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

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Earlier all we heard was that Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were smoking weed at the NBA Rookie Symposium. Now they deny it, but were still fined 20,000 dollars.
Security at the resort near New York where the event took place found Arthur and Chalmers in a room with two women, and the scent of marijuana was detected. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found, but having guests in the room violated NBA policy, and the two rookies were sent home.
Arthur and Chalmers apologized but denied …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Why is it we all think of the NBA as a league full of pot smokers?
We don’t seem to worry too much about performance enhancing drugs, just weed.
Anyway, it has happened again. Players got caught. Rookies. Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were caught at the rookie transition program.
Chalmers, who sank the game-tying, buzzer-beating 3-pointer that forced overtime in Kansas’ 75-68 championship victory over Memphis, was drafted 34th by Minnesota. He was quickly traded to Miami, where he is expected to vie for the starting point …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James in a Cav’s uni drives on Richard Jefferson in a Net’s uni. Jefferson is now a Buck and LeBron could become a Net
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The New Jersey Nets are starting over.
Heck, they have been starting over for years. Ever since they beat the Pistons in the conference finals, years ago, they have been on a slow downhill slide.
Now they want LeBron James.
The Nets need a perfect storm to make this happen once James can opt out …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Michael Beasley is shorter than listed in college, but still a lot taller than O.J. Mayo
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The Chicago Bulls have the first pick in the draft and seem to have narrowed it down to Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose.
Beasley seems to have come up short, in height that is.
He measured 6-foot-8 1/4 at the NBA’s predraft camp after being listed at 6-10 in college.
“It’s a little disappointing to me to find out I’m actually a midget,” Beasley said in jest. “But …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Let’s back up and look at Doug Collins.
My early memories were of Doug playing for the 76er’s, swooping to the hole and making a layup or drilling jumper after jumper. He played on the great Dr. J’s teams. He averaged over 17 points a game for his career.
Doug also played on the Olympic team that the Russians beat after the ref’s kept giving them do over’s until they scored the winning basket. Ok, so that one still bothers me. You can’t let …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Take a look at these prospects for the NBA.
Derrick Rose, Freshman PG, Memphis
Expected to go: 1 or 2 | NBA comparisons: Baron Davis, Dwyane Wade, Devin Harris
Talk to me: “Rose has done everything humanly possible to make a case for himself to be considered the #1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. While just a few weeks ago it was virtually a guarantee that Michael Beasley would claim that spot, Rose has now, at the very least, given NBA GMs plenty to think about before deciding to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
How can this be?
It is a reach even for 7′ 6″ Yao Ming to win 11 in a row.
Tracy McGrady playing consistently good?
Houston even trades two players away, do not suit up the guy they get and still keep winning!
How can this be?
Well, admittedly, most of the teams they beat were pretty bad teams, but they did just knock off Chris Paul and the Hornets (sounds like a 60’s rock group) and there were a couple of close scrapes with the Cleveland PreWallace LeBrons led by …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Pau Gasol brings scoring to the Lakers
The Lakers essentially traded less than nothing to the Lakers for Pau Gasol.
In an unbelievable pickup the Lakers are right back in the hunt for the NBA Championship.
Wait a minute, is Pau that good?
No, but that is the beauty of it all, Pau Gasol does not have to be that good.
Right now he is a fill in for Andrew Bynum. When Bynum gets back you have a Pau Gasol that can put up points in the triangle …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Andrew Bynum – the Lakers key hurts his knee
What a way to pull defeat out of victory.
Kobe Bryant was on to his usual outstanding performance and the Lakers machine was once again humming along as it has done so recently with victory after victory. Kobe ended up with 37 points.
The Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 100 to 99 with unlikely hero Kwame Brown taking his 38 percent free throw shooting percentage to the line and making the first one to give the Lakers their game winning point with 9.2 …read more