NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant at MTV awards. Nice
Back up a few years and we all wanted to roast Kobe for his little adventure in Denver. That is when we also first got a load of his wife and wished we were giving her that big fat make up ring. Just for the making up part.
Kobe no longer had the Shaq and seemed to be constantly arguing with Coach Phil Jackson and was soon to be seeking free agency. The Chicago Bulls failed to make …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant speaks Spanish. Will he learn Chinese?

Will the NBA be looking to set up shop in China? Yes.
Will the NBA be looking to set up another NBA in China? Not according to David Stern, but he does see some potential.
Stern said NBA China is in an “ongoing dialogue” with Chinese authorities about installing 800,000 baskets in villages across this sprawling country. The NBA also hopes to be involved with a Chinese professional league. But Stern balked at comparisons with the NBA’s Development League.
“That would …read more

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OK, we are all up in arms about NBA players signing overseas. What are they thinking of? This is the NBA. Stay here.
Sun Yue taking it to the rack

Of course, they are thinking of money and lots of it.
So why are we not up in arms when the NBA signs some other countries player?
Sun Yue
The Lakers signed Sun Yue of the Chinese team.
The 6-foot-9, 212-pound Sun was the Lakers’ second-round draft pick last year. He played with the Aoshen club in Beijing and with the …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James is selling NBA jerseys

Ok, so it really was the US Team defeating the Chinese Team in Olympic basketball by 31. Still, to marketing experts, it was winners all over the place as the Chinese arena and the whole world watching was all buzzing about these players.
China has improved and will be a vital place for NBA basketball growth.
The Americans may be treated like rock stars here, but they suffered from a bit of stage fright early on. The U.S. turned the ball over on its …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
This is the Olympics and it now features a heavy lineup of NBA players, no matter what country you look at.
Dwyane Wade was giving an interview with both knees wrapped in ice. He pointed out Kobe Bryant with both knees wrapped in ice and a foot in a bucket of ice. Nearby was Carmelo “shoot em if you got em” Anthony with his shoulder wrapped.
No big deal, says Dwayne. Life in the NBA is limited. You have to just put up with the pain …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
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Is Jimmy Dolan recruiting for the Pistons?
The name of the game in the NBA is International.
It is the promise of the unknown that used to be in America and now is overseas. The scouting in America leaves no stone unturned and other than late developers there are few surprises in NBA talent at home.
So NBA teams have taken to Europe, Australia, and even China.
One such star is Cheikh Samb from, get this, Senegal. Kind of like that Kevin Bacon movie …read more