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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2007-2008 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 35 Losses: 31 Ties: 2
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 53%
Record updated Saturdays and Mondays
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AC'S NBA 2007-2008 WEEK 9 PICKS:
It’s not even the New Year and already we’ve had our first coaching casualty. Bye bye Scott Skiles, hello some dude named Jim Boylan. Changing coaches can’t solve all of the Bulls’ problems (Their big men play small, Hinrich shoots as well as Dane Cook tells jokes, Loul Deng has disappeared faster than Jamie Lynn Spears’ dignity, and Ben Gordon is Ben Gordon), but it certainly can’t hurt. The good thing about Skiles’ firing is that it is now coach hunting season so grab your turkey lounger and bottle of Jack Daniels and aim for the bad ones.
Below are my picks for the next five coaches to be fired with odds on their dismissal:
1. Isiah Thomas 1:1,000,000 odds:
I was pretty sure Isiah was fired two years ago since it took him less than 18 months to ruin the Knicks, but nope, he is still there. I don’t know what else I can say about Isiah that I haven’t already said. He is to managing an NBA team what the Hindenburg was to blimps, what Vanilla Ice was to rap music, and what Mary Ann Mobley was to Diff’rent strokes. He is so bad that there really aren’t words to describe his ineptitude. Let’s just move on before I have an aneurism over the fact that Isiah has an NBA GM job while I sit here watching reruns of Stump the Schwab while seeing how many dick jokes I can include in an NBA betting column (I’ve got my keyboard cocked for five this week, see there’s one).
2. Pat Riley 5:1 odds:
This would be a self-firing with Riley moving back to the GM role only, but it is time for this change. Why would 62 year old Pat Riley want to coach this mess that he assembled? The players don’t fit, they have no potential stars to go along with Dwyane Wyane Wade (that includes you Dorrell Wright, you hear me), and Shaq is only going to get ornerier. If I were GM of the Heat, the first thing I would do is try to trade Shaq for draft picks or a solid young rotation guy. They don’t need a star, rather they need some complimentary players to help Wade out. Either way, Riley will be off the sidelines before the year is over.
3. Lawrence Frank 10:1 odds:
This is Frank’s fifth year as coach of the Nets and he has done a decent enough job. The Nets simply don’t have the players to compete for the title so they may want to try to mix things up just for the sake of change. Unless they resurrect Red Auerbach from the grave and have him bring along a 21 year old Bill Russell, nothing is going to help the Nets much this season so Frank has a chance to make it through the year.
4. Mo Cheeks 15:1 odds:
I actually think Cheeks as done a nice job with this Sixers team. After all, he has less to work with than Mayim Bialik’s stylist or Enrique Iglesias’ singing coach. He has limited Korver’s minutes, tried to work in Thaddeus Young and Jason Smith, and given Lou Williams a chance to play. Most of all, the Sixers team seems like they actually try for the majority of the game which is more than about 25 other teams. It’s not Cheeks’ fault that his only real big man is Samuel Dalembert who is a more athletic Mark Blount, and it’s not Cheeks’ fault that Willie Green is his only real shooting guard (and if Willie Green starts for any other NBA team in the next ten years I will be more surprised than when I learned Rosie O’Donnell was female). The problem for Cheeks is that the Sixers have a new GM and the new GM is undoubtedly going to want his own coach. Cheeks won’t stay unemployed for long, but the new GM needs to do much more than hire a new coach to put lipstick on Billy King’s pig.
5. Mike Dunleavy 50:1 odds :
Dunleavy is not a good coach, plain and simple. His career winning percentage is below .500 and it is unlikely to crawl above .500 any time soon. I don’t understand how Dunleavy keeps getting jobs. He’s like the current version of Dell Harris. The only thing saving him right now is that he can blame his team’s woes on Elton Brand’s injury. Unfortunately for Dunleavy, Brand will be back before year end and thus Dunleavy will once again be exposed for the incompetent game manager that he is.
Friday Night Picks:
New Orleans -3.5 at Charlotte:
I am 100% convinced that some combination of New Orleans, Charlotte, and Memphis play each other every night and I am 95% convinced that these teams are largely indistinguishable from each other. Actually, that’s not true. I now can say with confidence that New Orleans is the team with Chris Paul and used to be in Charlotte, Charlotte is the team with Okafor and used to not exist, and Memphis is the team about to be ruined even more by Chris Wallace and they used to play in Vancouver (hold on a second, did Vancouver really have a team? Talk about an NBA player’s dream, how did the players association allow that franchise to move given that the sticky icky is legal up there. I am shocked every NBA team isn’t located in Vancouver, shocked.). As for this game, the Whorenets are good and while I hate giving points on the road, I also hate losing. So take New Orleans and hope Chris Paul brings it for 48 minutes.
Toronto at San Antonio -7.5:
There are three things you can count on in the NBA: 1. The TerribleWolves losing. 2. LeDong almost getting a triple-double 3. The Spurs at home. This isn’t a great match-up for San Antonio, and Ginobli is likely still out, but they should still win by nine or ten as long as Tony Parker exerts himself. Take the Spurs and hope Duncan can shut down Bosh just enough to throw off the Raptors.
Philadelphia at Sacramento -3.5:
The Kings are going to come out firing after they were manhandled by the Celtics the other night like a hotel worker in Kobe Bryant’s room. Artest might go for thirty tonight as he takes out the beating he received from Boston on Andre Igoudala. This could be a tight game but the Kings will be motivated while the Sixers may still have jet lag. Take the Kings and hope they shoot over 45%.
Utah at LA Lakers -4:
This game feels all wrong to me. The Lakers are on a winning streak, the Jazz are just getting their rhythm back, and both teams are rested. That said, Andrew Bynum has really broken out. Wow. No wonder the Lakers didn’t want to trade him for Kidd. I don’t think I would trade Bynum for Al Jefferson as Bynum can play some defense. The Jazz could actually win this in a blow out but I think the Lake Show wants to prove they are for real and to do that, this is a must win game. Alternatively, you could take the under 198 in the Piston-Pacers game or the over 189 in the Blazers-TerribleWovles game, but you didn’t hear it from me.
Saturday Night Picks:
I apologize for going 2-2 last night. The game time scratch of RonRon Artest clearly was not in my plans when I took the Kings and gave the points to the Sixers. As you know, Artest bending Igoudala over and making him his Filthy Ronald was my thesis for why Sacramento was going to win. Apparently Reggie Theus forgot to call me pre-game to let me know Artest was going to be held out, so while that game was on me, it was really on Theus for not hitting me up with the info. Tonight we’ll try to make back that lost vig.
Miami +8.5 at Washington:
This game highlights an ugly slate of NBA games for tonight. The games are so bad they almost make Everybody Loves Raymond palatable (and I swear to god, moses, jebus, allah, and Bar Refaeli, if I ever find out who the Everybody is in Everybody Loves Raymond, I am going to kill them). Anyway, the Heat are not very good and are coming off of an overtime loss so likely will be tired. Same thing can be said of the Wizards who are coming off a tough defeat to the Nets. Basically, when you have two tired crappy teams playing each other, it should be close so give the points and root for Dwyane Wyane Wade to drop another 48 points. Teasing this with the under is also an interesting proposition, not as interesting as a proposition from Jessica Simpson to “weed her garden,” but interesting nonetheless (and I am not entirely sure what any of that means).
Charlotte at Orlando -9:
Dwight Howard is only 22 which means playing back to back games should have about zero effect on him. Plus he supposedly doesn’t drink, smoke, or fraternize with young ladies, hmm, perhaps he is the Felix Unger of the NBA. Anyway, the Bobcats are not very good and Okafor loves hurting his knees and back so don’t expect him to bother Howard too much on the second of back to back nights. Take the Magic and hope they simply show up.
Cleveland +4 at New Orleans:
New Orleans has been a nice binky for me over the past few weeks. Oddsmakers still haven’t caught on to their success, likely because they confuse them with Charlotte and Memphis as I do. Either way, the Cavs usually get up for important games and this one of them. LeDong is going to want to show Chris Paul who the man in this house is so expect a triple double and a 2 point Cavs victory.
Toronto at Houston Over 183:
While I am tempted to take the Sonics and give six to the TerribleWolves, I am aware that the Sonics could have a let down after a strong showing against the Celtics on Thursday night. As a result, taking the over in this game is a decent trade-off. As long as the Raptors can get a running game going, they should be able to crack the mid-90s so the McGradyless Rockets only need to score in the high 80s. If Luther Head shoots 45%, this is a lock for the over, otherwise it will be close.
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