18 posts tagged with "season 2"

With the Yule season approaching we all sit around warming ourselves on the dumpster fire that is the Detroit Pistons and reflect on the passing year. Reflecting on when big men didn't casually get 2 blocks per game while scoring 30+ or when a player was getting 11 FT attempts a game he wasn't making 95% of them.

Well that's all in the past because we are in the multi cat, aspiring multi mvp era of basketball. Previously chided for pulling dominant stats against bottom feeders, the big man in Philly dropped 51 points against the timberwolves, the top team in the western division. He's continued his warpath with averages of 40/12/6 while keeping pitching in a blocks per game and 1.5 steals.

At this point i'm running out of things to say so here he is as the founder of Springfield. And with his perfectly cromulent play this week we are proud to declare Joel Embiid the first 3 time bread and butter Pick of the week of the season.

We are returning a temporary Hiatus due to the NBA designing a new format putting the championchip in December (take notice leafs fans.)

After a pretty easy schedule of only 2 games last week the 76ers were treated to an even easier schedule with matchups vs the Wizards, Pistons, Pistons and Hornets who boast a combined record of 13-62. Hell, Atlanta has been the best team they've played all December. Philly knew they had this in the bag as they could rely on the one person who absolutely excells in meaningless games.

Averaging 38 points on less than 30 minutes per game while missing a single free throw out of 38. While making sure to snatch 10 rebounds or more. All the while just coming in under both 2 blocks and 2 steals a game.

This has been the most dominant week we've seen all season and as such we are proud to announce Joel Embiid as the Week 8 Bread and Butter pick of the week.

Can you believe the In Season Tournament is well underway into the knockout round, janking up scheduling and causing people to pay attention the pacers. As advance warning due to all teams playing 2 games this week no players meet the standard pickle criteria.

Big men get big numbers, and when you shooting at 70% while pulling 8 steals and 10 blocks in a week there is noone capable of matching that production. With a sheet of 4 games over the last week we've seen a pair of crown jewels in 32 point triple double, and 26/14/5 with 7 Steals + Blocks alongside an "improvement" to become a 70% free throw shooter.

Wishing him all the luck in the IST we are proud to declare Giannis Antetokounmpo the Week 6 Bread and butter pick of the week.

On October 31, 2023 this player was fined for repeatedly making an obscene gesture and was fined $35,000. Based on the lastest conversion rates this would be able to purchase 6099 Big Marys (tax included). That many sandwiches would contain a whopping 4kg of salt.

Outside the drive-through this player has been following up on a mvp quality season averaging 32 points 11 rebounds and 6 assists. This has been enough to have him in the running for the top spot several weeks but like my blood pressure he had to elevate to hit that next level. The elevation came this week by hitting 10 blocks a 50% from his season average and a 100% increase from his mvp season.

It is with great honor we crown Joel Embiid the Week 5 bread and butter Pick of the week!

Phoenix Arizona located in the northeastern region of the Sonoran Desert is the home over 40 species of snake. These include the Arizona Milk Snake, Coachwhip Snake and 12 species of rattlesnake. Well this player is a known coach whipper who must drink lots of milk to keep them bones in tip-top shape.

After a calm off season not destroying a franchise (the Wizards don't count), this forward has been the only healthy star on his squad. This additional demand is apparently not the hardest road as he's been pushing north of 30 ppg on 20 shot attempts, numbers not seen since their 2013-14 season. However, with the load finally decreasing he had had the opportunity to properly stuff the statsheet. Lead by a flawless 16/16 on free throws and shooting 63% from the field on 21 attempts has resulted in buckets. Averaging 35/7/8 a night for the suns culminating in a 39 point double-double with a pair of blocks and steals.

As he apparently can win 9-cat Kevin Durant is the Week 4 Bread and butter pick of the week.

What a tremendous race this week. In NBA week three we saw an explosion of individual perfomances many of which were desterving of a pickle in the own right. We saw SGA average 35 a game at nearly 2 steals per match. Tyrese Maxey made his first major push to take the top honors by dropping 50 with 7 3pts and 3 blocks against the pacers. We even saw Embiid have a pretty standard Embiid week.

However all these pretenders only served to awaken a sleeping beast. After having won 3 pickles in each of previous seasons and losing out on his deserved regular season MVP the reigning finals mvp and champion has to remind everyone just how he's broken the game. By combining 2 35 point trible doubles with a 36 point 3 steal game the numbers pushed in his favor. A 21 rebound triple double set the tone for statistical domination. But managing a block per game and less than 3 turnovers per game. Who cares if this dude shot 600 from the line two games in a row.

At the end of week 3 we keep rolling out the hits and grant the one and only Nikola Jokic with his first of likely many pickles of this season, as our bread and butter "Pick of the week".

Only 2 weeks into the season we are beginning to see that it is transitioning to a big mans game. With block numbers in the stratosphere thanks to the latest class of rookies with no small contribution from both Chet and Wemby.

Last week we had our incumbent pickle holder make up for a weak performance with otherwise dominant stat lines. This week we have a series of dominant performances with a monster game that seals the freshness in. Starting the week on an efficient 26/19/5 and 27/10/3 with a combined 9 blocks and steals. This was followed up with 28/13/3 with 8/8 from the line and 7! blocks. Amazingly everyone in the league passed over this player at least once. Well, he's now the reigning back-to-back weekly pick. Bet you all feel like chumps.

So it is our pleasure at Picklytics Sports Analytics to once again crown Anthony Davis the Bread and Butter Pick of the Week to Anthony Davis of your Los Angeles Lakers.

Lets Fucking Go! Its a new season with new expectations. After a lengthy hiatus we are back reporting the next iteration of new generation of picklytics. With the recent addition of two new teams with five new managers will we see a dilution of pickle solution? Will one manager rise through the brine? Has DJ realized that he isn't in the league yet? These questions will be answered through the 19-week pickle eligibility period.

This week’s winner overcame a highly discussed 0/6 in the second half of the season opener. Usually this would be enough to eliminate any and all chances at taking the NBA's top weekly honor but when you follow it up with a pair of massive 30-point double doubles, capped off with a combined 11 steals and blocks on an astounding 21/39 fgs and 16/18 from the line. Can he pass or make 3s? Irrelevant. What was his stat line for the season opener? Garbage with 2 blocks and 4 dimes. I guess when the king takes a seat after 29 minutes the real ones step up.

So it is our pleasure at Picklytics Sports Analytics to present the inaugural 2023 Bread and Butter Pick of the Week to Anthony Davis of the Lakers.