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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: 33 Losses: 29 Ties: 2
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 53%
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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 FREE NBA PICKS AND COLUMN WEEK 8:
It’s the holiday season, the season of giving, of family, and of drinking as much alcohol as you can to avoid giving your family your true thoughts on spending several days with them. Luckily, the NBA season is in full force to help get us all through the next couple of weeks like methadone to a heroin addict. With AC failing as usual to adapt the 12 Days of Christmas into an NBA Christmas themed poem (and if you can rhyme maids-a-milking and swans-a-swimming with anything in the NBA, more fucking power to you), he will instead give out 10 holiday wishes to NBA players and teams.
To Kevin Garnett: A healthy knee. Yeah, KG is playing pretty well right now, and if you had never seen him play before, you would think he was just fine, but the problem is AC has seen him play before and knows KG is not the same player as he once was. KG is no longer dominant on the defensive end or the offensive glass as his explosiveness is dwindling faster than an MTV reality show contestant’s dignity (that is if they had dignity at the start). KG’s offensive rebounding has dipped from the 3 a game with the Wolves and the 1.9 a game in his injury free season with Boston, to 1.4 a game. His total rebounds have dipped by almost 2 per game since his first healthy year in Boston. Most importantly, he posts players up or goes to the basket less frequently than Tony Allen attends MENSA meetings. Most telling is that he is shooting ~25% on alley-oops from Rajon Rondo, and why Rondo continues to throw that pass is beyond me, but so is string theory and smarter people tend to get that, so maybe I am just an idiot. The point is, KG is probably 70% of what he used to be. He’s still one of the best team defenders in the game, but his offensive game now resembles Steve Kerr without the three point range. He’s turned into a deadly 20 foot jump shooter, but that’s pretty much it. So if AC could make KG’s knee healthy, that would be the best holiday present.
To Brandon Jennings: Some exposure. AC is starting to love this kid in ways he thought he could only love Eddie House. Jennings actually plays with joy and has fun on the court, something you see in like one out of every fifty NBA players (you mostly see guys either too high to care or to intense to enjoy the game). To top it off, he’s a hard worker and very personable. He just got fined for telling fans through Twitter that he was excited to be back at .500. What other NBA player would do that? I hope he doesn’t go Tiger Woods on me, though I am sure at some point this honeymoon will end, but for now, this kid is a fucking positive aberration, like Joyce Hyser’s pivotal scene at the end of Just One of The Guys.
To Omri Casspi: A FT shooting coach. AC loves him some Omri Casspi as we both light the menorah during the holidays but Casspi needs to figure out how to hit the one of the simplest shot in the game. In what continues to be the most bizarre, overlooked stat of the NBA season, Casspi’s FT shooting is roughly equivalent to his three point shooting. Up until last week he was actually shooting better from three than the line but since then he is 10 for 11 from the line to raise his FT% to 56% while his 3 point % is now at 45%, so perhaps Hanukkah came early.
To Rachel Uchitel: AC’s phone number. Ok, I know she has nothing to do with the NBA but AC thinks the lovely Ms. Uchitel is the greatest most fun girl in the history of the world. All she does is get paid to party, be hot, get you hot girls, get you herself, party, and be hot. She is why Gloria Steinem fought for equal rights.
To Elton Brand: A nice retirement condo. Brand is more cooked than any of the deep fried shit on a Long John Silver’s menu. He doesn’t just have a fork in his back, he’s got a whole set of flatware. How low has he fallen? He’s now coming off he bench while an out of position Thaddeus Young starts at power forward and a basketball challenged Samuel Dalembert starts at center. Aging and lower body injuries are to big guys what food and no bathroom access are to bulimics, they just don’t go well together.
To Vinny Del Negro: A clue. Del Negro’s offense is more confusing than the Efimov effect (which thank goodness has been solved) or Nicole Ritchie’s popularity. His top two offensive plays involve having Derrick Rose go one on five and force up a bad shot and having everyone miss open jumpers and hoping Joakim Noah gets the offensive rebound for a put back. The Bulls have some talent but are underperforming worse than the Palm Pre and that is 85% on Del Negro.
To Dwyane Wyane Wade: Some better teammates. I have no idea how Miami is 13-11 because their roster is just terrible other than Wade. They have Michael “every other game” Beasley, Mario “eh” Chalmers, Jermaine O’Neal and his bum knees, and then a whole bunch of waiver wire fodder. The fact that they are above .500 is a testament to how good Wade really is.
To Greg Oden: Health. AC loves him some Greg Oden and it is a shame this guy is more brittle than the current US infrastructure (and if you think it isn’t, just wait. This is a huge underreported story). Oden was putting up some decent numbers this year, not all-star level, but decent, and considering he’s played basketball for like one out of the past four years, that’s pretty remarkable. He seems like a nice guy and he seems to really care, but he avoids injuries worse than John Daly avoids alcohol. AC just wishes Oden could stay healthy and continue to get better.
To the New Jersey Nets: Some wins. This Nets team is actually pretty likeable and has some talent. Devin Harris, Brook Lopez, and Courtney Lee are a decent core while Rafer Alston and Chris Douglas-Roberts are the start of an OK bench. AC really does not understand how this team has only two wins. They have had a ton of injuries, but still, even the TerribleWolves™ have five wins. Losing just seems to breed more losing, so if they could just win a few games before the all-star break, perhaps they could turn the second half of the season around and have some momentum for when they sign LeDong this offseason.
To LeDong James: Better image control than Tiger Woods. There is no way LeDong is not fucking half of Cleveland, just no way. 98% of athletes cheat on their wives and there is no way LeDong is any different. Of course, LeDong isn’t technically married to his baby momma, so perhaps he is just smarter than every other stupid athlete. The point is, LeDong has an image of a golden child right now and he’s not stupid, so he’s also likely tagging strippers because that is the whole point of being famous. So AC just hopes he has a better “cleaner” than Tiger Woods did because no one wants to see LeDong dragged through the mud like Tiger has been.
Friday Night Picks:
Gentlemen, ladies, Olsen Twins,
This weekend is where we start making money. AC has fought desperately to get back to .500 and he is now there. First we earn back our lost VIG and then we win enough cash to have Rachel Uchitel squire a flock of young tang to us.
Utah at Atlanta -6.5:
The Hawks have been absolutely killing teams lately, like the scent from Paris Hilton’s vagina. They have found their stride once again and look like contenders. The Jazz on the other hand continue to be a craptastic road team. They play worse on the road than logic plays at an Intelligent Design rally. This has the makings of a trap game, but one thing that we can usually be sure of is Utah sucking away from home so we’ll give the points and root for the Hawks to pull away in the fourth.
Philadelphia at Boston -11.5:
The only way the Celtics don’t win by 20 is if they decide to play the second half with only 3 players and those 3 players are Tony Allen, JR Giddens, and Eddie House’s son. The Sixers are going to be without AI who has an arthritic knee among other things, and really, having an arthritic knee as a player who relies on athleticism is like if Alexis Texas got ass herpes, you never want to injure your best asset indefinitely. The point is, the Sixers are not just playing horribly right now, they will be playing horribly without a marginal contributor in AI. This means that Jrue Holliday will be covering Rajon Rondo and that may be more lopsided of a match-up than a Shaquille O’Neal-He Pingping tug of war. While this is the type of game Rondo has been taking off, he is playing well now and I think he shows up. So take Boston and hope Tony Allen doesn’t somehow blow this.
Houston at Dallas -5:
Sometimes the better team just wins. Josh Howard is marginally back and the Rockets have no one who can stop Dirk. There’s not much more to say than that.
LA Clippers at New York Over 200:
The Knicks are playing a fuckload better as of late as D’Antoni has shortened their rotation and the team seems to have picked up their defense. The Clippers have the talent, but as always can’t put it together. Regardless, both teams are due for a sloppy game and even if the Knicks defense has improved, we’re still banging the over on NY just about every time we see a line under 205. So take the over and hope Baron Davis hits more than 28% of his shots.
Saturday Night Picks:
Well we got assfucked last night when Nowitzki left the game after only 1.5 quarters and didn’t come back, the Celtics decided to take the night off to get their toe nails painted, and the Knicks and Clippers just suck at basketball. AC will win you that cash back tonight because those strippers ain’t free.
LA Clippers at Philadelphia Over 193:
Yeah, two nights in a row AC is taking the over on the Clippers and you know why? No really, do you? Because AC has no fucking clue. Actually, the Sixers have been putting up points since Marreese (or however the fuck you spell it) Speights came back and Elton Brand last night showed he may only be half dead. AI is a big question mark to play but he is almost irrelevant. As for the Clips, I can’t see why they would have any interest in playing tonight so either they are not going to play defense and/or they are going to lose by 20. I am more certain that they will not play defense than they will not play offense so take the over and pretend this game never happened.
LA Lakers -12.5 at New Jersey:
New Jersey lost by 150 to Toronto last night, ok, maybe it was only 23 but they were down by 30+ at the half. As I wrote in the column this week, NJ has a decent core but unfortunately, that decent core will not be able to stop the frontline of Bynum/Gasol/Artest. It’s just not happening. The only way this game is close is if LA just decides not to play or RonRon is still shitfaced from partying in NYC last night. Even then the Lakers will probably win by at least 9, so take the Lake show and root for Kobe to try.
Indiana +12 at San Antonio:
I know, the Spurs are starting to play well and the Pacers are playing the opposite of well, which I think is “crappy,” but I will also accept “shitty.” Plus one of AC’s go to plays has always been taking the Spurs at home and giving double digit points. The Spurs cover that spread like the media covers what type of undergarment Lindsay Lohan is wearing (if any), that is frequently and with ease. So why would AC being going against logic here? Simple, logic has assfucked AC so far this year and the Spurs just aren’t that good right now. The Pacers should be able to keep this to 11, and that is good enough for a win.
Utah +2.5 at Charlotte:
First AC is taking the points and betting against the Spurs at home and now he is taking the points and betting Utah on the road and on the road for the second night in a row. What the fuck is going on here? It’s simple, the Bobcats suck and AC doesn’t care what their record is, they are not beating Utah tonight, it’s just not happening. They have no one to cover Boozer and Jerry Sloan had to have read his team the riot act after last night’s blow out so expect a solid effort from the Jazz tonight.
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