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

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Earlier all we heard was that Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were smoking weed at the NBA Rookie Symposium. Now they deny it, but were still fined 20,000 dollars.
Security at the resort near New York where the event took place found Arthur and Chalmers in a room with two women, and the scent of marijuana was detected. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found, but having guests in the room violated NBA policy, and the two rookies were sent home.
Arthur and Chalmers apologized but denied …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Why is it we all think of the NBA as a league full of pot smokers?
We don’t seem to worry too much about performance enhancing drugs, just weed.
Anyway, it has happened again. Players got caught. Rookies. Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were caught at the rookie transition program.
Chalmers, who sank the game-tying, buzzer-beating 3-pointer that forced overtime in Kansas’ 75-68 championship victory over Memphis, was drafted 34th by Minnesota. He was quickly traded to Miami, where he is expected to vie for the starting point …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Clyde Drexler played on the great Portland teams with Kevin Duckworth

Kevin “Duck” Duckworth was found dead at the age of 44. Much too young to die. Cause is yet to be determined, but foul play has been ruled out.
Duckworth played on some great Portland Trailblazer teams with Terry Porter bombing from the outside and driving to the hoop, Buck Williams providing the upfront muscle, Jerome Kersey floating around the paint with mid range shooting and drives to the basket, and, of course, Clyde “The Glide” Drexler …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Think the Pau Gasol trade makes no difference?
Think again.
Even without Andrew Bynum, the Lakers won their ninth in a row.
Los Angeles 96 Portland 83.
Kobe had his usual 30 points. Kobe also added 9 rebounds and seven assists.
Pau Gasol had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
The Lakers are on a roll.
Second-year backup point guard Jordan Farmar tied a career high with 21 points for the Lakers, who lead the Western Conference by one game over San Antonio and Phoenix and are 40-17, just two wins behind last season’s total …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.
Brandon Roy and Kevin Durant
Conventional wisdom, be as it may, does not always ring true.
Greg Oden is out with micro fracture surgery. Portland being a very young team and minus its big 7 footer should not be enjoying any success.
No, Portland should be looking forward to another high draft pick to complement Brandon Roy and Greg Oden. Maybe even a top 5 pick that would cement Portland as the team of the future.
Well, funny thing, no Greg Oden, no high draft pick and still Portland is winning. The …read more

Welcome to the Hit and Run of NBA Basketball, where power and brute force are pitted against speed, athleticism, and grace in the never ending struggle for the NBA Championship!
Greg Oden was supposed to turn the Portland franchise around. Instead he finds himself sitting at home for the upcoming season.
He was with his mother at home when he found out how serious it was.
“I kinda looked at my mom and said, ‘I’m out for the season? You kidding me?’ ” he said.
Oden will be on crutches for six more weeks. Full recovery likely will take six to 12 months. …read more