NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant gets Pau Gasol
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Which teams benefited the most from the recent signing frenzy?
10. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade fell through, would still have been a great move for the Mavs.
9. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade worked after about a week, is taking longer than that for it to work for the Mavs. Dirk Nowitzki gets the ball in the right place.
8. Bibby to Hawks – Young team needed a scoring leader. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James All Star MVP – Time to get out of Dodge err Cleveland!
With David Stern happy to have NBA Marketing Icon LeBron James as the MVP of the 2008 All Star game, the world can move on.
If you had to lay odds, it had to be James as MVP.
The NBA is a marketing organization, not a sports organization. Right now the future of the NBA seems secure, with possible expansion out of the USA and many stars in the league, but it can change …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Mike Bibby will bring shooting and poise to the Hawks
On the surface, most fans are saying, “So what.”
Mike Bibby gets traded from one under .500 team to another under .500 team.
But there is more here than meets the eye.
In the Western Conference, to be under .500 is to be out of the playoff race. In the Eastern Conference, only 5 teams are above .500. That is right, only 5 teams.
Atlanta is still in it.
The Hawks played my Pistons the other night in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
From ESPN Insider David Thorpe, he gives you his top 10 rookies in the NBA.
My comments will follow some of the rookies.
Here are my Top 10 rookies six weeks into the season:
(Previous rank in parentheses)
1. Kevin Durant, Sonics (2)
Finally takes over the top spot on the strength of blocking at least one shot in five straight games. That’s the stuff we’ve been waiting for. He’ll always put up scoring numbers because of his role in the offense and his talent, but engaging in the “effort” categories is most …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Greg Oden says – Hey, what about me?
Last year Roy won the ROY, that is Brandon Roy won the Rookie of the Year award.
But Jorge Garbajose, the 6′ 9″ forward for the Raptors almost won the award. It took a broken leg in March to stop him.
This year there is a new crop of potential ROY winners. Here are the Top Ten impact rookies according to Marty Burns of SI.com.
1. Luis Scola, Rockets
He is a 6′ 9″ forward that at 27 years of age will find himself along …read more