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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: 41 Losses: 37 Ties: 2
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 53%
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AC'S FREE NBA PICKS AND COLUMN WEEK 10:
Column and Picks Announcement:
First of all, Happy New Year to all of AC’s readers. AC wishes you much success this year (and by success he means blumpkins, three-ways, and Gracie Glam) and hopes you continue to bet with him and thus win more free money to achieve those successes. AC plans to spend this glorious New Year’s day watching his NU Wildcats assrape the Auburn Tigers to within a Herve Villechaize pubic hair of their lives. As for his picks, he will be selecting games on Saturday and Sunday this week as the Friday holiday leaves only 3 games to pick and AC always gives you 4 ways to win cash. So this week the column will be up Saturday and the picks will be Saturday and Sunday. If you’re really itching to get your win on, you might want to take the over 204 in tonight’s New York-Atlanta game, so consider that AC’s New Years’ gift.
Merry F’n New Year wagercom readers, Merry F’n New Year. AC spent his New Year’s Day watching his NU Wildcats blow the game about 18 times to Auburn before finally bowing out gracefully (only the exact opposite of gracefully, we’ll call it pitifully) on a fake field goal in OT to lose the game. After that demoralizing defeat, AC spent the rest of his day in the fetal position hoping the bad men would go away and only perked up long enough to see his Over in the Knicks-Hawks game come up a winner (thanks to OT). So it has been both a good and a bad start to the year for AC, but luckily there are NBA games to win tonight and AC sees 2010 as being a big year for all of us in terms of gambling.
As for the NBA, there are several stories that bear watching in 2010 (while hopefully in 2010 Hayley Atwell will go bare and give us something to really watch). This week, AC will break down the 5 most interesting stories going into 2010 before his free money winning picks.
1. The Gilbert Arenas gun story: According to news reports, Arenas pulled a gun on teammate Javaris Crittenden as a result of bets owed over a card game. While AC is a bit upset this feud didn’t start over Dominoes or Toni Braxton (read #5 on this list), he is sure that Arenas is going to get a long suspension if the reports are true. In fact, AC will wager Arenas is gone for at least the rest of the year. Two lucky things though about this story: 1. Crittenden was never really in trouble as Arenas is only shooting 41% on the year. 2. The Wizards suck anyway so losing Gilbert won’t make one bit of difference, in fact they might just be better.
2. As always, KG’s knee: AC has written about this so many times, he may start plagiarizing himself ala Rick Reilly. KG is now out for at least 2 games because he hyper-extended his knee due to being kicked in it, according to Doc Rivers. It just so happens to be the same knee he had minor surgery on (wink, wink) and the same leg in which he already missed a game with a “thigh bruise” (wink wink). Honestly, AC has not seen “minor knee” surgery have this much affect on a player since Shawn Kemp got a vasectomy. KG’s knee is a lot more fucked up than Danny Ainge or Doc Rivers wants people to know and there is a greater than 80% chance he will miss more than just a game or two for the rest of the season. Boston better hope he’s healthy for the playoffs because with RaWeed Wallace mailing it in on a nightly basis and Glen Davis trying to “stupid” himself out of the league, they need KG to play.
3. The Tracy McGrady saga: Houston told him to fuck off if he doesn’t want to play 10 minutes a night and be part of a winning team, so McGrady packed up his vagina and went home, presumably to work off the extra 35 pounds of baby fat he has. AC doesn’t get this one bit. If McGrady wanted to play more minutes, why wouldn’t he have shut his mouth and played his 10 minutes a night and if he performed well, forced the Rockets to play him more? Houston wants to win, so it is unlikely they would limit McGrady’s minutes should he be contributing. Plus if McGrady would have just shut his mouth and played, he would have given the appearance of being a good teammate and thus potentially be more valuable to a contender. This whole thing is bizarre. Teams have no ability to assess McGrady because he hasn’t played and looks like he ate Aaron Brooks. So who would give up anything to acquire his services? As for McGrady, if he wants a contract next year, he’s going to have to show teams he can play and by sitting at home and “working out” he is unable to do so. The main point though is that it’s 2010, so who gives a fuck about Tracy McGrady, he is so 2002.
4. The race for home court advantage in the East: Orlando, Boston, and Cleveland are involved in an unusual ménage-a-trios where there will only be one winner as opposed to the usual three. Injuries will likely determine the outcome of this race with Jameer Nelson still gimpy, KG, Pierce, and now Rondo out for Boston, and Shaq still rounding into shape for Cleveland (with “round” being the key word). While home court is not necessary to win the East (Orlando beat both Cleveland and Boston without it last year), it is very helpful. If these teams were all healthy, Boston would finish first, but that is unlikely to be the case so the smart money is on the Cleveland LeDong’s because it’s LeDong’s world and we’re all just living in it.
5. Trades, trades, trades: This trading deadline could be busier than Paris Hilton’s vagina on a Saturday night (and also have just as many STDs). New Orleans wants to dump salary as David West is dangled out there like Lexington Steele’s johnson in Manhammer 8. Also, the Bulls are looking to shed some weight (Tyrus Thomas), the Knicks are always looking to trim payroll (though are bizarrely interested in McGrady), and the Warriors may be on the fire sale of the decade. Plus don’t count out teams like the Pacers, Pistons, and Raptors trying to dump mediocre players (though good enough to help contenders) like Troy Murphy and all overrated Jose Calderon. There will be some interesting moves made that could swing the balance of power ala Chris Wallace giving the Lakers Pau Gasol and his last shred of dignity two years ago, so it should be an exciting next month.
Saturday Picks:
Toronto +4 at Boston:
The line for this game obviously hasn’t adjusted yet as Boston will be without KG, Pierce, and Rajon Rondo. The Celtics are actually going to start Tony Allen at point guard and JR Giddens at small forward, which means there will be so many turnovers, everyone in the crowd will get to leave with a ball. Toronto could not give enough points for AC not to take them so if you can still get 4, bet this as hard as you can. Otherwise, as long as your bookie doesn’t say Toronto -50, take the Raptors. If Toronto does not win by double digits, they should be barred from playing the rest of the season.
Golden State at Portland -4:
The Warriors are actually playing some good basketball as of late having defeated the Suns and the Celtics in the past week. That said, they can’t truly have any momentum because Don Nelson changes the rotation more often than Rachel Uchitel changes her story (and AC is cocktractually obligated to put a Rachel Uchitel bikini photo link into all of his columns). Despite all of the injuries and being so desperate for big men that they are starting 78 year old Juwan Howard and signed Shavlik Randolph, the Trailblazers are still playing good basketball. Giving 4 at home to the Warriors is a bet we’ll take all year.
Denver at Utah Under 205:
Denver can fill it up, just not as well on the road as they do at home and the Jazz have started to refocus on defense. This could be a high scoring first half, but the game should be close which means scoring will get tighter than Joan Rivers’ face in the second half. Take the under and root for Kirilenko and Brewer to play with intensity for Utah. And also root for JR Smith not to get hot from 3.
Minnesota +4.5 at Indiana:
The Pacers are absolutely dog shit right now, and not regular dog shit, but dog shit from a giant German Shepherd who ate dog food made in China. I know Minnesota is playing on the second of back to back nights, but they have actually played some of their best basketball in those situations (and that is funny, because Minnesota’s best basketball is still very very bad, like Jennifer Connelly’s acting). Anyway, Indiana will be without Granger and Troy Murphy and they are now starting Luther Head at the two guard so all the Wolves need to do is have one player other than Kevin Love and “The Big Lazy” Al Jefferson play well and they should be able to keep this game close. Take the Wolves and pretend this never happened.
Sunday Picks:
2 and 2 last night as the Raptors showed the whole NBA that they suck at basketball. Toronto is officially the most full of shit team of the decade as they lost to a team starting Tony Allen at point guard and JR Giddens at small forward. And they are the current #6 seed in Eastern Conference. Unbelievable. The Raptors should be deported and sent down to the NBDL immediately. Tonight we win back that cash because AC is pissed.
Indiana +8 at New York:
These teams suck so much balls that Vivid Video is thinking of having them star in a movie (tentatively called Dribble This!). The Pacers beat the TerribleWolves™ by 11 last night after blowing a 30 point lead and the Knicks were probably out partying into the wee hours of the morning because it was Saturday night in the city. The Knicks should win, but not by 8. You might want to tease this with the under as well. Just hope the Pacers can hold Gallinari to fewer than 4 three pointers.
San Antonio -3 at Toronto:
Last night’s performance against the Celtics has convinced AC to bet against the Raptors every single time he can for the remainder of the year. They are so shittastic that not even Eddy Curry would make them lazier or care less. The Spurs have won 8 of their last nine and although they played in Washington last night, it really doesn’t matter because the Raptors have the heart of a piece of lint. Take the Spurs, root for them to make it through customs, and then join them in celebrating late night at the Brass Rail.
Philadelphia at Denver Over 207.5:
The Nuggets -4.5 is very tantalizing but it’s unclear if Melo or Billups will be playing so we have to bet on the side of caution here. AC does know that at home Denver fills it up like a young Ron Jeremy, so points will be scored, especially as Philly is a mediocre defensive team at best. The one thing to worry about is a 30 point Denver blow out (108-78 or so), but with Lou Williams back, the Sixers should be able to break 90.
Dallas +6 at LA Lakers:
The under 199 isn’t a bad pick either but this should be a relatively close game. The Mavericks are playing their best basketball of the year and the Lakers are hella good. The only way to lose this game is on free throws at the end so just hope Dallas can keep hitting shots as they foul LA to try to comeback. The Lakers will win, but not in a blow out.
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