The Hornets have lost three in a row to start the season, though two of the losses were decided by less than 3 points. Meanwhile in Chi-raq Derrick Rose admitted that there is no point in him shooting if he can't see the basket. Not exactly what you want to hear from your supposed star point guard. Hornets get out of the 0 win column tonight with a hard fought victory over the Bulls.
Nutz Notez: The Bulls are slowly going to fall apart this season. The Rose-Butler drama will heat up when late game situations go awry. Noah is going to clash with the coach and Taj might demand a trade. Meanwhile, Big Al is in great shape and Kemba seems to be getting his legs back. I like the Hornets here.
ATL +3.5 vs MIA
These two teams are exact opposites. One team likes to play defense and shoot tons of threes, the other team is the Heat. The Hawks aren't going to be anywhere as good as they were last year, but they can still finish top 4 in the east, look for tonight to be an example why.
Nutz Notez: People are sleeping on the Hawks and that's a mistake. They were Spurs East two years ago, the analytics dream entree last year and this year, they're still a great basketball team (that doesn't have the talent to make it to the conference finals). Stop sleeping on the 50 win Hawks.
ORL +4.5 vs NO
This is definitely our man crush Tuesday pick. For whatever reason Nutz and I are crazier about the Magic than two Catz in a burlap sack!! Pun intended...but seriously they aren't bad and while its still early, I wouldn't be shocked if they end up with the 8th seed out west. Meanwhile the Pelicans have Anthony Davis and no one fuckin else. Magic cover this game easy.
Nutz Notez: This is the tough one today. Orlando has been a fun cover this year, but Skiles is already scaring me as a coach. I mean, one game he has Hezonja taking crunch time shots, the next game he plays like 12 minutes. Oladipo has looked great, Harris is good and Vucevic is a rock hard 18-10 waiting to happen every night.
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