NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Pau Gasol is getting banged around by Dwight Howard, but what did he expect? Dwight has only one style of play and it involves a lot of muscle applied in a not so gentle manner.
Pau rubbed the back of his head to the referee for a visual explanation.
Then again, Pau is not the most physical center in the league and Dwight is going to have to be physical to compete with Gasol. If Dwight Howard lightened up for even a moment, the crafty Pau …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Orlando fans need to relax and enjoy, because they can win game 3. Usually the way these series go, the home team of the favored team (that would be the Lakers) will win big at home and be lucky to scrape a 1 point victory on the road.
Consider that Orlando had the ball and a chance to win at the end of game two and it bodes well for the Magic to win game 3. Especially look for Dwight Howard to have a big game on …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
My first views of Shannon Brown came at Michigan State University. You could tell this guy was awesome right off the bat. He became an instant starter on a team loaded with talent, but there was just no way to keep him on the bench. Unfortunately he left after his sophomore year for the NBA and was drafted by Cleveland.
All of my friends, and me included, thought that playing for LeBron would be perfect for Shannon Brown. He was quick, strong, and could shoot, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was destiny waiting to happen and the dream matchup of the decade. It was to be the ever popular super talented LeBron James against the Killer of other team’s chances Kobe Bryant. Hey, David Stern had it all in the bag. It had the makings of one of the highest rated NBA Finals of all time.
Now we have a LeBron that won’t even speak to the media.
“We are not going to fine LeBron for that,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank told 1050 ESPN New York’s …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Think of Yao and LeBron on the court together for the rest of their careers and your first thought is why would LeBron want to sign with Houston?
But that is not the source of this discussion. The source is from Hoopsworld reporting that a Chinese group is interested in investing in the Cavaliers.
Not when the New World Development Company, representing a group of Chinese investors, is set to buy a 15 percent ownership interest in the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Hong Kong-based group is led by Kenny Huang, a …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It is like a secret recipe that is just not a secret anymore. Sort of like adding your favorite condiment to your burger. No matter how badly cooked, just adding a little mustard or hot sauce or whatever you like, will turn it into a great meal.
Watching the Lakers dismantle the Nuggets the other night, the thought struck me that Kobe likes to watch his team play on the court until they need him to turn it up and win the game for them.
Late in the …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Every year you hear the same thing about how the NBA is rigged so it will be a final with Boston and L.A. or a final with LeBron and Kobe or Shaq and Tim Duncan and every year we all fall for the same story line.
But the NBA is not rigged. There, it had to be said. Well, there were those times when my Pistons were, uhh, let’s save that story for another time and just stick with the NBA is not rigged, even though we …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Hey, this Dwight Howard guy is pretty darn good. Well, we all know that is an underestimation for the ages. Howard has been dominant.
Oh, yes, LeBron has been LeBron and is still clearly the greatest player this side of Kobe Bryant, but Howard has turned his team into winners and carried them on his back. When he becomes unstoppable underneath, then the Orlando shooters like Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu, Rafer Alston, and Michael Pietrus become great 3 point shooters.
Vinnie Johnson once remarked after making a …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
No sooner do you put out a post on how great LeBron is and how much of a battle he is in with Kobe Bryant to be the best player and along come the Magic and make LeBron all human again.
News flash, LeBron is not the Terminator.
Movie news Terminator Salvation: Your intrepid author got the chance to see this movie this past weekend and the Terminators did not fare any better than LeBron did in game three. Like LeBron, the Terminators missed their free throws late …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It is a great time in the NBA when legends are being born and young players are maturing into great players. As an example, the battle of player supremacy is going on between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.
It does not matter which side of this debate you take or even if you do not take a side at all, because this is just great theatre in the NBA.
Side note on theatre: watched Night at the Museum II with Ben Stiller and Amy Adams (not to mention …read more