NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shawn Marion shows off his Matrix WWE move with the knee smash from up high
Shawn Marion is an amazing player and if you have ever watched him play for the Phoenix Suns or the Miami Heat, you would have been amazed. Just how does he do what he does? And that jump shot or whatever you want to call it, just where did that come from and how come no coach ever made him change it? Maybe because it goes down even from long range?
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
What do you think? Did David Stern just need a quick 50K and saw Michael Beasley?

The NBA fined Beasley 50k for his involvement in the NBA Rookie Transition scandal. Michael was former Kansas Jayhawks and now Memphis Grizzlies Darrell Arthur, and also Miami Heat teammate Mario Chalmers.
Beasley did not cooperate with the league’s investigation into the incident, which also involved Heat point guard Mario Chalmers and Memphis forward Darrell Arthur. Chalmers and Arthur were expelled from the rookie symposium and each fined $20,000.
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Everyone knows that …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Maybe Michael Beasley should have been standing in front of Derrick Rose?
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Can you use math to predict how good a college player will become in the NBA?
Chris Doughty, a 2008 industrial and operations engineering graduate of the University of Michigan, pointed me to a cool regression analysis of the great John Hollinger. Using data from current NBA players, Hollinger sees how well the players’ college stats explain their subsequent performance in the NBA.
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According to John, Rudy Gay, Marcus Williams, and Rajon …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
High flying Derrick Rose holds the keys to the draft mania, but where is the basketball?
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This is going to be one crazy draft.
First let’s set the table. The Western Conference finished as tight in the standings as a conference could. There were barely any games separating first place from 9th place. What does that mean? Wheeling and dealing will take place, because each team that finished behind the Lakers and Kobe Bryant thinks it will just …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.
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