Ilgauskus doesn’t break his leg and as long as Larry Hughes plays marginally ok, the Cavs should win or at least not lose by 3. Just hope Hughes can shut down Ben Gordon.
Philadelphia at New Jersey -6.5:
This is a lot of points to give, and the under is very attractive, but even if the Sixers give 4 times the effort tonight as they did last night, they will still lose by 20. The Nets need to win so they should at least bring some effort. Just hope Vince Carter is healthy and Josh Boone keeps taking HGH or whatever it is he has been taking (look at his last 4 games, out of nowhere).
New York +8 at New Orleans:
I really hate doing this, seriously, I do.
LA Clippers +1.5 at Portland:
I feel this line is a typo because how can the Blazers be favored without Zach Randolph? This makes less sense than whoever gave the ok to Mrs Doubtfire 2. Usually in cases like this, the obvious pick is wrong so be very wary of taking the Clips here as there has to be something I don’t know like Elton Brand not playing or the Trailblazers trading for Kobe Bryant. Just hope the Clips are healthy.
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