Pepper McSausage Picks

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

At this rate, my mom is never coming back. Amen Thompson and I didn’t get our Jerry Maguire happy ending and I’m starting to feel like this is gonna become a Before Sunrise situation—him and I. I like to believe my mom is trying to do Angels in the Outfield shit and help me, but coordination was never her strong suit. It cracks me up imagining her accidentally boxing out Amen or inadvertently contested shots off his assists. I miss her so much…

My mom went through a phase of being a beer league softball catcher for a local brewery when I was like 12 or 13. It’s surreal thinking about it now. She couldn’t adequately play any other position, or bat or anything. And when a pass ball got behind her, she just told the umpire to get it. Which is one of the few real responsibilities a catcher has in a league like that. The team must’ve liked her spirit though cuz god knows she was really dragging the team down from an ability perspective. Anyway, speaking of ability!

Today’s pick: GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO 32+ POINTS

The injury report for Giannis reads probable, so yeah, he’s probably gonna hit. That’s how these things work, right? Off the cuff, I just feel like when Giannis goes under in points one game, he goes over the next. Even though this game SCREAMS to take his under. Take out two berserker games from the 2023-24 season, and Giannis has only gone over this line once in his career against Luka Doncic. He’s also coming off an OT thriller against Charlotte last night. And despite what their roster limitations might suggest, the Lakers have been incredibly solid at thwarting big men this season. Randle is the only big man to score 32+ against them and he took advantage of the Lakers spotty perimeter defense to the tune of 4 threes to nab 33 points. Something it’s safe to say is not in Giannis’ bag. With all that said, we’re celebrating my friend Adam’s birthday today. Who bet Giannis’ point total over yesterday and loss, so we’ll either get to commiserate together at the lost money or I’ll be able to brag to him about the gold I dug up. Win-win!

Good luck and I’ll see y’all on the other side!

Pick record: 7-10 (no thank you Amen)