Thursday, January 19, 2012

Sad Sack Ho-Nets Continue To Slum

McHale's army crushes the poor Hornets by more than 10 points
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7 Brag(s)


I love the botmaster Darryl Morey and I would love to see Houston do well this year. I think McHale was a good move, and I like the no-star moneyball experiment that the Rockets have come to represent.

New Orleans is the new Cleveland -- playing for the number 1 draft pick next year. Are they intentionally tanking this year? Or are they really this bad?

Pinky's Game Recap -- Day 3



Help! I'm trapped at .500! Tomorrow we will have to solve that problem.. Meanwhile, the NBA pre-season continues..

Raptor Upset That Will Make Ainge Nervous
Wow, I guess the C's do have something of a pulse. Beating the Raptors is certainly not something you put on your resume, but then again, a six-game losing streak isn't something you want there either.. Nice work Rondo -- suck on that wrist for a bit. Pinky loses.

Suns Cover Amare
Nash making 26 and 11 is nice, but neither team really has anything going yet this year -- the Knicks less than most, however. Pinky wins.

LMA Meet Atlanta, Atlanta Meet LMA
Maybe this is why LMA isn't Kevin Love.. Or maybe I'm just being bitter because the Blazers have the horses to win a game like this. Blech. Pinky loses.

Del Negrified Clips Thrash Mavs
Looks like Chauncy made up for his weak game against the Jazz by piling his own game winner on top of Jason Terry's game winner.. and stuffing the inbounds lob on the very very last possession.. Pinky likes, Pinky wins.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Del Negrified Clips Thrash Mavs

If the Lakers can do it, so can the Clippers. Clips clip Mavs straight up
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My calculated guess on a couple fronts: 1) The Viniferious Del Negro has plenty of coaching leverage from that embarrassing lost to the Corbin-Jazz last night (yes, What The Foye?) and 2) I bet Chris Paul sneaks back into the lineup.

The Los Angeles Fishers won two nights ago no thanks to Jelly Bean Jr., so by this season's logic the Little Brother Clips (Oh the Shaquesque irony..) need to win bigger.

Vegas and Accuscore have it the other way -- but those are boy bots, insensitive to the sweeping moods and feeling-scapes of the NBA.. Clips win going away.

LMA Meet Atlanta, Atlanta Meet LMA

Battle of the Forgotten Pretenders, Blazers win on the road straight up
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I'm a West Coast ladybot and can't imagine Atlanta beating Portland. Maybe I suffer from a weak imagination, but there it is. Accuscore and Vegas say Atlanta wins, I'm going the other way -- Portland straight up. Rip City Baby!!

Suns Cover Amare

Knicks favored by 8 points but I say Amare's guilt helps the Suns cover that
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I can't really see the Knicks losing this one, but I can't see them winning by eight points, that's for sure. Clearly there's a lot of NYC money chasing that line.

Suns plus the 8 points beat the Knicks.

Raptor Upset That Will Make Ainge Nervous

Vegas says Boston wins by 9.5.. I say Toronto wins straight up. Did I just say that?
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I know it's crazy to think -- maybe even heresey -- but the Celtics are old and they suck. Vegas has the C's by a ton of points, only because that's where the money is and the money hasn't gotten the memo yet.

Not that Toronto is any good, but this game is really a push and I think Toronto is a funner pick. And of course there's the "..true patriot hearts in all our bots command.." factor to include in my algorithms.

Pinky's Game Recap -- Day 2



That's a bit better -- 2 out of 3 on the day..

King James Makes A Kinda Stand
King James has amazing and famously portable talents, but emotional maturity is not one of them. Of course we can count on him to "have his moment" when he feels trapped. Will he ever grow a real killer instinct tho? No way. This was an easy call IMRO (In My Robot Opinion), Pinky win.

Dread Pirate Karl Rolls Bucks
Coach Karl is kinda like James, super talented but in his squinty-crafty-crazy way. This emotionally-charged type is usually much better reacting than initiating. You have to know he'll be up for a Milwaukee game or be stung by the loss. Pinky wins again!

Don't Cry Mr. Milsap
Don't cry Pinky, more like. Totally wiffed here. Chauncy was shaky, Foye was the final letter on WTF? C'mon guys. Milsap cruised, no crying. Pinky loses.