NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Sometimes Dwight Howard as Superman uses the rim as a launching pad!
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Team USA is built for versatility and speed. It is not built for size. That is why so much will be riding on the health of Dwight Howard. He will be the lone really big guy.
Dwight Howard fractured his sternum in the playoffs against the Pistons. He thought it was a bruise.
The Olympic team added Tyson Chandler to the roster for some …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Superbad Superman has a stress fracture, but not to worry. It will heal in time for the next set of practices on July 21. That is when training camp resumes.
“It’s a six to eight week recovery time, and this is the sixth week,” said Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, who expects Howard to be fully healed by the time the team reconvenes for training camp July 21.
Still, the injury is worrisome for the Americans, who are planning to go to Beijing with just three big men …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant gets Pau Gasol
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Which teams benefited the most from the recent signing frenzy?
10. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade fell through, would still have been a great move for the Mavs.
9. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade worked after about a week, is taking longer than that for it to work for the Mavs. Dirk Nowitzki gets the ball in the right place.
8. Bibby to Hawks – Young team needed a scoring leader. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The quiet notes will take quick looks at what is going on in the NBA.
The top teams are:
(in no particular order)
San Antonio Spurs (now with Kurt Thomas) until proven otherwise in the playoffs
Detroit Pistons now with added youth
Boston Celtics with the 3 amigos
The hottest team:
Houston Rockets with an energized T-Mac and best center Yao
Biggest question?
Who will play better? Cleveland with Wallace or Chicago with Gooden?
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was supposed to be a great ball game.
ABC had the Phoenix Suns vs. the Detroit Pistons at 2:30 pm Eastern time for all of us Piston fans.
A blockbuster battle of the team of no stars vs. the Shaq Suns.
Just how would Steve Nash direct Shaq in the half court?
Your intrepid author mistimed his afternoon nap and woke up in the 3rd quarter. My Pistons had a 30 point lead.
30 points? Ok, you knew there would be problems getting Shaq into the Phoenix run …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Pistons were able to play defense on one guy.
Uhh, one guy?
Yeah, they held Dwight “Superman” Howard to eight points on 2 for 9 shooting with 5 turnovers.
Nice, what happened?
The Pistons lost to the Magic 103 – 85.
How could they lose?
They forgot to play defense on the other 4 guys.
“I am disappointed, (the players) are disappointed and the fans are disappointed,” coach Flip Saunders said after the Orlando Magic came into The Palace on Wednesday night and laid a 103-85 whipping on the Pistons. “We didn’t …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Jason Maxiell danced to victory against the Bobcats

The Pistons are hot again and looking like a championship team.
Taking 24 three-point attempts was probably not the way the Pistons figured they’d beat the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday night.
But they started falling early, when Tayshaun Prince made four of five in the first quarter, and they never really stopped, as the team finished 12-for-24 from long range in a 113-87 victory at the Palace. source
The Pistons set the tone early with defense.
The Pistons (37-13) held the Bobcats to 13 points …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Your intrepid author has been warning you that it is a long season.
It is much too early to hand the crown over to the Boston Celtics.
Now with the Western Conference top teams adding Shaq, Weber, and Gasol and the Spurs healing up and adding Stoudamire, it is even more reason to not hand over the NBA Title to the Boston Celtics.
Not that we should give up on the Lucky Green men, but take a look at this recent quote from Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars:
On the Boston Celtics …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron has lately been Mr. 4th quarter
LeBron.
Maybe we should just end this right there.
It could be one of those existential things.
LeBron.
You would nod your head and repeat, “LeBron”.
Somehow we would all know what was meant.
Right now it means “Look out in the fourth quarter, because LeBron is taking over!”
LeBron just got done beating the Lakers and Kobe in the fourth on Sunday.
Now he has done it to the Trailblazers.
Frustrated by a couple of blocked shots, James took over against the Portland Trail Blazers and made a reverse layup …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe is flat out a great scorer
The Bulls have got to be wondering what they were thinking.
Hold on to Luol Deng and pass on Kobe Bryant?
Luol Deng. Now how many votes for the All Star team did he get? Hmm, there was that one from his mother. And that one from his agent.
Oh well, Luol is going to be great, right? Right?
Kobe is great and has been since the day he stepped on the court.
GM Mitch Kupchak should get more credit for not pulling off any deals.
Adrian Wojnarowski, …read more