Pepper McSausage Picks

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

Tales from the bathroom, and my brain is fried. My brother doesn’t dust the house now that my grandma and mom are gone, and despite my best efforts, my allergies are kicking my ass. Sadly, a nice Cooper Flagg win last night doesn’t nothing to counteract a contagion. Pretty fucked up if I do say so myself. Gambling wins are supposed to be the new best medicine. And if they are not, then what am I doing here?? While I battle this hypothesis, I’m edging .500. A pitiful sentence to type, let alone feel in my soul. This must be how Matthew Stafford felt all these years. I think I’m going to right the ship today, but history suggests today is gonna be an L.

Today’s pick: DERIK QUEEN OVER 28.5 POINTS+REBOUNDS+ASSISTS

Dairy Queen is about as trendy/flashy a pick can be right now. Which, of course, has me spooked. He has crushed this line in back to back games now that Willie Green has been jettisoned to the moon. Zion is out, taking usage with him to the bench. The Hawks play at a magnificent pace here. And my bias loves the kid (I realize now that I’m 31, I can start calling people kid). He’s a rookie after all. And betting on rookies is scary in and of itself, but I’m hopeful that with his rotation spot not all over the place, he can start stacking some consistent performances together. Gotta love hope amirite??

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

Pick record: 11-12 (thank you Cooper 🙏🙏)