Tue 5/31

Its exciting that Mavs are playing against Heat in finals. Good news is that we wont need to worry about picking up a player from loosing team as this is the last round. James, Bosh, Dirk and Chandler are four best players available for in with highest PRA. For the first game, I am going with Chris Bosh at home.

Tue 5/24

Heat is leading series by 2-1 and I think Heat should beat Bulls. I already picked Deng and Boozer from Bulls and going with Joakim Noah in this game

What if

If Bulls win, I will go with Bosh.

If Bulls loose, I will go with Rose.

Mon 5/23 and Wed 5/25

Mavs won in OKC and got home court advantage back. I think Mavs will win the series.  I have yet to pick Harden and Ibaka from Thunder and I am going with them in next two games. James Harden on Monday and Serge Ibaka on Wednesday.

Sat 5/21

Mavs are playing against Thunder in OKC. I thought Mavs would win the series including first two games and I would use Harden for game3. Mavs didn’t win game 2. I still think that they will win the series, but I am little less confident after last game. I just had two players to pick from Thuder and I will pick a thunder in next game if Mavs win game 3. For now I have few Mavs to pick from an picking a Mav won’t be bad for me in next round and I am going with Shawn Marion.

Sun 5/22

Now that Heat was able to win second game, I am more confident that they will beat Bulls in this series. I think Bulls will lose and I should pick a Bull, but after return of Haslem, I have 4 heat players to pick from and there is no point in carrying 4 players to next and final round even if I think Heat will advance. I already made my mind of saving James for elimination game if at all it happens so I am going with Dwyane Wade as he is the best available option after him.

What if..

If Heat win, I might go with Noah

If Bulls win, I might go with Bosh

Thu 5/19

Mavs are playing with Thunder on Thursday.

I have these players left from this match-up: Dirk, Kidd, Harden, Marion, Ibaka, Chandler, Barea, Peja. I think Mavs will win and I would pick Harden and Ibaka in game 3 and 4. I am going with Jason Kidd at home and will still have handful of Mavs to pick during next round.

Dirk had a monster game yesterday. Thunder played very well, but Mavs played much better. It was amazing the see Dirk playing at that level. He has been playing great basketball this playoff. Ibaka is not a bad defender, but 7 footer kept making shots. I would love to see Mavs winning championship, but we all know that they are famous for loosing in playoffs. I sure hope that this is not the case this time.

What if...
If Mavs win, I might go with Harden
If Thunder win, I might go with Marion

Wed 5/18

Game 2 between Miami and Bulls

I thought Miami would beat Bulls in this series, but Bulls defeated Heat easily in game 1. For this match-up, I will save MVP for elimination game and will try to pick James as late as possible. Since Heat lost game 1, I am going with a Heat and picking Dwyane Wade.

On 5/18,
I changed my pick to Carlos Boozer. There are just 3 players from Heat to pick and potential 4 players from Bulls (Rose, Boozer, Noah and Gibson-I am not sure I would need to pick Gibson or not but he is better than 4th available option on Miami roster). So even if Bulls win, I would be okay going with Rose, Noah and Gibson in NBA finals because right now I am thinking that Mav will be in the finals and I am planning to keep Dirk, Marion, Chandler and Barea for finals. I would rather use a Bull player at home today than using a Heat player on Road.

The way Heat was playing, I thought they would able to beat Bulls in this series. But I dont know what to say after game1. Bulls were far better in second half. I still think that Bulls cant contain James the way they did in game1. After successful game1, I dont think Bulls are going to make any changes. I think they will have same strategy. For sure Heat would change their game plan. I am very excited to watch tonight's game.

Tue 5/17

Mavericks are playing with Thunder for game 1 of Western conference finals. I think Mavs will win the series. I already used KD and Westbrook previously and am going with a Mav as I only have Ibaka and Harden to pick from Thunder. Dirk is the best Mav to pick but, I would like to pick him in next round coz I think he is the only one who could give me 30+ points from this match-up and I would like to see my percentile jump up a bit later on and not on Tuesday. So I am going with Jason Terry.

Sun 5/15

I thought Grizzlies would be eliminated and I had Marc Gasol yesterday

Fri 5/13

There is just one game on Friday
Oklahoma City at Memphis, Game 6 - Thunder lead 3-2
The way Thunder crushed Grizzlies yesterday, it is likely that they will advance to next round. Grizzlies are going to play to avoid elimination game and picking a Grizzly is an obvious choice for me.

Grizzlies won first game of the series and they got home court advantage for first few games. They also eliminated Spurs in first round. As a result I picked KD and Westbrook and seem like Friday’s game might be the last and I will able to use only one Grizzly as I haven’t picked any Grizzly yet. Also I would have very limited choices if Thunder advances to the next round.

For Friday I am going with Zach Randolph

What if…
There MIGHT be two games on Sunday
Memphis at Oklahoma City, Game 7 - Thunder lead 3-2
Atlanta at Chicago Game 7 - Bulls lead 3-2

If Bulls are not eliminating Hawks today, I would go with Rose.
If Thunder won’t able to eliminate Grizzlies tomorrow, I will go with Junior Gasol

Thu 5/12

There is just one game on Thursday
Chicago at Atlanta, Game 6 - Bulls lead 3-2

I am going with a Hawk because they are trying to avoid being eliminated. I already used JJ and Horford and going with Josh Smith.

Wed 5/11

There are two games today

Boston at Miami, Game 5 - Heat leads 3-1

Memphis at Oklahoma City, Game 5 - Series tied 2-2

Pick is simple for me. Celtics are playing in an elimination game and I am going with a Celtic. KG and Allen are my options and I am going with Kevin Garnett.

Tue 5/10

There is one game on Atlanta at Chicago, Game 5 - Series tied 2-2

Though series is tied, I think that jump ball call was a foul and game result might have been different if Rose was able to knock down three free throws. I think Bulls will beat Hawks in this series. Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Jamal Crawford are my options and I am going with Joe Johnson because I think he is a leader of the team and Hawks need him to deliver to have a chance to beat Bulls.

What if
If Bulls will win, I will go with Josh Smith
If Hawks will win, I will go with Rose

Mon 5/9

There are two games today:

Miami at Boston, Game 4 - Heat lead 2-1

Oklahoma City at Memphis, Game 4 - Grizzlies lead 2-1

I am thinking about picking a player from loosing team. I haven’t picked KG and Allen from Celtics. From Thunder my good options are Westbrook, Ibaka and Harden. Since I have one more players to pick from Thunder, I am going with Russell Westbrook.

What if
If Miami win, I will go with a Celtic

If Celtics and Thunder win, I will go with a Grizzly
If Celtics and Grizzlies win, I will go with a Celtic

Sun 5/8

I had Andrew Bynum yesterday.

Fri 5/6

There are two games tomorrow
Chicago at Atlanta, Game 3 - Series tied 1-1
LA Lakers at Dallas, Game 3 - Mavericks lead 2-0

Defending champs lost first two home games and one of their starters, Artest got suspended for game 3 which is gonna be in Dallas. It’s not impossible, but I think chances of Lakers going home are higher than predicting winner from Bulls vs Hawks series. Also I already picked a Bull and a Hawk and don’t wanna pick any more players from these teams when I haven’t picked a single player from Lakers-Mavs series. So I am going with a Laker tomorrow. I think Kobe Bryant is the best in the team and I am going with him.

What if?
I was getting bored and thought I would do what if scenarios. I am trying to decide on next pick based on various scenarios from tonight’s game.

If Lakers loose, I will pick a Laker on Sunday

If Lakers and Bulls win, I will go with a Hawk

If Lakers and Hawks win, I will go with a Bull

Sat 5/7

There are two games on Saturday
Oklahoma City at Memphis, Game 3 - Series tied 1-1
Miami at Boston, Game 3 - Heat lead 2-0

Thunder vs Grizzlies is getting interesting. Heat is up by 2 games and I think they should win the series. So I am going to pick a Celtic. I already used Rondo and going to pick available Celtic who is averaging highest PRA. Paul Pierce is my pick.

What if (for 5/9)
If Celtics looses, I will pick a Celtic

If Celtics and Thunder win, I will a Grizzly coz I haven’t picked any Grizzly yet

If Celtics and Grizzlies win, then I will pick a Thunder as I have two Celtics (Ray Allen and KG) and three Thunders (Westbrook, Ibaka, Harded) to pick from

Wed 5/4

There are two games on Wednesday:

Atlanta at Chicago, Game 2 - Hawks lead 1-0

Dallas at LA Lakers, Game 2 - Mavericks lead 1-0

I thought Bulls and Lakers would advance for the sure, but both lost their first home game. I am not convinced, but I am gonna stop using my brain and pick a player from a team which is behind.

Bulls and Lakers both are behind by a game. I haven’t picked any players from these two teams so far. Being a Lakers fan I am biased and I don’t wanna pick a Laker especially when I haven’t picked any Bulls yet. So I am gonna go with a Bull. I would save MVP for elimination game if at all it’s gonna happen in this series and going with the Bull with highest PRA. That is Luol Deng .

Tue 5/3

There are two games on Tuesday

Boston at Miami, Game 2 - Heat lead 1-0

Memphis at Oklahoma City, Game 2 - Grizzlies lead 1-0 

Before they played even a game, I thought Heat and Thunders will win series. I was more certain about Heat beating Celtics than Thunder beating Grizzlies so I picked a Celtic. I still think that Heat will beat Celtics and picking a second Celitc doesn’t seem bad idea.

I wasn’t surprised that Grizzlies beat Thunder specially after seeing the way they beat Spurs in first round.  They beat Thunder in Oklahoma City in first game. Very impressive. They outscored Thunder in first three qtrs and both teams scored 30 points each in 4^th. Now they have the home-court advantage and I won’t be surprised if they beat Thunder. I am a big Lakers fan and think that winner of this series is going to be beaten by Lakers in next round. So I am thinking about picking a Thunder right now. At this moment I think, I might go with Kevin Durant on Tuesday.