NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Who wins the MVP in the NBA this year? There are really 3 main candidates and they are not hard to figure out.
LeBron James
Dwyane Wade
Kobe Bryant
So who wins it? Kenny Smith, writing for Yahoo.com has some definite opinions.
Kenny likes DWade, because he is so exciting and has very little help. He has to do it all. Kenny eliminates DWade by insisting that he play for one of the top four teams. He believes that the MVP should carry your team to the playoffs.
LeBron …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Terry Porter was fired by the Suns and replaced by Alvin Gentry.
GM Steve Kerr has no clue. He took the very successful running offense that could not get it done in the playoffs and fired its architect in Mike D’Antoni.
Then Steve hired Terry Porter to bring in the Detroit Pistons defensive style of play. Huh? Same players completely opposite styles? Won’t work and it didn’t.
Porter was in the first year of a three-year, $6 million deal to replace Mike D’Antoni, who left after four …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe about to be fouled
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Kobe is expected to be presented with the NBA MVP award, but he got in a hurry and put on an MVP performance for the LA crowd in defeating the Utah Jazz.
Los Angeles 109 Utah 98
Kobe set a foul shooting franchise record.
Bryant, celebrating what’s expected to be his first NBA MVP award, converted six of his franchise playoff-record 21 foul shots in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant gives the ‘Who me for MVP?’ look
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The NBA has not made an official announcement, but sources are saying that Kobe has won the MVP award.
Your intrepid author has mentioned this possibility before.
Kobe Bryant for MVP
Kobe has had a fabulous season in leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the second round of the playoffs.
Bryant averaged 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.84 steals while playing in all 82 games despite tearing a ligament in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Now all season your intrepid author has the MVP race as a two person dog fight.
Can we say dog fight anymore? That does not seem appropriate.
How about a two person race.
Person number 1 is LeBron James.
Other person number 1 is Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant is a slam dunk for MVP of the NBA
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Oh, there are those of you out there that will say Kevin Garnett or Chris Paul, but it has to be the Kobe LeBron race …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kevin Garnett has to be one of the best players in the NBA.
Kevin puts up 30 in defeating the Phoenix Suns and the crowd in Boston is chanting “M.V.P.” over and over again. Kevin, always modest, said Paul Pierce should be MVP. Uhh, right. Got you on that one.
“Honestly, I’m trying to block it out to make the free throws, which is kind of sad,” said Garnett of the chants. “But my MVP [Pierce] is sitting next to me.”
Pierce then tapped Garnett on …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James All Star MVP – Time to get out of Dodge err Cleveland!
With David Stern happy to have NBA Marketing Icon LeBron James as the MVP of the 2008 All Star game, the world can move on.
If you had to lay odds, it had to be James as MVP.
The NBA is a marketing organization, not a sports organization. Right now the future of the NBA seems secure, with possible expansion out of the USA and many stars in the league, but it can change …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was fitting that the Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen all had great games as Boston won again.
Kevin had 20 points and 11 boards.
Paul had 18 points and Ray had 16 points.
With this victory the Celtics matched the 1959-60 Champion Celtics for best start in franchise history.
Final Score Boston 86 – New Jersey 77.
The New Jersey nets just seemed to wear down in the fourth quarter as the Celtics got a lot of help from their bench throughout the game.
“We got down on …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The long and short of it
Dwyane Wade had 48 points. Unbelievable!
Dwight Howard had 29 points and 20 rebounds. Amazing!
The Magic won the game over the Heat 121 to 114.
But here is my story for the game. Shaq sat out the game. And so it begins.
Is there another player in the league that can create so much impact in a single game? The Shaq is still the Shaq. How you defend him determines how you will play the Heat. Do you double all the time? That leaves someone open …read more