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

Kobe Bryant just came up with a 61 point performance in leading the Lakers to a 126 to 117 victory over the Knicks.
As long as Mike D’Antoni is the coach of a bad Knicks team then high scores will abound, but there is definitely something special about scoring 61.
Kobe’s New York moment turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime thrill ride as the league’s reigning MVP poured in 61 points – the most ever by any player at the Garden – in the Lakers’ 126-117 victory.
King, the former …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.

What are the Knicks thinking?
Sometimes you have to just cut your losses and move on. Are the Knicks listening?
No, it seems not.
The New York Knicks have no plans to do anything with Stephon Marbury, except pay him his $21.9 million salary and give him a great seat to watch all their games.
Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh said that they will not waive, buy out or trade Marbury. They also will not let him play in games, unless there is an injury to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Chris Duhon shows his passing ability

This one had to hurt.
One of my favorite hoop players to watch, but one of my favorite players to not have on my team, Stephon Marbury has lost the battle for starting point guard.
That was Mike D’Antoni’s explanation yesterday on why he has all but chosen Duhon as the New York Knicks’ starting point guard over Stephon Marbury . Duhon has looked barely adequate at best during three preseason games, but that hasn’t stopped D’Antoni from glowing.
D’Antoni’s most detailed support of Duhon …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Zach Randolph only equals a Darko and a Marko?

How can this even be a real trade?
Memphis is looking to trade Darko and Marko? What? Come on.
No, as reported in Hoopsworld, …
The deal, which has been on the table for quite some time, had the Knicks sending Zach Randolph to the Grizzlies for Darko Milicic and Marko Jaric. As we’ve discussed at length in this space, the positive for the Knicks in what would otherwise seem like a lop-sided trade, would be the possibility that Mike D’Antoni’s …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Can nice guy Mike D’Antoni give the New York Knicks the discipline they need?
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A tale of two coaching changes and a true mystery as to what is going on.
Donnie Walsh of the Knicks hired Mike D’Antoni to be coach of the Knicks.
Donnie Nelson of the Dallas Mavericks hired Rick Carlisle.
So please explain what is going in here.
Let’s start with D’Antoni, who was fired by the Phoenix Suns.
For New York, this is a mistake.
Wrong coach, wrong time.
The Knicks need …read more