NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
If you go back in time to the 2006 – 07 season for the Boston Celtics and you have a team in disarray struggling to gain 24 victories. They had a team of individuals with such players as Michael Olowokandi and Sebastion Telfair. They were headed nowhere. There was even an Allen Ray, instead of a Ray Allen.
Paul Pierce was moody and despondent to say the least and often took his seat at the far end of the bench to be alone with his thoughts.
Now …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Pay attention, this is not a blog by yours truly. Today we bring you a special treat. This is a blog by Graham Brunell and he is a talented writer for Celtic 17.
Today Graham writes about Rajon Rondo the quick and improving guard for the Boston Celtics.
Here are some outtakes.
Why Rajon Rondo wasn’t an All Star, and Why he WILL be in the future.
Rajon Rondo, one of the best point guards in the NBA today, was not selected to be an all-star. Why, you ask? We’ll …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
All part of the Allen Iverson for Chauncey Billups deal was the releasing of McDyess to return to the Pistons. The Gary Peyton rule makes the Pistons wait 30 days to resign him. Denver has already bought out his contract.
Now technically Antonio can sign with anyone, but he claims to want to return to the Pistons. The Pistons need the help down low.
Now there are quite a few NBA teams that would love to have Antonio, but he has said he only wants to play …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kevin Garnett could not be stopped by Rasheed Wallace, even with Rip Hamilton’s help
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Ok, ok, we expected Kevin Garnett to play much more aggressive in game 5. You know, we discussed that in our last writing, but where in the heck did Ray Allen and Kendrick Perkins come from?
Boston Celtics 106, Detroit Pistons 102
Kevin Garnett
The Big Ticket came to play.
“We knew the significance of this game,” said Garnett, whose 33 points were his …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Detroit Pistons 103, Boston Celtics 97
Chauncey Billups looks healthy as Pistons win game 2
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Detroit had the answer and it was Antonio McDyess. Rasheed Wallace was moved off of Kevin Garnett and Antonio McDyess was now guarding him. Kevin still made plenty of shots, but they were a little harder to come by.
The Celtics were undefeated at home in the playoffs, but that did not really mean anything in this series. Both of these teams …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rasheed Wallace and Kevin Garnett – will this matchup determine the series?
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The Boston Celtics present certain matchup problems for the Pistons that other teams do not.
Detroit Pistons
Before discussing the Detroit matchup problems, we should discuss the opposite problem for Boston and all other NBA basketball teams. The Pistons put four guys on the court that always present a matchup problem for your favorite team. Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, or Rasheed Wallace will be …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Your intrepid author has been warning you that it is a long season.
It is much too early to hand the crown over to the Boston Celtics.
Now with the Western Conference top teams adding Shaq, Weber, and Gasol and the Spurs healing up and adding Stoudamire, it is even more reason to not hand over the NBA Title to the Boston Celtics.
Not that we should give up on the Lucky Green men, but take a look at this recent quote from Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars:
On the Boston Celtics …read more