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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: 108 Losses: 98 Ties: 4
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 52%
NBA Playoffs Only Record
Wins: 17 Losses: 9 Ties: 0
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 65%
Record updated Saturdays and Mondays
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AC'S NBA 2007-2008 PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS FREE NBA PICKS & COLUMN:
What a week it has been. The Bulls won the NBA Draft Lottery despite only a 1.7% chance (or roughly the same chance as them not screwing up the pick), OJ Mayo fired his agent after allegations over improper payments to Mayo, and Slick Rick was pardoned by the Governor of NY (and for the record the Governor of NY is blind, and Slick Rick still wears an eyepatch, so maybe someone needs to investigate, I’m just saying…).
It’s been such an eventful week that people may have forgotten about the playoffs which, in a rarity, feature the four best teams in the NBA. Anyway, in honor of Slick Rick being allowed to stay in the country despite trying to kill two people 17 years ago (but to be fair, they tried to look under his eye patch), I will compare each of the four remaining coaches in the NBA playoffs with the old school rapper they most take after.
Phil Jackson and Chuck D: Much like Chuck D in 1988, Phil Jackson is known to take controversial stances and he is not afraid to speak his mind. Plus Jackson is able to motivate players of all different kinds to get them to buy into his system. Chuck D was able to make Flavor Flav seem almost normal, while Phil Jackson has managed to get Kobe to not rape anyone and mold his game to fit in with the team. Think about it. Who else could have sold Flavor Flav as an activist and who else could get Kobe to fit in?
Chuck D and Phil Jackson both have their agendas and both try to inform others of what they see as the greater good. In Chuck D’s case, I believe the greater good was killing whitey, while in Phil Jackson’s case the greater good is benching whitey. Either way both are pioneers in their fields (Chuck by bringing political rap to the streets and Jackson by bringing the triangle offense to multiple teams), and both have succeeded by challenging the status quo.
Greg Popovich and Rakim: Rakim is known as the best and most innovative lyricist in rap history as he was the first to put rhymes within rhymes and treated rapping like jazz. Even with his detailed rhymes, Rakim never really achieved the commercial success he deserved. Popovich is similar in that he is one of the best in game coaches ever and yet his name rarely gets mentioned with the Phil Jacksons, Red Auerbachs, and Pat Rileys of coaching lure. Popovich adapts to other teams and finds the right line-ups to play given the match-ups presented. He is able to pick apart the simple game plans of other coaches and use a jazz-style of coaching which allows for fluidity. Popovich can flat out coach like Rakim can flat out rhyme. It’s that simple.
Doc Rivers and Vanilla Ice: First of all, Doc Rivers’ first name is Glenn. Other than Glen Rice, black people aren’t named Glenn. Vanilla Ice’s real name is Robert Van Winkle, other than Rip, nobody is named Van Winkle. So neither one of them has an actual believable real name.
Anyway, the thing Rivers and Vanilla Ice most have in common is that they suck and were/are way overrated. Vanilla Ice was at the top of the charts for the corniest, lamest rap while Doc Rivers was second in coach of the year voting, and a former winner of coach of the year, despite not having any idea how to actually coach while the game is being played. Rivers adapts to what other teams are doing worse than coral in a warmer ocean or an FLDS kid in a Texas foster home.
I honestly don’t know if comparing Doc River’s coaching to Vanilla Ice’s rapping is an insult to Doc Rivers or Vanilla Ice. And that my friends, says it all.
Flip Saunders and MC Ren: MC Ren is the forgotten rapper in the Beatles of rap music, NWA. The real question is did he bring anything to the table or would NWA have been great without him? This is like Flip Saunders who joined Detroit after they won a title. Has Flip been able to keep the Pistons at the top of the NBA or are the players just that good that any dope (and by dope I mean Doc Rivers) could win with them. How much credit do you give to the 4th or 5th wheel?
FRIDAY 5/23/08 FREE NBA PLAYOFF PICKS:
San Antonio Spurs +6.5 at LA Lakers:
I know this game has all of the makings of a LA blow out. The Spurs giving up a 20 point second half lead in Game 1 was as likely as Kathy Griffin putting out a best selling comedy album or Jesse Ventura winning a gubernatorial race (ummm, maybe not the best example). Seriously, if I could have bet my left nut (and I am quite fond of my left nut) on the Spurs winning Game 1 at even odds when it was three minutes into the third quarter and they were up by twenty, not only would I not have hesitated, but I would have bet my right nut as well (and I am equally fond of good old righty). Of course it’s not clear what I would have been betting my nuts for, but that is irrelevant. What is relevant is that the Spurs imploded by not being able to hit open jumpers and not being able to play lock down defense on a possessed Kobe and a nimble Gasol.
For most teams, a loss as painful as Game 1 would sink their spirits and be difficult to overcome. The good thing is that the Spurs are not most teams. They are like herpes, Pat Robertson, and Judd Apatow movies, in that they just won’t go away. So even though there is a high probability of a Lakers blow out tonight, history tells us that taking the Spurs and the points (especially 6.5) is often the difficult, yet wise thing to do.
Take the Spurs and hope Manu finds his range, Parker hits a few jumpers, and Finley, Brent Barry, and Ime Udoka shoot better than 1-9 from behind the three point line. Most of all just remember you don’t need the Spurs to win (and they probably won’t), you just need a close game.
SATURDAY 5/24/08 FREE NBA PLAYOFF PICKS:
Boston at Detroit -5:
The over is a great pick here too but the one thing we won’t be doing at www.wagercom.com is picking the Celtics on the road in the playoffs until they actually relocate their cojones and start playing like men when they leave Boston. The Celtics’ bench was horrible in Game 2 and that was in Boston, imagine what a puke fest they are going to put up in Detroit (though it’s not clear they can play any worse, and it’s also not entirely clear what a puke fest is but I am pretty sure I would not want to be part of one).
The only chance the Celtics have is if the Pistons decide to take the game off like they did in Game 1. Detroit can get complacent if not properly motivated so if I were Danny Ainge I’d send the Pistons several dime bags of the sticky icky and hope they light up before the game. Anyway, take the Pistons and tease it with the over. And watch out for Sam Cassell, I have a gut feeling he may play and actually spark the Celtics.
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