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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2009-2010 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 16 Losses: 15 Ties: 1
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 51%
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AC'S FREE NBA PICKS AND COLUMN WEEK 4:
Dear Readers,
AC is not himself this week. You see, he has developed a bit of a crush. It's likely fleeting and a mere dalliance which won't take him away from his important job of winning you all money, but he is a bit smitten. It is not as serious as his deep love for Natalie Portman or his primal yearning for Janine Lindemulder (before the tattoos and the whole doing men and trannies on film, and yes, she really went tranny).
AC's crush is so ephemeral that he feels a bit silly even talking about it. It's like when you're getting on an elevator and as you walk on, a chick who you think may be smoking hot walks off but you only catch a glimpse of what may be a fantastic ass and voluptuous rack. However, as you ride the elevator up 70 floors (because you work in the penthouse), you are left with the pungent and delicious smell of her overdone perfume and must stand and think about if she was the one, while you bask in the odorous scent of pheromones and stripper. AC is currently on that elevator. He got a fleeting look at his new crush and is not sure that they are really hot, but to extend the bad metaphor, he is going to sit by that elevator until he can see them again to properly judge. And dear readers, it is with a confused and slightly warm heart that AC must reveal to you his new crush and it is none other than the Milwaukee Bucks.
Oh yes, yes, it is so hard to admit that a team so bad for so long and without their "superstar" (Michael Redd's knee is bruised for the 1,900th time in the past 3 years) could have AC so titillated (though not as titillated as Dolly Parton). AC was able to watch about a quarter of their loss over Dallas and even though it was a loss, it was enough to make AC yearn to watch them again. This team is a bit like the Bad News Bears in that they are made up of cast-offs, never-beens, and a Turkish guy (ok maybe there was no Turk on the Bad News Bears, but whatever), and they play as a team.
They feature the exciting young rookie Brandon Jennings at the point guard spot and young Mr. Jennings dropped 55 points the other night with 45 of them coming after half. That’s right, he scored 45 points in one half including a Sleepy Floyd-esque 29 point third quarter. While Jennings was one of the few picks AC liked in the 2009 draft, even AC with all of his basketball wisdom and acumen did not think Jennings would acclimate this quickly or be this good. Chumps don’t drop 55 in the NBA (they might drop 40 like the never great Acie Earl), but they don’t drop 55.
In addition to Jennings, Milwaukee is running out the Turkish Steve Urkel in Ersan Ilyasova. Ilyasova’s shirt is a little too tucked in, his face guard is a little too dorky, and his socks are way too high, but my boy Ersan can play this game. Drafted by the Bucks in 2005 as an 18 year old, Ilyasova was never able to get regular minutes and if he did, he failed because, well, because he was 18 years old in a new country. So he went to Europe for the last few years and is now back tearing shit up like Atilla the Hun (ok, maybe not that much, maybe more like Atilla the kind of good basketball player). He’s averaging 9 points and 7 rebounds per game and shooting 43% from 3 but he is all over the court and has a nose for the ball.
Not only have Ilyasova and Jennings been positive surprises, but the Bucks have a healthy Andrew Bogut and how can you not root for a guy who once slapped himself five. While he might be a bust of a #1 draft pick, Bogut has basically been putting up a double-double a night for four consecutive years when healthy while shooting 55%+ from the field (and unfortunately the same from the line). He’s probably the most underrated center in the game now that Emeka Okafor has shown AC that he was not underrated, but properly rated due to his craptastic performance in New Orleans this year.
The Bucks are also running out all energy guys Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (now that’s a mouffull) who defends and rebounds like it will get him laid (when we all know chicks only go for the scorers) and Luke Ridnour who was actually a pretty good player about three years ago until he found out that he was white (he appears to be over this now). Add in the athletic Hakim Warrick, former NBA bust out to prove something Carlos Delfino, and slick shooting Charlie Bell and Jodie Meeks and you have a bizarrely solid and highly entertaining bench.
Leading this team of misfits and no fits, is the hissy fit king, Scott Skiles. Skiles was considered a scrappy player and is thought of as a hard nosed coach and now he has a team that in theory matches that personality (if you believe that that is his personality and not just the stereotype personality of a white NBA point guard). I don’t know how, but this team is playing with the kind of enthusiasm you only see in the college game or in Faye Reagan movies.
The Bucks are currently 6 and 3 and in fifth place in the East having defeated good teams (Denver), bad teams (Golden State), and walking abortions (The Knicks). It is doubtful this will last, and not clear what happens to team chemistry when Michael Redd comes back, but AC is just happy to conjure up his inner existentialist and believe NBA outcomes can be changed by hard work and not just talent. While, AC would be more surprised if they went 36 and 37 over the remainder of the season than if they went 15 and 58, he is going to suspend disbelief and just enjoy Ilyasova’s hustle, Brandon Jennings quickness, Charlie Bell’s fitting-in-ness, and Andrew Bogut’s effort. The Bucks are playing well enough that AC had to tell you about his crush and hopes you all check them out next time they are on national TV, which is likely to be never, so you’re just going to have to trust him on this one and ride the elevator alone while imbibing the second hand perfume.
Friday Night Picks:
Memphis at Philadelphia -6.5:
You know what happens when a stinky turd runs into a rotting feces? Nobody wins. Luckily for us, Philadelphia is just a regular turd and not a stinky turd so they should be able to fend off the Grizzlies. The Sixers have moved Elton Brand to center and Samuel “the human elbow” Dalmebert to the bench which should cut down their turnovers by about 700 per game. While they are now without Marreese Speights and will be using Rodney Carney at small forward and pushing Thaddeus Young to power forward, they don’t need to do much to beat Memphis other than show up and remember to wear uniforms. I’d much prefer if this game were only a 3 point spread, but the Grizzlies are putrid with a capital dry heave.
Houston at Atlanta Under 206.5:
Two athletic teams who like to run and yet they can both get at it on defense. When the line is over 200, you just need one mediocre quarter to win and Houston is just average enough to have that mediocre quarter. The only way they hit the over is if Aaron Brooks has 8+ turnovers for the third time this year. If I were Houston coach Rick Adelman, I’d probably pull him after his 6th turnover, but that’s just me.
Sacramento +11 at Dallas:
While the Kings have been doing it with smoke and mirrors, the Mavs have been doing it with Dirk and Dirk. That said, the Mavs are likely going to have way too much scrub time in this game which could easily cut the final to only a 9 point win. You should probably tease this with the over and win those extra lap dances.
Charlotte at Milwaukee Over 179.5:
AC tends to be a bit hard headed and even though just last week he swore off ever taking Charlotte and the over, he is unhappily rethinking his stance. The Bobcats acquired Stephen Jackson since AC swore them off and that guy can fucking score. While Milwaukee may still be basking in the glory of the ball washing AC just gave them, they only need to score 95 for this to hit the over and Brandon Jennings can almost do that by himself. This game doesn’t make AC feel good, so after you win money, feel free to throw a little bit of it his way for a massage.
Saturday Night Picks:
Another 2-2 night last night which isn’t going to help any of us get laid, unless we are bookies and then it’s a round of hummers every night. The over on Houston-Atlanta hit on the last shot of the game (though the over was 206.5 and the score was 103-103, so the over would have hit in OT anyway), so that sucked. Tonight we’re going to win cash though because daddy needs a night out.
New York at New Jersey Over 194.5:
I know, the Nets like scoring like Kafka likes writing endings for his stories. I get it, their injured, crappy, and crappily injured. That said, AC, Jiggy, and three thalidomide babies could score 90 points on the Knicks. Their defense has more holes in it than OJ’s alibi or the Battlestar Galactica finale (yeah, AC watches him some scifi, you got a problem with that?). The Knicks should crack 100 so the Nets just need to be breathing to hit the over and I believe they will be taking in oxygen and spitting out carbon dioxide.
Chicago at Denver -8:
The Nuggets have been killing teams at home, absolutely demolishing them. The Bulls are mediocre-ish but Derrick Rose has yet to play like an all-star and is instead playing like an all-kind-of-ok. The Nuggets are coming off an embarrassing loss to the Clips last night and event though this is the second of back to back games for them and 8 points is a lot, the Bulls have no one to stop Melo and the Nuggets are just too good at home.
Minnesota +14 at Portland:
Yeah, the TerribleWolves™ are fucking horrible, horrible. They put the “act” in “contraction.” That said, the Blazer can not put teams away because they can’t score. Their offense is more lacking than Jennifer Connelly’s acting. Banging the 187 under is probably a better bet, while banging Carmen Kinsley is probably more fun, but the Wolves should be able to keep this under 15. Or more like the Blazers should be unable to get this above 15.
Milwaukee +3.5 at Memphis:
I fucking hate taking this game, I really do. We got burned by Memphis last night and the Grizz have won 3 in a row (granted those three were against the TerribleWolves™, the Clips, and the Sixers). They are playing just not badly enough to make people think they are not completely awful. On the other hand, the Bucks are just way too hot now. This would be the classic trap game for them as it is the second night of back to back games and it is on the road. But we have an ace up our sleeve, it is also a trap game for the Grizzlies who have to be overconfident returning home. So we’ll take the 3.5 and hope the Bucks come out with the energy they have been playing with all year.
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