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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2008-2009 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 9 Losses: 7 Ties: 0
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 56%
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AC'S NBA 2008-2009 NBA FREE PICKS WEEK 2:
The NBA season is not even two weeks old and already we have nearly as many good stories as Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories compilation. Amare Stoudemire dropped 49 points on the Pacers while shooting 17-21 from the floor, 15-15 from the line, and pulling down 11 boards, dishing out 6 assists, and blocking 5 shots, Tony Parker went for 55 points in a double overtime victory, and the Clippers have yet to win a game. The biggest story though is the Pistons trading for Allen Iverson. Today we will explore that trade like a young Judge Reinhold wanted to explore an even younger Phoebe Cates.
Detroit sends Allen Iverson to Denver for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess, Chiekh Samb, and his brother Ear Samb:
I love this trade for the Pistons and I give Joe Dumars credit for not being complacent and for realizing the Pistons are not going to be better than a third pace team. Billups was a big part of Detroit’s team but he’s 32 years old and signed for three more years. So while his decline has only been gradual to date, losing it in basketball is a step function and he is nearing that step down. Though Iverson is a year older than Billups, he is a freak of an athlete and thus his decline may be later than the average NBA player, even with quickness being the key to his game. The important point though is that Iverson is only signed for this year and thus Dumars will have a ton of available cash to pursue free agents in the off season and really bring some new life to the Pistons. For this season, AI doesn’t make the Pistons any worse, and may make them better if Rodney Stuckey can step up and play a solid point guard role, but his expiring contract can help completely revamp the Pistons next year which could save the franchise from their slow decline.
As for the Nuggets, I sort of get it. First of all, AI and Melo were a worse fit than if Vern Troyer tried to procreate with Paris Hilton (think hotdog down a hallway). They both need the ball, they both are poor or disinterested passers, and they both approach defense as if it’s an afterthought, like the way the Republican party approaches vetting candidates. So Billups is likely a better fit with Melo as Melo now can be the go to scorer which should help everyone who has him on their fantasy teams (like your boy AC).
Secondly, Billups is a home town boy even though the Nuggets already traded him away once in a deal involving Ray Mercer, Johnny Taylor, Tariq Abdul- Wahad, Chris Gatling, and a first-round pick (just to point out how old Billups is, since I don’t think any of those guys have seen an NBA arena during the Bush administration). Billups was born in Denver, played college in Denver, and now returns to Denver to hopefully boost ticket sales.
So I guess there were a few good reasons Denver made this move, including some salary savings this year. However, the Nuggets are now stuck with Billups at something like $12MM per year for the next three years when they need to free up extra cash to be able to sign a big man. AI’s expiring deal could probably have been better invested in the offseason. Instead, the Nuggets’ hands are now fiscally tied up with Melo and Billups and no hope of really winning anything because their big men butcher the game of basketball like Sarah Palin butchers geography.
The final part of the deal, which may swing the NBA season, is that Antonio McDyess was bought out by the Nuggets and will become a free agent. While he wants to re-sign with the Pistons, there are reportedly 17 teams going after him, including the Boston Celtics. If the Celtics can add Antonio McDyess, he could be that missing piece they are going to need come playoff time since they lost PJ Brown and James Posey. It would be another coup for Danny Ainge and perhaps the biggest part of the Billups for Iverson swap.
FRIDAY NIGHT FREE NBA PICKS
New Orleans -7.5 at Charlotte:
Not my favorite game of the night but Charlotte is just a poor team. They have a point guard who can not pass and likes to shoot (Felton), big men who get injured more frequently than Judd Apatow puts out the same movie (Okafor and May), and wingmen who completely duplicate each other (Wallace and Richardson). This team is put together worse than a Charlie Kaufman film. On the other side, we have a fantastic New Orleans team who should come out firing after an embarrassing loss to the Hawks. New Orleans should win by 6 to 10 points, giving us an expected value of an 8 point win, so take the Whorenets in a close one.
Indiana +8.5 at Cleveland:
If you take Coach Jim O’Braindead out of the equation, the Pacers have a nice little team who seem to hustle. They actually play a perfect O’Braindead style of ball in that they chuck up three pointers and just stack the paint down low. Danny Granger seems to like to play this game and while he will have trouble entering LeDong’s world, I don’t think the Pacers get blown out. Of course I could have been fooled by the Pacers defeating Boston last week in what will likely be the Pacers’ best game of the year, but I’m going to stick with my gut here. Watch Troy Murphy bomb away from three and hope TJ Ford can take advantage of Mo Williams allergic reaction to defense.
Oklahoma City at Utah -11.5:
I’d take Utah if the line were 22. Seriously, Oklahoma City is now known for two things, illiteracy and shitty basketball teams. If someone wants to wake me up when Kevin Durant does anything other than mimic Mike Dunleavy Jr. without the assists, that would be great.
Miami at San Antonio Under 189:
I am pretty sure Tony Parker is not going to score 55 on Dwyane Wyane Wade which means the Spurs will struggle to break 90. I am also pretty sure Miami’s big men, if you can call them that, won’t combine to score 30 on the Spurs which means in order to hit the over, Dwyane Wyane Wade is going to have to drop 60 by himself. It’s not impossible, but we’re going to bet against that here. Take the under and hope for a snooze fest.
SATURDAY FREE NBA PICKS
Cleveland -1 at Chicago:
Somehow the Bulls are 3-3 and 3-0 at home despite the fact that they are a terrible team. If they were a movie, they would have gone straight to DVD and by straight to DVD I mean straight to the trash. They have a bunch of parts which don’t fit and Vinny Del Negro may be worse prepared for coaching than New Orleans was for Katrina or Dina Lohan was to have kids. The only thing the Bulls have going for them is that that Derrick Rose kid can play. LeDong and the Cavs are on a 3 game winning streak and have already defeated the Bulls once this year by 14 points. This game should be closer than 14, but the Cavs play a disciplined style of basketball while the Bulls play a disjointed style of basketball (and Joakim Noah loves dis joint). Take the Cavs and watch LeDong put on a show for the Chicago fans.
Minnesota TerribleWolves™ at Portland Over 192:
This should actually be a fun game to watch as the TerribleWolves™ can score and don’t play defense and the Blazers can run the ball when they want to. Watch Kevin Love who is coming off of a big 20 point game for the Wolves last night and watch the Big Lazy Al Jefferson loaf back on defense after torching LaMarcus Aldridge on offense. If Brandon Roy has any kind of game both teams will break 100.
New Jersey at Indiana -7:
I am going to ride the Indiana gravy train until the casinos figure it out. Sure they’re only 1-3 but they have played 4 good teams and they have Danny Granger who is breaking out like a 13 year old’s face after eating 7 slices of pizza and downing 3 cokes. The Nets are coming off of a big win (for them any win is big) last night and there is no way they want to be in Indiana on a Saturday night, just doesn’t make sense. The Pacers should win because they will have energy, while the Nets will be as interested in this game as Britney Spears is in reading. Take the Pacers and watch them run.
Phoenix -5.5 at Milwaukee:
This will be the Suns 4th straight road game so they may just mail this one in, but then again, they mailed last night’s game in as they didn’t even bother playing Shaq in Chicago. They were probably going to take one night off this weekend, so let’s assume that was last night and tonight they go back to trying. The Bucks have a mildly intriguing squad and Ramon Sessions seems to put up numbers whenever Scott Skiles realizes that Luke Ridnour sucks, unfortunately for Bucks fans, that doesn’t seem to be happening often enough. I don’t love taking the Suns here, but I want no part of the Wizards at the Magic or the Heat at the Whorenets, so allocate less of your capital to this game, but still bet it because lap dances are precious.
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