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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: 38 Losses: 39 Ties: 3
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 49%
Record updated Saturdays and Mondays
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AC'S NBA 2007-2008 WEEK 10 PICKS:
This week, your boy AC will take a quick look at a couple of NBA stories before winning you money on free picks against the spread. It has been a scintillating first third of the season in what could be one of the most exciting NBA seasons of the past twenty years. We have a rejuvenated Celtics team going for the all-time regular season won-loss record, we have the emergence of the Portland Trailblazers and New Orleans Whorenets, and we have the ongoing saga of the Knicks. We also have the MVP caliber season of Kevin Garnett driven by his defensive intensity, the further emergence of young stars like Brandon Roy, Chris Paul, and Dwight Howard, and the continued fossilization of Shaquille O’Neal. Some truly great stories to watch over the next six months. Below is the NBA news of the week:
Ron Artest is rumored to be going to the Knicks in a trade:
Dear God, I know I have often questioned your being and completely mocked the notion of your existence. My cynicism is more a function of not believing in arbitrary religions created by overly imaginative people with their own agendas to which others associate themselves simply by where they were born (if George Bush had been born in Iraq, he would have been Muslim, so who is right?). However, there is one way for me to finally believe in your existence once and for all (and if God is real, getting me to believe in his/her/its existence is clearly at the top of his/her/its concerns) and that would be for the Knicks to trade for Ron Artest. There is nothing in this world that would make me happier than adding Artest to the mess that Isiah created, nothing (ok, that is a bit of a lie, making me a billionaire with a harem including Jessica Simpson, Hillary Duff, and Carmen Kinsley among others would probably make me a little happier, but not much, that is how serious I am about this). I would be giddier than a 13 year old boy in a strip club. I have never owned an NBA jersey but I would immediately buy the Artest Knicks jersey and wear it daily to promote my love of schaudenfruede if this were to happen. I keep trying to think of things that would make the Knicks a bigger disaster than potentially adding Artest and the only things I can think of are adding Mike Tyson as their trainer and giving him a seat on the bench or exhuming Hitler and making him a defensive assistant coach. Isiah’s lunacy never fails to amaze me and bringing Artest to this Knicks team would be a merger as great as Dick’s buying Chick’s (and for those who run Dick’s I would suggest making smaller stores and merging those Dick’s into Chick’s while if I were a Chicks’s shareholder I would be thrilled with the combination of Chick’s with Dick’s). Anyway, if there is a God, he/she/it would make this happen. The ball’s in your court big guy/girl/thing.
The Portland Trailblazers have won 14 out of 15 games:
I watched the Trailblazers overtime win against the Bulls on Thursday night and was impressed by three things:
1. The Trailblazers have a deep team. They bring Jarret Jack, James Jones, Channing Frye, and the ever improving Travis Outlaw off of the bench. While none of those four are all-stars (though Outlaw and Frye have the potential), they are solid rotation guys, who each bring something different to the floor.
2. Brandon Roy is good, and would be in the best young point guard debate with Deron Williams and Chris Paul except he is more of a two guard than a point. Roy is almost always under control and doesn’t seem to force his shots up. He plays with more poise than any second year player and this is clearly his team.
3. The team plays and acts like a college team. The most impressive part of Portland’s win was the way they congratulated each other after the victory. They all seemed legitimately happy and each and every player on the bench high-fived the players as they came off the court. I don’t quite know how to explain this but you only see that kind of celebration from the walk-on guys on the bench in college. This team looks like they clearly get along and act like there are no egos. James Jones came up with a huge block in overtime and even though Roy dropped 24 points with 11 assists, I get the feeling that the team would have given James Jones the game ball. Just a fun team to watch.
One more thing, Britney, if you’re watching, lay off the crack.
Friday Night Picks:
Detroit at Toronto +4:
The Raptors are playing at home after a seven game Western Conference road trip. That is a long time to be without the Canadian comforts of LaBatts, Poutine, and Celine Dion. With Toronto now having a few nights to sleep in their own beds (or at least in their own city), I expect them to be rejuvenated and motivated to take on the surging Pistons. Detroit has won ten in a row largely because of the improved play of their bench but they are due for a loss, or at least a close game, and Toronto can provide the close game due to their rabid fans and underrated team. Bosh should be able to score enough on RaWeed that the Raptors will keep it close and may even win straight out. Just hope Calderon can bother Billups on defense and hope Baargnani shows up to play for once.
Memphis at Boston -13:
Boston is just killing teams, killing them. It is not even fair. Paul Pierce looks like he is buying into the team concept and is playing the best basketball he has played since 2001 while Garnett’s defense shuts opposing teams down like Giuliani did to the strip clubs in Times Square (and f u for that Giuliani, you hear me, f u). Boston should romp over the Grizzlies in this game, you could not make the line high enough for me not to take Boston (ok, maybe I wouldn’t give 30, but I would certainly think about 25). If you’re a Grizzly fan (actually I’ve never met a Grizzly fan so maybe there are not any), I would suggest reading a good book (I highly recommend The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, no joke), cleaning your barn, or taking your sister out on date, ort whatever else one would do in Memphis, rather than watching this game.
Sacramento at Cleveland -7.5:
This is more a bet against Sacramento than a bet for Cleveland. The Kings are without their three best players in Artest, Kevin Martin, and Mike Bibby while the Cavs are just without much talent (excluding LeDong). However, the Cavs are at home and they are due for a big win since their season has been more disappointing than the last five Police Academy movies were. Take the Cavs and just hope LeDong is healthy.
New York at San Antonio -12.5:
Warning, this is a TRAP GAME. The Knicks are not just terrible, they are putrid, and Zach Randolph may not play due to the flu (which actually may be a positive), and the Spurs are playing the second of back to back nights, and it is hard to see how even a team as professional as the Spurs will be able to get up for a game against the Washington Generals, I mean the New York Knicks. In other words, buyer beware on this one. If Duncan and Parker play, this is a big Spurs win even given everything working against them (they don’t even need Ginobili), but if those two don’t play, take the Nuggets and give 6.5 to the TerribleWolves™, afterall, you can always count on the TerribleWolves™ to make you money.
Saturday Night Picks:
First of all, I have to apologize for the 0-4 last night. That hurt me almost as much as the NASDAQ collapsing on Friday, and yes I feel like I have been repeatedly punched in the nuts. I felt more confident about my picks last night than I have at any time this year so it figures that I would come up empty. As a result, I will win you back some of that lost cash tonight in order to buy your baby’s momma an appetizer with her fried shrimp at Red Lobster (and AC loves taking his lady friends to some Red Lobster).
New Orleans at Phoenix Over 206.5:
This should be a great game to watch with Chris Paul pushing the ball up against Steve Nash. The Suns are starting to click and Stoudamire appears to be finding his groove again, perhaps he had a long conversation with Stella. The Stoudamire-West match-up should be almost as good as the Nash-Paul match-up but the difference maker will be Shawn Marion. I am tempted to take the Whorenets +8, and feel free to tease that, but there is a high enough probability of Marion going off tonight that the Suns could run away with this. Either way, take the over and enjoy the track show.
New Jersey at Atlanta -4:
The Hawks clawed their way back to .500 after a less than impressive start and tonight they will be at home (where they are 10-6) after a three game road losing streak. Lucky for them, they get the Nets who are due for a loss and who are playing the second of back-to-back nights. I don’t love taking this game as taking the Hawks and giving the points is something I do about as frequently as Shawn Kemp wears protection, but call it a hunch. The over on 186.5 is intriguing, but so was Wes Anderson teaming up with Bill Murray again after Rushmore and look how well that worked out.
New York at Houston -9:
I know Houston is not very good and I know the Knicks just covered against the Spurs on the road without Zach Randolph. However, I also know Isiah Thomas is still coaching New York and I know that Eddy Curry is still their center. Eddy Curry playing defense on Yao Ming is a bigger mismatch than Charles “Corky” Thatcher taking on Albert Einstein in a battle of wits. Take the Rockets and hope they keep the pressure on for the full 48 minutes.
Boston +2 at Detroit:
Either the Celtics win or they play their first stinker of the year and get blown out. I don’t know which of the two will happen but the Celtics will prevail in any kind of close game because they need this win to prove to the rest of the league that they are for real (as if their 4-0 Western Conference trip didn’t do that, or their earlier win in Detroit, or their best record in NBA history, but I digress). Ray Allen needs to start playing like Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo needs to hit a few open shots. The Pistons bench gives them a slight advantage but Garnett’s feistiness should mitigate that. Most big games fail to live up to their hype, which is why there is a chance the Pistons run away with this game, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
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