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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: 19 Losses: 19 Ties: 2
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 50%
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AC'S FREE NBA PICKS AND COLUMN WEEK 5:
It is the Thanksgiving season and AC is thankful for many things. He is thankful for the NBA finally being in season, he is thankful Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn didn’t die in a Soviet gulag (thus we have the great novel Cancer Ward), he is thankful for butterscotch, and he is especially thankful for discovering the joys of Faye Reagan. Everyone has a lot to be thankful for this year despite the economy being worse than a chick flick starring one of those British guys named Hugh. But this is an NBA column so before we get to the free money winning picks, we must focus on basketball and the ten things in the NBA this year for which AC is most thankful.
1. Brandon Jennings: He has energy, he’s articulate, he’s a hard worker (so Michael Redd says), he is everything you would want a rookie to be. AC knows Jennings’ is going to go through a tough stretch, and he’ll likely complain and get out of sorts as he is very young, but Jennings has so much promise and plays the right way that he is a joy to watch right now. It’s almost too good to be true, so let’s not jinx this.
2. The New York Knicks: If Schadenfreude weren’t a word, AC would have to invent it (much like the time he had to invent the Super Bowl blumpkin) to describe the glee he gets every time the Knicks do something stupid. Whether it’s not signing AI because of Eddy Curry, having Nate Robinson shoot at the wrong basket (and surprisingly make it), or letting Danilo Gallinari shoot 800 3s a game, it is never dull in New York. Some people get off watching car crashes, but AC prefers watching the Knicks as fewer people get killed (unless they are associated with Eddy Curry, and Eddy Curry puts the “ass” in associate).
3. Al Horford: Horford, the anti-Big Lazy Al Jefferson, has let his desire to win rub off on the young and talented Hawks team. He doesn’t care about points, rebounds, blocks, or any other personal stat and just goes out there and tries to win. This guy is as relentless as herpes and has the talent to anchor Atlanta far into the playoffs.
4. The health of Kevin Garnett’s knee: It’s great that KG was able to fully come back from his minor knee injury from last year. Oh wait, what’s that? He’s still limping around even though his “minor” surgery did not involve reattaching a tendon? Oh, and he’s also lost so much explosiveness that he couldn’t even take Mike Bibby in the post twice in five minutes the other week. Fuck me. This is a fucking disaster. Seriously. AC is betting KG sits for a couple of weeks in the next month or so. This is not over.
5. The quick release of Eddie House: Yeah his shooting has struggled a bit this year but AC loves watching Eddie chuck them up. His shot is so quick it’s almost like he’s pushing it up there. Every time Eddie shoots the ball you think it is going in and when it does the crowd usually erupts. He is perhaps the single most exciting three point shooter in NBA history and I am not making that up. Here are the things AC could do all day: Bone Carmen Kinsley and Alexis Texas, eat Chocolate Necco Wafers, watch Eddie House shoot three pointers. Seriously, that is it.
6. The Golden Shower State Warriors: AC can’t tell you how much he loves everything about this team. They not only put the “dis” in dysfunctional, but they have four players AC would pay to watch. AC loves him some Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry, Anthony Morrow, and Anthony Randolph. Those four guys are unique and exciting. Ellis is an athletic freak who can do anything on the court other than win. Curry gets how to play and is going to be a star, trust me on this one. Morrow is just a cold blooded shooter who is learning how to make teammates better. And Randolph is part Dirk Nowitzki, part Shawn Kemp, and all Eddie Griffin. Add in that they don’t play defense and they all hate their coach (except for Morrow) and their coach hates all of them (except for Morrow) and you get a team where anything can happen on any given night. Seriously, if I told you that last night Anthony Randolph went for 45 points and 20 rebounds yet was benched for the final 4 minutes of the game for getting a hummer from a Warrior Girl during a time out, would you even blink? And Don Nelson is gone in another month. This just can’t last.
7. Mareesse Speights: AC likes everything about Speights other than trying to spell his first name. Is it 2 “e”s and 2 “r”s or 2 “s”s? Seriously, just make every letter double and stop making everyone guess. If it were up to AC, Speights’ first name would either be Maurice or Mmaarreessee. Problem solved. Other than his name, this guy is incredibly fun to watch. He blocks shots, he rebounds, he finishes, and he is in the right spot just about all of the time. The guy has a knack for playing basketball. I have no idea what his upside is, heck he might always just be a glue guy, but he 100% could be a starter or a sixth man on a championship team. Swap Raweed Wallace for Speights and the Celtics would be demolishing teams, that is if Speights were healthy.
8. That the league is not fixed: Ugh. I guess scratch that, and again. This is just too fucking much for me, too much. How is this not the lead story for every NBA news article? The refereeing in this league has been atrocious for years and now AC has to wonder if it has all been fixed. This is worse than when AC found out strippers aren’t really using the money to pay their way through college.
9. Omri Casspi: Omri is representing AC’s motherland (and yes, AC is a yid, how else do you explain his anger and love of chopped liver?) in Sacramento by putting up some decent numbers for a rookie. However, AC can not get over that Casspi is shooting 46% from the free throw line and 41% from behind the three point arc and he’s gone 10 for his last 13 at the line to get up to 46%. This remains the most amazing stat of the year (that is if you don’t count Eddy Curry’s 46 minutes of game time before hurting his knee again. And for the record, that stat is amazing because it is shocking he made it over 30 minutes).
10. NBATV: All of a sudden AC’s cable company is providing him with NBA TV which is at least four games a week, interesting commentary, and a ton of random Euro games and behind the scenes stuff on NBA teams and players. This is exactly what AC dreamed the future would be like when he was 13 years old (well this and free hummers at the “all you can shoot” hummer bar).
Friday Night Picks:
Cleveland -4.5 at Charlotte:
There are only two things you need to know about this game: 1. LeDong is really fucking good. 2. Charlotte is really fucking bad. Something smells very fishy about this line as the Cavs should be favored by 9 or 10, so check that Donaghy isn’t somehow involved or LeDong is not out with a case of boredom. Otherwise this line makes no sense, but unfortunately when lines make as little sense as this one does, we hit our trap games. I don’t think this is a trap though so take Cleveland and root for Shaq to not get in the way should he decide to suit up.
Toronto at Boston -10.5:
The Celtics have been playing abortionally bad lately but lucky for them they get to play The Raptors who I believe are a living abortion. The Raptors are a terrible team masquerading as a marginal team and the Celtics need to snap out of their funk. 10.5 points are about 4 more than I’d like to give here, especially with the Raptors coming off a blow out loss to the Bobcats, but Boston is at home and needs to rediscover their shooting touch and what better way to do that than against a team who doesn’t play defense.
New Jersey +13 at Sacramento:
Yeah, I know the Nets are still defeated on the year but the Kings just aren’t that good as reality sets in and New Jersey is finally getting healthy. Devin Harris and Courtney Lee should be back for the Nets and Brook Lopez should be able to keep Jason Thompson from dominating the boards. If you’re feeling frisky, you may want to bet the Nets straight up here as they are going to eventually break the streak and this is the kind of team against whom they can do it.
LA Clippers at Detroit Under 204:
This line seems about 10 points too high, so this is another potential trap. AC is more worried about trap games at this point in the season because he is still navigating his way through what has been a disjointed first month. AC is confident he will soon find his groove, but until he does, he is going to point out all potential traps, and this could be one of them since neither of these teams is very proficient on offense. That said, take the under and hope Will Bynum remembers he sucks.
Saturday Night Picks:
Well AC fell for the Cleveland trap but won on the Pistons-Clippers trap, so I guess it’s a bit of a pyrrhic victory as we lost the VIG overall on those two. Luckily the Celtics played well for one quarter and the Kings-Nets were a push, so we won a bit of cash last night. Tonight we need to do better as AC is running out of his Dom money and his ladies need to get their drink on when he is at the club.
Dallas at Cleveland Under 193.5:
They’re both playing for the second of back to back nights and both traveling overnight to get to Cleveland. This means the game should be sloppier than a French kiss from a chick with a lisp and a bad case of stomatitis. In a sloppy game, take the under because it’s easier to miss shots than to hit them.
Orlando -6.5 at Milwaukee:
Look, you all know AC loves him some Milwaukee Bucks, but the secret is out. They are no longer being treated lightly and they now are facing tougher teams. Dwight Howard is going to feast on the Gadzuric/Kurt Thomas front court with Andrew Bogut out for a month with a strained knee. The things Howard is going to do to Milwaukee tonight are unprintable in this column as this is a family website (Taylor Rain’s family that is). If Orlando gives any effort, this should be a 15 point win.
Portland at Utah Under 186.5:
There are three things I am sure of about this NBA season so far: 1. Kevin Garnett’s knee is maybe 75% at best, maybe. 2. The TerribleWolves™ suck donkey dick. 3. Portland can’t score.
So we’ll bet on the Blazers scoring fewer than usual after getting upset by the grizzlies in the Rose Garden last night. Plus Oden may be awkward and injury prone, but he clogs up the middle and blocks shots when he can stay out of foul trouble, so the Blazers can play some defense.
LA Lakers -7.5 at Golden Shower State:
I’d bang this with the over 218 almost as much as I’d bang Lucy Lawless circa 1997. The Lakers should run with the Warriors and the Lakers are about 5 players better than Golden State at all times so this should be a double digit win unless Monta Ellis goes for 60. Take the Lakers and enjoy the track show.
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