Friends in fast breaks,

Chaos is here. The injury report might as well be most starting lineups. This final week is always a special kind of hell, and we're all here to share it together. Let's go out with a bang!

WEEK 25 PICKS

• Points One-And-Done
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• Survivor #1
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• "All 30" One-And-Done
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• Survivor #2
  • Summary | Overall Standings | Golden Spreadsheet
• Weekly Pick'em
  • Summary | Overall Standings

PICK STATS

Points OAD

• T. Herro is our top pick with with 51 picks
  • Feel like there's no way this was a "strategy"
  • He was injured for a long while, feels like we're picking at leftovers
  • If you DID stash Herro, bless you
• J. Murray in second with 45 picks
  • Again, is this the injury bug dictating our last week action
• Past that, we've got J. Green (30 picks), V. Wembanyama (23), Z. Williamson (21), J. Butler (20), and K. Porzingis (20)
• Interesting low volume picks: S. Curry (1 pick), T. Young (1), K. Irving (1)

Survivor #1

• @DOCTORDER took the crown in last week's pickoff

"All 30" One-And-Done

• TOR was our top choice with 58 picks
  • Classic saving them for the right time, right?
  • RIGHT?
• Our next big picks were CHA (31 picks), SAS (29), MIN (28), and UTA (25)
  • One of these things is NOT like the other
  • I praise the MIN-holders, well done
• All aboard our completion week!

Survivor #2

• @jamescattrysse5 and @Davidb113 are in a battle for the title in a tiebreaker pickoff

Weekly Pick'em

• 15 games in the slate this week, with everyone paying Friday
• We have JUST one close matchups this week
  • PHX @ SAC - 56.5% on PHX
• Then there's 7 lopsided matchups
  • ATL @ MIN - 96.5% on MIN
  • DET @ DAL - 96.5% on DAL
  • UTA @ LAC - 94.1% on LAC
  • TOR @ MIA - 93.7% on MIA
  • BKN @ NYK - 92.9% on NYK
  • CHA @ BOS - 92.5% on BOS
  • DEN @ SAS - 92.2% on DEN
• That leaves 7 games in the "middle"
• Easily our most lopsided picking week
• Is it really that obvious? Will THIS get us a perfect week?
• Enjoy the ride!

BEST PICK COMMENTS (Theme: Player you're most excited for?)

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.

@StatCzar (P. Siakam, V. Wembanyama): "Definitely not the Cavs as of late"
GM says: Oh okay, just all of them

@YikesVikes (Weekly Pick'em): "Nothing to do with basketball, but I'm most excited about Tiger Woods - 24 cuts in a row at the Masters (new record) and I have him on my team. Talk about playing through injuries, my fav BB players are all sitting out. "
GM says: I'll accept it, Tiger Woods is back and in the mix!

@kbanaian (J. Embiid, P. George): "I'd like to thank Joel's knee for saving him for me this last week. "
GM says: He knew you couldn't resist, so he MADE you resist

@Salroc_ (Weekly Pick'em): "MAXEYYYY"
GM says: My only wonder is could he have done this last year without Harden, or were there big lessons he got out of that year of leadership?

@Rodgers_is_dead_to_me (V. Wembanyama, D. Sabonis): "Bobby, Bobby, Bobby! (It’s a shame you don’t have him on here for me to choose)"
GM says: You talking bout Bobby Portis? You want Ol' Crazy Eyes and his 11.8 PPG to take up a spot on the scoring roster?

@Merlinmei383 (J. Butler, B. Miller): "A tall French guy, don’t remember his name though"
GM says: Commentators getting Wembanyama's name wrong despite all the hype just never made sense

@Jts5522 (MIN, TOR, All 30): "SGA..He’s locked in contract-wise so how far can he lead the Thunder? Are the pieces in place with Chet and Jalen? "
GM says: Their playoffs run this year is going to tell us a LOT (other than they're young!)

@RedEd4 (D. Fox, D. Mitchell): "The one that scores the most! "
GM says: TRUE. Mind telling me who that is every Friday morning for reasons I don't want to discuss?

@HankyTola (V. Wembanyama, J. Butler): "Vic so excited for his skills "
GM says: It's a guaranteed highlight every game where I get the bizarre feeling of "he shouldn't be able to do that"

@PackerGuy10 (Z. Williamson, P. George): "My team is Minnesota, don’t think I need to tell you who I’m most excited about 🐜 "
GM says: Do you want Ants? Because that's how you get Ants!

@Logan2273 (DAL, MIN, All 30): "Toughest choice yet"
GM says: Like, so many good options to choose from

@kbanaian (MIN, POR, All 30): "Managed to save one team to the end but Portland? YIKES! Here’s hoping DeAndre is DominAYTON this game. Cautiously optimistic about the Celtics and seeing whether we can get through healthy. So that means I have to be excited about Porzingis getting through to the Finals. The story will be about Jayson finally getting the chip, but he’s not getting there without Zinger."
GM says: Respect on the MIN holding!

@RedEd4 (Weekly Pick'em): "All home teams, we're going out in a blaze! "
GM says: Home cookinnnnnnn

@Rodgers_is_dead_to_me (TOR, UTA, All 30): "These picks are what we call in the industry a “poop sandwich”. 🥪 "
GM says: But this one you made yourself after about 20 weeks of work!

@GiantDukieHowserJones (POR, TOR, All 30): "Done!!!"
GM says: WE MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE!

@Schreindogg (BOS, LAL, All 30): "i NEED this."
GM says: 🤞🤞🤞

@NEELERSBTB1 (MEM, TOR, All 30): "Here goes nothing!!!!!"
GM says: Can you hold onto the lead?!??

@YikesVikes (P. Banchero, T. Herro): "Paolo Banchero - Tyler Herro when you are injured used, you're left with emergency room hopefuls. "
GM says: "Emergency Room Hopefuls" is a Fall Out Boy album I would have listened to in 2005 for sure

Yours in Roundball Rock,
The GM