Pepper McSausage Picks

A pick a day until my mom comes back to life.

Another day of losing money in honor of my mom. Today’s pick is nice because there’s the hope it just doesn’t take my place. Kyshawn George is questionable with an illness. It’s NBA cup day, so perhaps he’ll play through it, but if it were my mom, this would be a guaranteed DNP. My mom was a hypochondriac, but also conjured up a ton of illnesses by worrying about her health. She passed that wonderful trait down to me. It’s funny how genetics play such an integral part of somebody’s makeup, and you just gotta hope your parents create a good cocktail. Like there’s no Jon Taffer coming in and telling you your cocktail sucks and shouldn’t be making drinks. You might be able to tell by your vibe together, but my parents clearly ignored that blindspot.

Generally, I think I lucked out. I have my dad’s charisma and my mom’s empathy, and avoided some of their landmines for the most part. My mom’s hypochondria is a tough one though cuz I think that was fortified by my dad’s nurturing. I think if I had a more careless father, I could’ve maybe avoided my mom’s hyperfixation, but my dad instilled in me a subconscious need to prepare for the worst. So I now have the wonderful ability of not just worrying about my health, but also worrying about the WORST CASE SCENARIO of my health. I counterbalance this by being passive about my health and telling myself that none of this matters and it’s all just in my mind, but of course that makes me think that I’m just dying inside and don’t know it…

Today’s pick: KYSHAWN GEORGE OVER 5.5 REBOUNDS

Again, Kyshawn might not play today, so this might not even matter, but I’m going to the well today and riding one of my favorite players in the league. He MIGHT not play, but we know Bilal Coulibaly WON’T play and that’s a significant factor and going over for Kyshawn here. Kyshawn was quietly handling the glass while Bilal was out and became much less effective when Bilal returned. Whatever the stylistic changes the Wiz are making when they play together is of no relevance to us today, and with us on a NBA cup day, if Kyshawn plays, he should play a ton. Giving him ample opportunity on the boards.

Good luck everyone, and as always, I’ll see you on the other side.

Pick record: 5-5 (no thank you Tre…)