NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
What do you think? Did David Stern just need a quick 50K and saw Michael Beasley?

The NBA fined Beasley 50k for his involvement in the NBA Rookie Transition scandal. Michael was former Kansas Jayhawks and now Memphis Grizzlies Darrell Arthur, and also Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers.
Beasley did not cooperate with the league’s investigation into the incident, which also involved Heat point guard Mario Chalmers and Memphis forward Darrell Arthur. Chalmers and Arthur were expelled from the rookie symposium and each fined $20,000.
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.

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Earlier all we heard was that Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were smoking weed at the NBA Rookie Symposium. Now they deny it, but were still fined 20,000 dollars.
Security at the resort near New York where the event took place found Arthur and Chalmers in a room with two women, and the scent of marijuana was detected. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found, but having guests in the room violated NBA policy, and the two rookies were sent home.
Arthur and Chalmers apologized but denied …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Why is it we all think of the NBA as a league full of pot smokers?
We don’t seem to worry too much about performance enhancing drugs, just weed.
Anyway, it has happened again. Players got caught. Rookies. Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were caught at the rookie transition program.
Chalmers, who sank the game-tying, buzzer-beating 3-pointer that forced overtime in Kansas’ 75-68 championship victory over Memphis, was drafted 34th by Minnesota. He was quickly traded to Miami, where he is expected to vie for the starting point …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Maybe Michael Beasley should have been standing in front of Derrick Rose?
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Can you use math to predict how good a college player will become in the NBA?
Chris Doughty, a 2008 industrial and operations engineering graduate of the University of Michigan, pointed me to a cool regression analysis of the great John Hollinger. Using data from current NBA players, Hollinger sees how well the players’ college stats explain their subsequent performance in the NBA.
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According to John, Rudy Gay, Marcus Williams, and Rajon …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Take a look at these prospects for the NBA.
Derrick Rose, Freshman PG, Memphis
Expected to go: 1 or 2 | NBA comparisons: Baron Davis, Dwyane Wade, Devin Harris
Talk to me: “Rose has done everything humanly possible to make a case for himself to be considered the #1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. While just a few weeks ago it was virtually a guarantee that Michael Beasley would claim that spot, Rose has now, at the very least, given NBA GMs plenty to think about before deciding to …read more