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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: 44 Losses: 37 Ties: 0
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 54%
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Our NBA expert AC has had 6 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 10:
It’s the new year and many of you have made your resolutions to be skinnier, to be more charitable, and to shower more frequently. I could write the typical new year’s resolution column, but AC does not believe in new year’s resolutions. They are vapid and quickly forgotten moronic “to dos” based simply on the setting of the sun which never actually get done. You can pretend to be Zeno Cosini and have your last cigarette, or you can accept that people don’t change and get on with your pedestrian and unfulfilling lives like the rest of us.
AC is bigger than that. You see, AC realizes he is what he is and is too old to change. Just because the calendar flips over one month does not mean AC will clean up his language at basketball games, forgive Chris “The Destroyer of Teams” Wallace, or stop downloading porn. They are called foibles for a reason, and AC embraces his.
For that reason, below are AC’s new year’s anti-resolutions. I plan on not changing any of these in 2009.
1. Lamenting the loss of James Posey for the Celtics. Even though Boston started out a historically best 27-2, they have now lost 3 out of 4. This is largely due to the fact that they are tired, KG apparently is having some knee pain, and their bench sucks worse than a Paris Hilton dance track.
While the Celtics may have the best starting 5 of the past 15 years, playing Tony Allen 20 minutes a night, playing Eddie House out of position at point guard, and playing two undersized big men at the back-up center spot (Leon Powe and Glen Davis) is just not going to get it done. Ainge screwed up by not overpaying for Posey. This team needs the real Big Game James as they need someone who can stretch the court, play solid defense, and most importantly not turn the ball over. I am willing to bet anyone that Tony Allen will make a crucial turnover in the playoffs and thus cost the Celtics a game.
The latest rumor is that the Celtics are going to sign Stephon Marbury which is just plain awful. Marbury is to defense and team chemistry what Chuck Klosterman is to writing and what Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is to honesty. If this move happens, I will sew a black armband onto all of my shirts, mourning the death of the greatest team chemistry in years.
2. Being misanthropic. Yes, I hate people, especially you reading this.
3. Watching as many NBA games as possible. The average person hates the NBA, but then again the average person watches American Idol, reads People Magazine, and thinks some guy named Dane Cook is funny. We are not average here at wagercom.com and we love the NBA. The league has the best athletes in the world playing a skilled sport at its highest level at least 20% of the time. I would rather watch a Thunder-Bobcats game than 99% of what is on tv and I plan on doing that well into the new year and the new years after that.
4. Keep winning you all money on NBA games vs. the spread. While point 2 above may preclude you from actually liking me, I will still win you free cash as my way of giving back to the community. AC is in his 6th consecutive season of doing this, so enjoy it before www.wagercom.com starts charging a subscription fee.
5. Thanking Kevin McHale for trading Kevin Garnett for “The Big Lazy” Al Jefferson. Once again Kevin, thank you for that, really. Let me know when The Big Lazy is on a team that wins more than 25 games.
6. Holding my candle light vigil outside of the California jail where this wonderful young lady is being held. She is hot, she is 23, she claims to be bi with low self esteem and she loves giving hummers. I will wait outside of the prison for my entire life for her. I believe she is the Art of which Keats wrote about, the head on the shoulder of which Paul Anka sang, and the Strawberry about which Ice Cube rapped in N.W.A.’s delightful Dopeman.
So happy New Year to all of you and remember me when you forget about your lame resolutions.
FRIDAY NIGHT FREE NBA PICKS
Indiana +2.5 at New York:
The Pacers have been one of the most disappointing teams of the year. I thought they would be terrible because they don’t have a real star and have Jim O’Braindead as a coach but then they started strong with wins over Boston and the Lakers which made us re-evaluate. Danny Granger has in fact made the leap to star and their supporting cast is solid throughout. They are still hampered by Coach O’Braindead and their players have missed more games due to the stomach flu than Magic Johnson has missed for having the HIV, but when healthy, they play aggressively. The biggest problem with the Pacers is that they play to their level of competition which means they could actually lose to the Knicks. However, we’re getting 2.5 points, the Knicks are absolutely terrible, and the stomach virus should have left the Pacer’s lockerroom (like I said before, they need to stay away from Jamaal Tinsley’s old locker). When you get points against the Knicks, you take them.
San Antonio -7 at Memphis:
We are thankful that in this new year, some things will stay the same. Kevin Garnett will still be intense, Bar Refaeli will remain smoking hot, and the Grizzlies will continue to suck. At Wagercom.com, we always take the Spurs when they are giving fewer than 10 to either the Grizzlies or the TerribleWolves®, especially when the Grizz took them to overtime last week. Take the Spurs and root for Tony Parker to remember how to shoot.
Denver -7.5 at Oklahoma City:
Three games and three road teams, perhaps in this new year we are forgetting how much home court matters. Of course when your team is as bad as a failed abortion, like the Thunder, the home crowd doesn’t matter as much. Kevin Durant has started to pick up his game and Jeff Green looks like he might be an NBA player but as long as Russell Westbrook is going to throw the ball away one out of every 5 times he touches it, the Thunder will continue to struggle. The Nuggets have slumped a bit since they took off after the Billups trade but they should be rested enough to come out firing (pun intended just for you ‘Melo).
Sacramento at Detroit -8.5:
I am intrigued by the Philly-Dallas game and considered the Whorenets +1.5 in Portland, but in the end I have to take the safe pick and go against the Kings on the road. The Pistons haven’t blown anyone out in awhile so tonight is as good as any for that to happen. Just hope AI doesn’t take tonight off since it will basically be a practice for the Pistons.
SATURDAY FREE NBA PICKS
Sacramento at Indiana Under 213.5:
Two crappy teams playing the second of back to back games always leads to sloppy play. You can tease this with Indiana -8 or just forget any of this ever happened and enjoy your evening.
Milwaukee at Charlotte -1:
These two teams played last night and Milwaukee won by 28. However, we know that when two teams play each other back to back in the regular season in the NBA, the opposite always happens on the second night. So we can take over 181 or take the Whorenets. Actually, the over is probably the better bet, but let’s make things a bit interesting tonight.
Minnesota at Chicago -6.5:
My goal was to never take the Bulls and give points all year, but when we get the TerribleWolves™ on the second of back to back nights and have to give fewer than 7, we have to take it. To call the Bulls inconsistent would be a compliment but to call the TerribleWolves™ an NBA team would be a bigger compliment. Take the Bulls and hope they play 7 minutes of defense.
Philadelphia +10 at San Antonio:
Eh, sometimes you just have to throw logic aside. The Sixers are truly dreadful and the Spurs are very good at home but winning by 10 is not that easy. The Spurs should blow them out but the bet here is that the Sixers’ scrubs cut it to under 10. I’ve made better picks in my life, but I have no desire to get involved in NO vs. Denver and there are no other lines up yet, so buyer beware.
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