NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shawn Marion is known as the Matrix and he can do it all on a hoop court. For years he operated in near anonymity in Phoenix. It got so bad that Shawn threatened to leave just so he could be the man on some other team instead of third banana behind Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire on the Suns. Finally the Suns gave him his wish and dealt him to the Heat for the Shaq. The Heat were not very good and needed a …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
What is going on with these teams anyway? The Mavericks, Knicks, and Trail Blazers are fighting, that is right, fighting to sign Jason Kidd. Why? He will be a basketball grandpa age of 37 next year and how is he supposed to keep up with the speedy young guards if his team makes the playoffs?
Jason Kidd will be in the Hall of Fame and there is no questioning that at all, but he will be there for piling up stats like the rest of us …read more

The Denver vs. Dallas series was not supposed to happen. If you roll the tape back to the beginning of the year and someone had told you that Denver would meet the Chris Paul Hornets and that Dallas would face the Tim Duncan Spurs, then the choice was easy. The Hornets and Spurs would advance.
But nobody told Dallas and Denver about the script. Not to mention a few other things.
Ok, let’s mention them.
No Manu Ginobili. Would the Spurs have won with him? Who knows, but their chances would have increased signifigantly.
Rick …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.
Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Chris Bosh show off the Gold!

Have you heard that LeBronze James is thinking of changing his name to LeGold James?
OK, bad joke, but it sure was refreshing to see the United States do it the right way. The guys on the team actually wanted to be there. They stayed in the Olympic village and said all the right things.
USA 118 Spain 107
Spain played an inspired game with Manu Ginobili going out early with an ankle injury and Jose Calderon also …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Superbad Superman has a stress fracture, but not to worry. It will heal in time for the next set of practices on July 21. That is when training camp resumes.
“It’s a six to eight week recovery time, and this is the sixth week,” said Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, who expects Howard to be fully healed by the time the team reconvenes for training camp July 21.
Still, the injury is worrisome for the Americans, who are planning to go to Beijing with just three big men …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce is out and Tayshaun Prince is in. Who would have thought?
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No official announcement of all the positions on the team has been announced, but we do know some things.
Take my Pistons. Tayshaun Prince is in. Tayshaun has a balanced game and has never made the All Star team. This pick is a departure from the past and a good one. Chauncey Billups is out. Chauncey opted out …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James doing it alone as usual
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Don’t the Cavaliers know they are only renting LeBron James, that his destiny is bigger than Cleveland?
The Cav’s are in round two of the playoffs dueling with the Boston Celtics and Kevin Garnett. No, make that Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce. See, that is the problem with Cleveland. It is still just LeBron James, the King.
There are those that say James should stay in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Byron Scott in with the new.
Avery Johnson out with the old.
That was the swan song of the Coach of the Year award.
New Orleans 99 Dallas 94
Top 10 reasons Hornets eliminate Mavs
10. Chris Paul at beginning of a potential Hall of Fame career, while Jason Kidd near the end of potential Hall of Fame career.

Chris Paul had 24 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, and the Hornets held on for a 99-94 victory over the Dallas Mavericks to win their first-round series in five games.
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9. Dirk Nowitzki …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
In a game of two awesome point guards, it was the lack of defense that stood out.
Dallas came back in the fourth quarter with a 16 – 0 run to take the game. A game that Phoenix led from the get go and had a 13 point lead in the 3rd quarter.
Dirk scored 32 points on one ankle as the Mavs won 105 – 98.
Dirk Nowitzki signals he can score on one ankle or two
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“Every team we’d …read more