NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Maybe you have missed the big news about the economy? It is becoming more apparent that the whole crash thing with the banks and the stock market was all a hoax or maybe it has run its course, because money is floating around everywhere. Boston just floated a whole boat load of money over to Rajon Rondo to keep him from becoming a restricted free agent in the upcoming blockbuster free agent market of next year.
League sources said the extension is for five years and guarantees …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Now it is time to play who makes more in the NBA as provided by Hoopsworld. The answers will be at the bottom of the blog.
Are you ready?
A) Who makes more Boston Celtics… Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, or Kevin Garnett?
B) Who makes more Cleveland Cavaliers… LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neil, or Mo Williams?
C) Who makes more Denver Nuggets… Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, or Kenyon Martin?
D) Who makes more Los Angeles Lakers… Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, or Ron Artest?
E) Who makes more New Orleans Hornets… Chris Paul, Emeka Okafor, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
This is it for all the marbles, the opener for Boston and Cleveland and a matchup that may well decide the Eastern Conference Championship. Not that this particular game will settle anything except, the losing team will not go undefeated. Still the NBA, in its usual sharp marketing way, decided to match the two super powers up right away.
Many NBA fans do not even pay attention until the NFL has reached playoff time in January making it difficult if not impossible to pull in a full …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
If you go back in time to the 2006 – 07 season for the Boston Celtics and you have a team in disarray struggling to gain 24 victories. They had a team of individuals with such players as Michael Olowokandi and Sebastion Telfair. They were headed nowhere. There was even an Allen Ray, instead of a Ray Allen.
Paul Pierce was moody and despondent to say the least and often took his seat at the far end of the bench to be alone with his thoughts.
Now …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Just how many old guys can the Celtics stock up on? Let’s see they have Grandpa Kevin Garnett, age 33 with 14 years in the league. Then there is Grandpa Paul Pierce, age 32 with 11 years in the league. Then there is Grandpa Ray Allen, whom they shopped around this winter, but nobody wanted a 3 point shooter that used a walker, soon to be age 34 with 13 years in the league. (Stats from NBA.com)
Now they reach for the geritol and sign …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
With a minute left in the 4th quarter and the scored tied, Derrick Rose took Rajon Rondo to the hole and drew a suspect foul, but it was not a shooting foul. On the ensuing play, Derrick Rose slipped going to his left and the ball rolled out of bounds. Interesting, the Bulls go to their rookie point guard with the game on the line.
A blurb on the TV showed that there had been 80 lead changes in the 5 game series. 3 of these …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Chicago Bulls have no illusions about this series. They only see the opportunity to win this opening series and move on. Kevin Garnett, the Celtics leader, is hurt and out of the playoffs. The Celtics miss him, but are not using it as an excuse.
The real battle in this series has been a surprise. It is all Derrick Rose against Rajon Rondo and once again, both players were brilliant.
Rose (11 rebounds, nine assists) scored 10 points in the first half, before going scoreless …read more