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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: 53 Losses: 54 Ties: 5
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 50%
Record updated Saturdays and Mondays
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AC'S NBA 2007-2008 WEEK 14 PICKS:
What a week it has been. The presidential field thinned out with Edwards and Guiliani saying their goodbyes, the stock market rallied on more cuts by the Federal Reserve, and the press saturated us with meaningless Super Bowl hype such as stories of Vince Wilfork’s lovely wife Bianca, Tom Brady’s boot, and the size of Junior Seau’s taint (ok, I made that last one up).
However, all of these stories, which would have been major news in most other weeks, were trumped by the trade the Lakers pulled off with the Grizzlies thus cementing Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace as the worst GM in the history of the NBA not named Isiah Thomas. Before we look at the atrocious deal made by Wallace, let’s look at some of his resume which is more full of errors than Jerome Kerviel’s trading book.
The 2001 draft disaster:
In desperate need of players and holding three first round draft picks, the Celtics were finally in a position of being able to start turning themselves around. With the 9th pick of the draft, Wallace selected Joe Johnson, a good pick at that spot. However he followed up by selecting Kedrick Brown aka Kedrick Clown with the 10th pick while passing on Richard Jefferson, Tony Parker, Zach Randolph, Gilbert Arenas, Troy Murphy, Gerald Wallace, Sam Dalembert, and I could go on and list every other player in the draft. Kedrick Clown was a JUCO player who hadn’t even played against division 1 competition. He was a fantastic jumper but had the basketball skills of a retarded skunk. Kedrick would manage four years in the NBA on three teams, never averaging more than five points a game. He is currently in the NBDL toiling for either the Anaheim Arsenal or the Butte Darts. Not to outdo himself with the pure suckiness of the Kedrick Clown selection, Wallace selected Joe Forte with the #21 pick ahead of Tony Parker, Gerald Wallace, Gilbert Arenas, and all of my hopes and dreams. Not only did Wallace blow this pick, but he spun some bullshit story (and excuse my language, but I hate Chris Wallace as if he were responsible for the Vin Baker trade, oh wait, he was, more on that later) about how Red Auerbach wanted Forte despite the fact that Red was pretty much a figurehead and doubtfully involved in basketball decisions at that point. Forte not only never averaged more than two points a game in his forgetful two years in the NBA, but he is a total asswipe having been arrested several times since and committing the greatest crime of all by wearing a Magic Johnson Lakers jersey while sitting on the Celtics bench for a playoff game (and I am not making that up). Seriously, that would be like going to Iraq and wearing a “George Bush Rules” shirt or wearing a “K-Fed is my daddy” shirt while visiting Britney in the hospital. To say the 2001 draft was an unmitigated disaster would be like saying dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima caused a little mess.
The Joe Johnson Trade:
In the middle of the 2001 season with the Celtics in the playoff hunt, they traded promising rookie Joe Johnson (Chris Wallace’s sole redeeming move as Celtics GM) and a first round pick, to Phoenix for Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk. To make this trade worse, Wallace was given the option by the Suns of including either Joe Johnson or Kedrick Brown and Wallace chose to send future All-Star Johnson packing instead of future McDonalds worker Kedrick Clown on his way. Needless to say Rogers and Delk were short timers on the Celtics and did not greatly assist Boston on their playoff run.
The Vitaly Potapanko Trade:
In 1998 the Celtics traded their #1 draft pick for “The Useless Ukranian” Vitaly Potapenko. That number one pick wound up being eighth overall and the Cavs used it to select Andre Miller with Shawn Marion going 9th. Good thing Wallace got Potapenko though, why would he have wanted an all-star point guard or game changing big man?
The Chauncey Billups trade:
The Celtics traded first year point guard and their #3 pick in that year’s draft, Chauncey Billups, for Kenny fucking Anderson. Not only did Kenny Anderson come with a ridiculously bad contract, but how can you trust a point guard to make decisions when he once decided to marry Tami from the Real World (and yes that is the same Tami who had an abortion while a cast member of the Real World).
The Vin Baker trade:
I hope this trade goes on Chris Wallace’s tombstone because it ruined the Celtics’ franchise for years. Wallace traded Kenny Anderson, Vitaly PotaCrapo, and Joe Forte to the Sonics for Vin Baker, Vin Baker’s huge and previously thought of untradeable contract, Vin Baker’s alcoholism, and the five years of my life it took for Celtics to clean up this mess. Baker wasn’t just bad, he was drunk and bad and had a four year $50MM contract. I can’t explain in words how awful this trade was for the franchise or how awful of a GM Chris Wallace is but if I were to edit the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of the word incompetent would just be a picture of Chris Wallace an my middle finger extended out to him.
The Mark Blount signing:
In 2004, Wallace signed noted jerk and horrible basketball player Mark Blount to a six year $42MM contract. Blount proceeded to completely quit on the team in 2005 thus defining the term contract year push. Blount is not just a despicable human being, but he sucks on the court as well. His arms are too short to be an effective rebounder and his energy level is worse than a battery-less dildo. He was a cancer in the locker room and has since been a cancer on two teams, currently stinking it up for the Miami Heat. To say I hate Mark Blount is like saying Bar Refaeli is just passable looking.
Honorable mention:
I just highlighted a few of Wallace’s idiotic moves as Celtics GM, but lets not forget the drafting of Jerome Moiso, letting David Wesley and Ben Wallace walk for nothing, and overpaying for Travis Knight.
Anyway, let’s move on to Chris Wallace’s current awful trade:
Lakers get Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown, Kwame Brown’s fat ass, Kwame Brown’s expiring contract, Javaris Crittendon, two first round picks, and Marc Gasol:
This is a huge win for the Lakers. They can now roll out Gasol, Odom, and Bynum (when healthy) for the best frontcourt in the league. Gasol is one of the most underrated players in the NBA and perhaps going to LA will rejuvenate him and his effort levels will return. He can play on both sides of the ball and is regularly a leader in blocked shots as well as bad facial hair. This trade makes the Lakers the team to beat in the West if Bynum comes back healthy. Best of all, to get Gasol the Lakers gave up absolutely nothing.
For Gasol, Wallace acquired another young point guard in Crittendon to go with the three young point guards he already has (Kyle Lowry, Juan Carlos Navarro, and this year’s lottery pick Mike Conley). He acquired the worst player in the NBA in Kwame Brown though he does now get Brown’s expiring contract to use on a free agent (and Wallace undoubtedly will spend it all on Gerald Green or Tony Allen or some other total waste of NBA space since his track record is so good). He acquired two late round #1 picks to likely use on the Joe Fortes and Kedrick Clowns of the world and also received Marc Gasol who if his last name were Jones, would not be considered a prospect. In theory, this wasn’t a horrible trade for Memphis except for the fact that Chris Wallace will be the one deploying their new found cap space and making their draft picks. Plus Wallace just gave the Lakers the best team in the West, and I stress the word gave. The Grizzlies can now roll out a Darko Milicic/Kwame Brown front line and would likely lose in a scrimmage against the University of Memphis. Good job Chris Wallace, you never cease to amaze.
Friday Night Picks:
Orlando -3.5 at Philadelphia:
The Sixers are coming off of a 43 point victory over Milwaukee which begs the questions of when did the Bucks join the NBDL and why are NBA teams playing NBDL teams? I am pretty sure I could lose by fewer than forty points to the Sixers with fellow Wagercom.com writers Jiggy, DJ, and two homeless guys. Either way, the Sixers are going to have a tough night tonight against the Magic who have seemingly found their stride again. Hedo Turkoglu is averaging 26 points a game over the last five games and the Magic have gone 4-1. The big problem for the Sixers is that Samuel Dalembert has as much of chance of stopping Dwight Howard as Britney Spears has of curing cancer. Take the Magic and hope Jameer Nelson controls the game in his return to Philly.
New York at Portland -7.5:
In Zach Randolph’s return to Portland he will likely try too hard and and rape two girls instead of his usual one. The Blazers will smoke the Knicks who are on their way to an 0-5 road trip. Magic Johnson recently said the Knicks will make the playoffs this year but he has to support Isiah or else Isiah will withhold the fellatio. Just take the Blazers and hope they take the game seriously.
Houston at Indiana Under 201.5:
The Pacers like to score but the Rockets love playing defense. Indiana has no one who can stop Yao while the Rockets have everyone who can stop Mike Dunleavy. Tease this with Houston -4 and you will be thanking me all the way to The World Famous Mitchell Brother’s O’Farrell Theatre.
LA Clippers +6.5 at Minnesota:
I know the Clippers are horrible and may be playing without Kaman and Maggette but I will always take the points when playing the TerribleWolves™ even if the TerribleWolves™ are rolling.
Saturday Night Picks:
Last night was an unmitigated disaster. I had to pick quickly due to being slammed all day in meetings and market noise (yes, AC needs a real job to make more money to gamble). I apologize for the picks and promise to make you all some cash tonight so you can bet with Jiggy on tomorrow’s Super Bowl.
Chicago at Sacramento Under 200:
With a healthy team, the Kings are starting to score again, having broken 100 points four games in a row. That said, the Bulls really hate to score (and win for that matter), but they do play good defense. This should actually be a relatively close game so you might want to tease this with the Bulls +8.5. You just need one quarter where the Bulls score 19 points to get the under though and there is a 71.3% chance of that happening so root for Hinrich to keep shooting like scoring will give him herpes.
New York Knicks at Seattle Over 201.5:
With the Knicks about to lose their fifth in a row on the road, they will be as interested in playing defense as Rosie O’Donnell is interested in dick. The Sonics can occasionally fill it up and Durant will likely want to put on a show for the New York cameras. Take the over and root for Durant to shoot greater than 40% from the floor.
New Jersey +6 at Atlanta:
There is absolutely nothing I like about this game, nothing. Atlanta and New Jersey are both more up and down than Taylor Rain in a Bang Bus video. Given that, we’ll take the points and hope the Hawks play a stinker.
Charlotte +12.5 at Denver:
Even with Melo likely back, 12.5 points is a lot to give. The Whorenets have to be pissed after getting blown out by Golden Shower State last night so I expect them to put in some effort tonight. Wallace and Richardson need to combine for 50 points to keep this under 12 points which is 80% likely. So take the Whorenets and hope they can slow it down a little.
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