Friends in fast breaks,

This is TheGM, back in action to bring us home. A big thanks to Commish for taking over writing duties while I got a handle on being a dad. Am I good at it? Questionable. Is the boy still alive? Yes. So I'm not failing miserably at least.

Do us a favor - You've had fun right? Get a friend into our Playoff Pick'em. It's only $10 and you already know it's gonna be fun.

WEEK 21 PICKS

• Walking Bucket Wilt OAD
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• The Worm Survivor
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet

The West is a bloodbath, with the gap between 4th and 12th at about 3 wins. With about 10 games left, the playoff picture is still a complete mystery. The East is a bit more solid, though there could still be good shuffling in the bottom seeds. The table is nearly set for the Playoff Pick'em. 

The tankathon? Almost exactly as expected. DET, HOU, and SAS all clumped together. CHA is a mild surprise addition thanks to their plethora of injuries this year. ORL has outperformed expectations with over 30 wins already. They're still young and not good yet, but you can't call them tanking at this point because their trajectory is upwards.

PICK STATS

Walking Bucket Wilt OAD

• G. Antetokounmpo and K. Irving share the podium as our top player this week with 28 picks each
  • A lot of people holding onto Giannis late into the season, we'd hope because of strategic reasons
  • Irving has been pretty hot of late, but there can always be questions of sharing the ball with Luka available
• Other big picks: D. Booker (23 picks), Z. Lavine (22), D. DeRozan (20)
  • Seeing the CHI teammates one after the other is interesting
• We keep seeing good spread at this point, with another week of 13 players receviving ten or more picks
• Low volume check: C. McCollum (1 pick), F. VanVleet (1), J. Poole (1), and K. Johnson (1)

The Worm Survivor

• And then there were two.
• In terms of availability... There's not a lot of good options left. 
  • 1 Western team with a winning record, 3 from the East
  • Neither had used MIL yet!
• Looking at picks of:
  • DAL (vs CHA)
  • LAL (vs OKC)
  • TOR (vs DET)
  • MIL (@ UTA)
  • All games are today, so we could have a champion tonight

PICK COMMENTS

@LeviLeo (G. Antetokounmpo): "My boooooyyyy"
GM says: This isn't Middleton. I won't accept new narratives on your favorite player.

@YikesVikes (C. McCollum): "CJ be my guy!"
GM says: He's been a bit cold recently, hoping he explodes just for you!

@Gamblers44 (S. Curry): "I believe in you…..and me. LETS GO! "
GM says: Order up, Chef Curry, need a big dose of points over here!

@MONSTERXXX (G. Antetokounmpo): "WOOOOOOOOOOOOH !!!"
GM says: THERE IT IS, my WOOOOOOH reserves were getting low, thank you MONSTERXXX ❤️ 

Yours in Roundball Rock,
The GM