Friends in fast breaks,

Dame blew up last night. So what do we do? We dogpile Dame. Can lightning strike twice in a row?

WEEK 12 PICKS

• Walking Bucket Wilt OAD
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• The Worm Survivor
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• Your group picks (get in a group with friends!)

PICK STATS

Walking Bucket Wilt OAD

• Our top player was D. Lillard with 32 picks
  • We see Dame get hot, we come runnin'
  • I'm hoping for a stellar shootout between him and Doncic
  • This is a new low for us in terms of our top pick volume, easily beating our previous low of 43
• Our other top picks: D. Mitchell (27 picks), S. Curry (22), J. Tatum (21), J. Morant (21), T. Young (20)
  • I'm only a LITTLE mad that D. Mitchell went and scored 71 when we weren't picking, can you imagine?
• What does the Golden Spreadsheet show?
  • Our pick diversity continues to shift, this is awesome to watch evolve
  • Our crème de la crème continues to wane and we're seeking out more unique pick lines as we go
  • C. Sexton continues to be our only unpicked player, poor guy
• Other interesting low volume picks: B. Hield (2 picks), J. Clarkson (1), D. Bane (1), J. Green (2)

The Worm Survivor

• We're HEAVY on SAC (vs HOU) with 21 picks
  • HOU is 1-9 in their last ten games
  • But SAC is only 5-5, with one of those victories already against HOU
• All other teams are really sparsely picked
• This feels really familiar to a recent catasrophe...
• Our other "big" picks:
  • GSW (@SAS) with 6 picks
  • NOP (@ DET) with 6 picks
  • UTA (vs ORL) with 4 picks
  • PHI (@ UTA) with 4 picks
  • CHI (vs OKC) with 4 picks
  • One of these things is not like the others...

VC’s Knees Survivor

• @medicalmatt224 is our official champion!
• He and @TheCommish are playing for pride at this point
• They both lost last week on MIL, so they're doing a Confidence-Ranking Pickoff for the Friday and Saturday games. 
• Based on their picks, we WILL have a champion.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Westbrook Bank Shot Moxie Award

Boldest pick WITH a comment. You can't win a SZN competition without a little Moxie!

@LeviLeo (K. Middleton): "Middleton returns and drops 80"
GM says: Middleton keeps bailing on you and you KEEP. COMING. BACK. You earned this.

"Who's the GOAT?" Award

Our best weekly comment (or three)

@MONSTERXXX (D. Fox): "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH !!!!"
GM says: I needed a WOOOOOOH after this week @MonsterXXX, thank you ❤️

"I Could Sell You Kings Tickets" Award

Most convincing comment.

@YikesVikes (T. Young): "Young finished with 30 points (9-17 FG, 3-6 3Pt, 9-9 FT), two rebounds, eight assists and one steal across 34 minutes during Sunday's 112-108 victory over the Clippers. Young's shot was dialed in for most of the game and he was effective in finding his playmakers. Young has 30 or more points in two of his last three games and this week he's going for 40."
GM says: 👆👆👆 *nods furiously*

KD Would Retweet This Award

The spiciest/wildest take.

@StatCzar (D. Mitchell): "Reusing my grandma comment from last week since 1. We didn’t have any comments in last week’s email. 2. I had my wisdom teeth out yesterday and am too out of it to recall another one right now. I love movies. Like I love them to the point that I have a spreadsheet that's a list of every movie I can every remember watching in full, current count, 2,017. A big reason I love movies is as a kid for years upon years, almost every Sunday I would go to a movie after church with my grandmother, who also really loves movies. Grandma still claims that James in the Giant Peach is the worst movie she's ever watched by far and it's beyond her why anyone would wanna watch talking bugs inside of fruit with a disgusting looking boy. Another movie that grandma is not a fan of, Braveheart. Why does she not like Braveheart? She thinks the movie has a terrible ending! She is upset that William Wallace dies. For years people have told her that he really dies and she has explained that she doesn't care, they could have came up with a better ending." 
GM says: Grandma has opinions and you're gonna deal with them.

MORE PICK COMMENTS

@Merlinmei383 (SAC): "Beam don't let me down!"
GM says: Beam.

@Mr_Rodgers_Neighborhood (SAC): "King for a day? Sure, why not!"
GM says: Beam!

@Merf (SAC): "Beam me up, De'Aaron! The doubleheader sketches me out, but I just can't take the Warriors on the road."
GM says: BEAM!

@Merf (S. Curry): "Warriors need a Steph Supernova to win a game on the road..."
GM says: He comes back with the sleeve. Something wild has to happen soon, right? When stars get a temporary wardrobe change (a la LeBron and the black mask) it's a short-term power boost.

@kempsoos (S. Curry): "I’m a little hungry… time for a 50 burger!"
GM says: But I thought cookies were part of the chubby Luka problem... 🍪

@Mr_Rodgers_Neighborhood (J. Brown): "What can Brown do for me? He can throw up 50, that's what he can do!!!!!!!!!!"
GM says: Celtics colors officially changed to Brown and Yellow. That's cool with everyone, right? Oh, and the shorts are REAL short too.

@BroncoCharlie (S. Curry): "I just want to Curry up and win this thing"
GM says: Time is ticking @Bronco

Yours in Roundball Rock,
The GM