NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Hey, the Heat can forget about Amare Stoudemire.

Miami finally took that option Friday, taking the Heat out of the chase for Marion’s ex-Phoenix Suns teammate Amare Stoudemire.
In a deal first reported by ESPN The Magazine’s Ric Bucher, the Heat agreed to trade Marion and guard Marcus Banks to the Raptors for O’Neal and swingman Jamario Moon.
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All Shawn Marion did was lay down a dunk to beat the Bulls and then get shipped out of town.
Is this deal a big deal?
well, no, maybe, yes, depends.
O’Neal gives Miami a center. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Man, today there was this crazy thought rolling through my head. What if the Pistons had kept Chauncey Billups and Iverson had stayed on the Nuggets?
Nowhere to go with that thought, so how about taking a look at how some of this player movement and coaching movement is working out?
Chauncey Billups from Detroit to Denver
Denver is 7 – 3 in their last 10 games and in 1st place
Allen Iverson from Denver to Detroit
Detroit is 4 – 6 and in second place.
Ron Artest from everywhere to Houston
Houston is …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.

LeBron James must be crying in his orange juice. Once again the Cleveland Cavaliers have failed to help him out. It is very hard to believe that LeBron will spend his whole career in Cleveland.
Don’t get me wrong, Jermaine O’Neal is not the best player in the league, but he is a mobile scoring front line player that could have changed the whole complexion of the Cavaliers.
The Pacers were looking for a starter-quality center in return for O’Neal, which made it tough to make a deal …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kwame Brown looks huge compared to Jermaine O’Neal in this picture

Just when you thought it could not get any crazier, Joe Dumars and the Detroit Pistons signed Kwame Brown. Yeah, that Kwame Brown.
Kwame was a 1st round draft pick by Michael Jordan and the Washington Wizards. In fact he was the first pick of the draft.
His career has really been hopeless, especially after being the first High School player ever drafted 1st.
Your intrepid author had to do a little research to figure out why Joe D …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Check out this list of free agents.

Now you can see why the Pistons, Nets and other teams are clearing off salary cap room for next year:

PLAYER
TM
TYPE

LeBron James
CLE
player option

Dirk Nowitzki
DAL
player option

Josh Howard
DAL
player option

Dwyane Wade
MIA
player option

Michael Redd
MIL
player option

Amare Stoudemire
PHX
player option

Joe Johnson
ATL
unrestricted

Ben Wallace
CLE
unrestricted

Marcus Camby
DEN
unrestricted

Richard Hamilton
DET
unrestricted

Amir Johnson
DET
unrestricted

Antonio McDyess
DET
unrestricted

Tracy McGrady
HOU
unrestricted

Jermaine O’Neal
IND
unrestricted

Darko Milicic
MEM
unrestricted

Steve Nash
PHX
unrestricted

Shaquille O’Neal
PHX
unrestricted

Manu Ginobili
S.A.
unrestricted

Carlos Boozer
UTA
unrestricted

Mehmet Okur
UTA
unrestricted

Player option: Player has right to opt …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Jermaine O’Neal is the one on the left. He is now a Toronto Raptor.
Image details: Indiana Pacers v Miami Heat served by picapp.com

This draft is full of so many equal players that trades may abound. As teams shore up their foundations before the draft.
Check out this latest one.
Pacers to Raptors
After on-and-off again negotiations, the Indiana Pacers have agreed in principle to send six-time All-Star Jermaine O’Neal to the Toronto Raptors for point guard T.J. Ford and the 17th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, a …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant brings the ball
The Lakers won game 6 out of the last 7.
It was Lakers 112 Pacers 96.
It was all Kobe Bryant in the 3rd quarter with 12 points.
The continuing to improve Andrew Bynum had 23 points and 13 rebounds.
The spiraling downward Indiana Pacers, a recently great franchise with nowhere to go, could not put it together.
Mike Dunleavy led Indiana (16-19) with 17 points. Danny Granger added 14 points, Jermaine O’Neal scored 13 and Kareem Rush had 12 for the Pacers, who lost their fifth straight road …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
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Hey you, sort of star, will you play with me?

Jermaine was under the tutelage of Rasheed Wallace when he played on the Portland Trailblazers, at the beginning of the Jailblazer time period. During those 4 years he barely played and barely scored, but everyone knew he would be a good one. Jermaine was drafted straight out of High School. The next 7 years with the Pacers established Jermaine as a rare 20 – 10 man as he averaged close to …read more