NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Now it is time to play who makes more in the NBA as provided by Hoopsworld. The answers will be at the bottom of the blog.
Are you ready?
A) Who makes more Boston Celtics… Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, or Kevin Garnett?
B) Who makes more Cleveland Cavaliers… LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neil, or Mo Williams?
C) Who makes more Denver Nuggets… Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, or Kenyon Martin?
D) Who makes more Los Angeles Lakers… Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, or Ron Artest?
E) Who makes more New Orleans Hornets… Chris Paul, Emeka Okafor, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Sometimes the NBA can take on a whimsical tone with events going beyond reality causing what we know to be totally false. How else can you explain the sudden disappearance of the volatile aggressive Ron Artest that we all have come to know and love? Still, that is what has happened in La La Laker land, where the milk and honey flow in the form of Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, and a roof of championship banners.
Ron Artest signed a long term contract for 34 million bucks …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Danny Ainge is a good guy? No, that is not what is being said here.
So Danny Ainge is a bad guy? No, you are just putting words in my mouth.
Danny is Danny, a Celtic for life. He played on those great Boston Celtic teams with the Chief, Bird, McHale, and Dennis Johnson. Every year it seemed they battled the Los Angeles Lakers of Kareem, Magic, and Worthy. Those were some great ballgames.
Now Danny is the GM of Boston and already has a NBA title to his credit and …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Oh, this is going to be one of those gossip columns, which is pretty much something your intrepid author can’t stand to write about or even hear about. All the Pop and glitter and reality TV drives me crazy.
Like it is more normal to want to watch tall guys bounce an orange ball and run up and down a wooden floor? Ok, you got me there.
So here is the news…Khloe Kardashian and that would be Kim’s sister is getting married to her boyfriend and he plays …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
ESPN does this thing where they get together a bunch of basketball experts that vote on the NBA conference teams to see who will end up in the NBA title game.
Well, this was a tough vote. The Los Angeles Lakers won in a landslide. Geez that is hardly news. The champs added Ron Artest to the lineup and resigned Lamar Odom and those two are just bit players on that team. You have to recognize that the Lakers are Kobe Bryant’s team first last …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Ok, no surprise here in the NBA.com Power Rankings.
Yes, it is the Los Angeles Lakers number 1 as they should be, but maybe you should take a look, because they added Ron Artest. If handled correctly he can be a force. And Lamar Odom? They resigned him and he is a difference maker.
There was little doubt that fans in Cleveland, Boston, Orlando, San Antonio and other cities were holding out hope that Lamar Odom(notes) would just sign with Miami instead of returning to the Lakers.
As …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
What determines the fates of NBA teams the most? Well, of course, you can get lucky and sign Michael Jordan or someone close to that stature, like Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, but the real answer is ticket revenue. Hoopsworld did a breakdown of ticket revenue and guess what teams came out at the top?
L.A. Lakers, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls.
Now guess what teams came out at the top for pricing power?
Knicks, Lakers, Bulls, Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings.
Now you really have to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Magic is celebrating 50 years of life. Sure you will read all about Magic Johnson and how his real estate and business empire is worth over 1.5 billion dollars, you will read all about Magic and how he lifted the Lakers to the NBA title with Kareem in his rookie season, you will also read about how Magic had those magnificent battles with Larry Bird and the powerful Celtics, but what you may not read about is Lansing Michigan.
Earvin grew up in Lansing Michigan and attended Michigan …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The National Basketball Association, run by Commissioner David Stern, really knows how to do it right. They will open the season on October 27th. According to the calendar on my computer that is a Tuesday, so maybe they don’t have everything perfect.
To start the season off with a bang the league has 4 games on that day including the San Diego Griffins…er Los Angeles Clippers vs. the Los Angeles Lakers. That would be L.A. vs. L.A. on TNT. (Which brings to mind, how can …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Lakers picked up Ron Artest and say what you want about the guy, he can be a terrific basketball player and the Lakers are hoping by surrounding him with strong minds and a solid coach and a winning tradition that they will be able to contain the rest of Ron Artest.
The ace in the hole for the Lakers would have been Lamar Odom. Only Lamar is thinking about going to Miami to play with Dwyane Wade, instead and he may do it for less money and …read more