Friends in fast breaks,
Definitely a record-breaking week for us in an annoying way - over 20 of our pickable players marked as injured or out as of the last nba injury report check-in, and that doesn't include those that were already pulled from the roster for long-term injuries.
Some of them are legit. Some of them are "DNP - Rest". Some of them are engaging tank mode. But ALL of them are what make these final two weeks so tough. This is why we've got some slack between the full roster size and the total number of required picks for the season in Points OAD.
If you know whomever controls the injury slider, could you have them push it down to zero for a minute? There's games on and I want to see some ball!
WEEK 24 PICKS
- Points One-And-Done
- Survivor #1
- "All 30" One-And-Done
- Survivor #2
- Weekly Pick'em
PICK STATS
Points OAD
- V. Wembanyama takes the top spot again with 53 picks
- He was also our top pick two weeks back
- With half his team out... who else is scoring?
- C. Thomas takes second with 42 picks
- And HE was our top pick last week
- We're officially in our "boom/bust" era deep in the player roster
- Our two other big picks are K. Porzingis (34 picks) and J. Green (31)
- Interesting low volume picks: B. Bogdanovic (1 pick), F. VanVleet (1), I. Quickley (1)
Survivor #1
- @Ndnowak1429 and @DOCTORDER are battling in a pick-off for the crown this week
- They differ on 4 games, and we have confidence rankings
- We almost certainly get a champ here
- Good luck you two!
"All 30" One-And-Done
- POR (70 picks) is our top choice by a large margin
- What playing against WAS does to us is amazing
- This is why we saved POR this whole time, right?
- NOP (42 picks) and MEM (34) are our other big picks
- In the end, I think we still broadly followed a Survivor-style strategy
- Take the good teams early
- Pray that bad teams can do somethign in the final weeks once we get there
Survivor #2
- We've got @jamescattrysse5 and @Davidb113 battling for the crown
- They've both got a miss already, so any incorrect pick means elimination
- If they both miss at least one, that means it comes down to best record this week
- @jamescattrysse5 took BKN | MEM | ORL | WAS
- @Davidb113 took IND | MIN | NOP | POR
- Good luck you two!
Weekly Pick'em
- 16 games in the slate this week
- We have 3 close matchups this week
- MIA @ HOU - 51.0% on HOU
- OKC @ IND - 54.4% on OKC
- MIN @ PHX - 59.0% on PHX
- Then there's 3 lopsided matchups
- TOR @ MIL - 97.3% on MIL
- ATL @ DEN - 97.3% on DEN
- UTA @ LAC - 94.6% on LAC
- That leaves 10 games in the "middle"
- Yes, including the 5 games with an 87% to 89.7% favorite
- With the injuries, resting, and normal variance, I just don't think we're getting a perfect week
- I've tried so hard jinxing us, why isn't it working?
BEST PICK COMMENTS (Theme: Favorite player "look"?)
Reminder: The weekly themes are totally voluntary, you can always be as wild as you want. Consider them a suggestion if you need a jumping-off point for your comment.
@Rodgers_is_dead_to_me (T. Haliburton, T. Rozier): "Best player look? Giannis’ snarl after a thunder dunk, of course! Wait, I might’ve misunderstood the assignment…"
GM says: Mean mugging, being enormous and flexing, that counts!
@TheCommish (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "My favorite look is KG's "absolute unhinged maniac whose hands might literally crush the basketball he is holding onto as he grimaces with terrifyingly amped up eyes". KG is the GOAT athlete of my life and there will never be true competition for my sports affection."
GM says: KG is in the dictionary when you look up "crazy eyes"
@luvmath2010 (V. Wembanyama, M. Bridges): "J"
GM says: I choose to interpret this as you ALSO appreciating Dr. J's afro sailing through the air for a monster dunk
@Trentoff (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "Jason Williams Sac town shorts AI's sleeve Sheed's baldspot Bill Walton's shoestring headband/hairtie Eddie House's Headband Embiid's minifro (seems to play better with this than than the cornrows) Steve Francis in the Wink 3's - VC when he's looking down on the rim - Kobe in Colorado Last: Marbury's Starbury head tattoo closely followed by John Stockton's shorts"
GM says: Hell yeah Trent, just reeling off sick looks
@YikesVikes (V. Wembanyama, M. Bridges): "Wembanyama & Bridges - Wham Bam Bridges, I'm hoping they don't collapse like the bridge in Baltimore! 🌁"
GM says: I've been advised that cargo ships are NOT allowed in the arena
@bowser48 (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "Mr. Anthony “Spud” Webb, we see “eye to eye”….woohoo!"
GM says: The Spud Webb / Manute Bol pictures are still unbelievable
@GDishes (K. Durant, K. Irving): "Jordan Poole's mustache"
GM says: Favorite? Really? I don't believe you
@ContrarianDFS (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "The notches on Wilt's belt. "
GM says: Even if the man was a wild exaggerator, he'd still need a dozen belts
@RedEd4 (K. Irving, A. Davis): "Bird's Balls bouncing in those tight shorts while he whips a towel... Oh sorry I thought you said what gives you nightmares. "
GM says: You paint vivid pictures with your words RedEd... now help me scrub my brain clean
@kbanaian (BKN, IND, All 30): "Best look goes to the best headband wearer ever, Carmelo Anthony. "
GM says: I miss the ninja headbands and still don't forgive the NBA for banning them
@AC0606 (J. Embiid, J. Green): "steven adams pony tail"
GM says: I could not be happier to have those flowing locks in Houston now
@mconnaughton (BOS, DET, All 30): "Jaylen Brown’s OG pencil eraser fro. No doubt "
GM says: Heck yeah, bring it back! The beard is too Harden and the braids are generic. Gimme the immediately knowable silhouette
@GaviK (L. Doncic, A. Davis): "D-Rose's everything lol"
GM says: I STILL have a pair of my D Rose sneakers, the man was ice cold
@Schreindogg (BKN, WAS, All 30): "next week will be a crap-shoot, it all comes down to THIS"
GM says: The beauty of the All 30 format - What on earth are you doing at the end?
@TheCommish (LAC, NOP, All 30): "I've saved Boston, Dallas, LAC, and New Orleans FOR THIS EXACT MOMENT. They collectively get home games vs. the Spurs, Jazz, Hornets, and Pistons over the next two weeks. BANK MY 4 WINS. But what is "this moment", you ask? ... I mean... I want to prove that saving teams and winning your final 4 picks in this pool is a solid moral consolation prize after losing most of your riskier picks. What is that worth? MORE THAN NOTHING, GM. More than nothing."
GM says: Get a load of this guy, thinking he can use strategy and stuff 🙄
@yjcc (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "I only picked two away teams... that's probably bad right?"
GM says: No no no, MANIFEST the home court advantage
@RedEd4 (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "Worked so well last week...Another 4 Road victories this week. "
GM says: You have twice as much faith as @yjcc
@YikesVikes (NBA Weekly Pick'em): "Playoffs baby, they're coming up soon, and I can't believe the Timber Wolfes are doing well. The rest are all guesses, and quite frankly I don't give a damn, they're all gone with the wind. The swoosh of a bucket that is. "
GM says: BE SURE TO GET IN THE PLAYOFFS POOLS, Y'ALL
Yours in Roundball Rock,
The GM