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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: 19 Losses: 13 Ties: 0
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 59%
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Our NBA expert AC has had 5 consecutive winning seasons picking NBA games against the spread making you money including the VIG. AC does this out of the kindness of his heart and for the naked pictures of your girlfriends you send him as a token of your appreciation. So enjoy the columns and the picks..
AC'S NBA 2008-2009 NBA FREE PICKS WEEK 4:
I am writing this week’s column from deep inside a bunker hidden inside the Wagercom.com fortress. You see, the US of A as we know it is coming to an end. The market has fallen 50%, unemployment is set to soar way beyond the 8.5% high estimate on the street, and lending has dried up like Madonna’s snatch. These are going to be very bad times and to make sure I live through them I will be hunkered down in this shelter with nothing but a laptop with an internet connection, a Bang Brothers password, ESPN, NBA TV, and a room full of oranges because I am not going out with scurvy. I will still be writing this column and winning everyone money, but I have to warn you that that money may become less valuable every day. So hide the women and children (unless they’re fugly and then leave them out) and bet as much as you can before the devolution is complete.
With our economy grimmer than the prospects for Britney Spears’ kids growing up normal, I thought I’d help my readers out by giving you all a quick quiz on the economy and the NBA to familiarize yourselves with terms you are going to need to know. It will be multiple choice so as long as you know the first four letters of the alphabet, you should be able to play along (sorry Gerald Green).
1. What was the Great Depression?
A. The years 1997-2001 for Boston Celtic fans, also known as the Rick Pitino years
B. When Knicks fans realized Isiah Thomas was really their GM
C. What Stanley Roberts left in the floor when he ran up and down the court.
D The period from 1929 lasting until the late 1930’s in which the stock market crashed due to excess margin and consumer borrowing leading to severe deflation and a drastic economic slowdown.
2. What is deflation?
A. What happened to the exercise ball Eddy Curry sat on in pre season
B. What happens to the hopes and dreams of making the NBA for every five foot ten jewish kid at the age of 13 when they realize they are not going to grow to be seven feet tall and will never be able to jump
C. The movement in NBA hairstyles from the mid-1980s high top fade to the mid-1990s bald look (both modeled by former #3 pick Dennis Hopson)
D. A decrease in the price level of goods and services
3. What is a Panic?
A. Meeting up with Ron Artest in a dark alley way after you spent 30 minutes asking his wife if she’s into Hot Karls.
B. Sitting in the front row and watching Tony Allen dribble towards you on the break, knowing that either he or the ball will be knocking you over
C. Hearing the owner of your team utter the words “And now I’d like to introduce our new coach and GM, Isiah Thomas”
D. A widespread loss of faith in the markets whereby everyone sells without thinking about fundamental values
4. What is the Federal Reserve?
A. Kobe Bryant’s new Vodka label
B. The name of Michael Vick’s prison basketball team
C. The government’s box at Wizards’ home games
D. The US central banking system
5. What is TARP?
A. Roy Tarpley’s nickname he used with his dealers
B. What Oliver Miller wears out on the town
C. The Tony Allen Retard Preparation school where special kids like Tony can go to learn how to function in the real world
D. The Government’s $700B Troubled Asset Relief Program set up to help relieve pressure on financial institutions
6. What are distressed assets?
A. The Oklahoma City Thunder
B. The Charlotte Bobcats
C. Tyrus Thomas’s jump shot
D. Assets that are performing way below expectations
7. What is a bail out?
A. Having the ref call a foul for you after you have thrown up an ill-advised shot
B. What Zack Randolph’s agent frequently has to do for him
C. What Paul Pierce has been doing for the Celtics in the 4th quarter of games lately
D. When the government gives money to failing industries to help the m stay in business and help workers keep jobs.
For the record, all of the answers are B.
FRIDAY NIGHT FREE NBA PICKS
Boston -6.5 at Minnesota:
You could make this line 25 and I would still take it. This is Garnett’s first game back in Minnesota since the trade as he was injured last year when the Celtics visited the Terriblewolves®. KG is going to want to put on a show for the Minnesota fans which will likely involve throwing “The Big Lazy” Al Jefferson’s shots 20 rows deep in the stands. KG and Kperk are going to shut Jefferson down like The Big Lazy is Citigroup and they are the market. Take Boston more than once if you can as they are going to do very bad things, even though they played last night.
Memphis +9.5 at Dallas:
Honestly, I’ve got nothing here. Really, absolutely nothing. I have less than a first year analyst at Bear Stearns had after the fall. All I have is a hunch and that my friends, is how we are going to play this one. Actually, the Mavericks have been struggling and the Grizzlies have generally kept games close this year (only losing 4 out of 11 total games by double digit points, so, um, maybe they haven’t been keeping things that close). Either way, the Grizz are going to hang in this one.
New York at Milwaukee -2.5:
The Knicks just traded Jamal Crawford for Al Harrington which means the Knicks will be missing their leading scorer and likely replacing him with Nate Robinson. Seriously, this Knicks team went from mediocre to bad in one day. The Bucks are just as bad as the Knicks but they are at home and have to eventually win a game. I’d give better analysis but the market is about to drop again and it is hard to type while I am swimming in pools of my own vomit. Just take the Bucks and thank me tomorrow by sending me some bucks (so I can pay someone to write better jokes).
Portland -4.5 at Sacramento:
Despite the fact that they are not a good team, the Kings have actually been playing decently. In addition, the Blazers tend to lose focus on the road. However, the Blazers are poised to make a run now that Oden is sort of healthy and Rudy Fernandez is stepping up his game. Portland should win this one by 10 so if you can tease it with the over, consider yourself in possession of many free lap dances.
SATURDAY FREE NBA PICKS
Oklahoma City at New Orleans Over 191:
Remember when there was one team called New Orleans/OK City? As if that weren’t confusing enough there is now a New Orleans and an Oklahoma City. The worst part about it is that neither of these teams should exist. Anyway, these two teams played last night and New Orleans won by 25 with 185 total points scored. One thing we have learned at Wagercom.com, besides the fact that hot chicks always mean yes when they say no, is that when two teams play each other two night in a row in the regular season, the opposite always happens. While we can’t predict a Ok City win, or even cover, we can take the over.
Houston +3 at Orlando:
I’m just not ready to buy Orlando being anything other than a fluke. I know they’ve won 5 straight games but I am not convinced they have the killer instinct. The Rockets come in struggling a bit but they should be at full strength and Yao will be able to mitigate the Magic’s biggest weapon in Dwight Howard. The Rockets play the kind of lock down defense that should bother a team like Orlando so we’ll take the points in what should be a close game.
Indiana at Miami Over 196.5:
My loyal readers (or is it reader? You still out there Jiggy?) know I have been playing up Indiana all year as the bookie’s blindspot. Well that bandwagon de-railed a bit last weekend so while we would love to take the Pacers and the 4.5 points, we’ll settle for the over. These teams like to run, hate to play defense, and were likely out all night in South Beach spreading their love. Take the over and hope Danny Granger goes off.
Atlanta +11 at Cleveland: How this line isn’t 5 points, I have no idea, which means only one thing, there is something going on here I don’t know about. This is the most out of whack line I have seen all year. The Hawks seem to be healthy with Al Horford back (I know Josh Smith is still out) and the Cavs didn’t trade for Kobe Bryant last I saw, so I have no explanation for the double digit line here. I know we are walking into a trap with this one, but take the Hawks and scratch your head.
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