NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
This is not a prediction post by NBAObsessed. That is my upfront disclaimer. This is news from the Los Angeles DailyNews. They have actually mentioned 37 ways that the Lakers will be Champions of the NBA again.
Here are my top 10 from the list:
12. George Karl still coaches the Denver Nuggets.
Don’t get me started on George Karl, but he is a big disappointment as a pro coach. Maybe he did well last year or maybe he just needed Chauncey Billups.
15. Yao Ming … MIA.
With Yao out, Houston is …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Sometimes the NBA can take on a whimsical tone with events going beyond reality causing what we know to be totally false. How else can you explain the sudden disappearance of the volatile aggressive Ron Artest that we all have come to know and love? Still, that is what has happened in La La Laker land, where the milk and honey flow in the form of Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, and a roof of championship banners.
Ron Artest signed a long term contract for 34 million bucks …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
ESPN does this thing where they get together a bunch of basketball experts that vote on the NBA conference teams to see who will end up in the NBA title game.
Well, this was a tough vote. The Los Angeles Lakers won in a landslide. Geez that is hardly news. The champs added Ron Artest to the lineup and resigned Lamar Odom and those two are just bit players on that team. You have to recognize that the Lakers are Kobe Bryant’s team first last …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
And the winner is…
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Now back to Billie Crystal as he announces the best player pickup in the off season…
Drum roll ta ta ta ta tata.
Richard Jefferson by the San Antonio Spurs.
Come on up Richard.
Congratulations and guess why you were number 1?
Jefferson (14 votes)
The first big move of the offseason will prove to be the best move, more than one-quarter …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Lakers picked up Ron Artest and say what you want about the guy, he can be a terrific basketball player and the Lakers are hoping by surrounding him with strong minds and a solid coach and a winning tradition that they will be able to contain the rest of Ron Artest.
The ace in the hole for the Lakers would have been Lamar Odom. Only Lamar is thinking about going to Miami to play with Dwyane Wade, instead and he may do it for less money and …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
There will be many that will disagree with the Ron Artest move to L.A., but you will not find me to be one of them. The Lakers just won the title and that is no time to sit still. Those of you out there that have won a title in anything will understand that statement. Those of you that have not will be mystified.
It works like this. You fight hard, get lucky, work hard, play D, hit some big shots, get hot, come together, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
A team posing as the Houston Rockets showed up at the Forum for a game 7. It was a testament to fortitude that the Rockets were still in this series at all. Just who were these Rockets, anyway? They were led by Scola and Brooks in scoring.
Who?
You know, Scola and Brooks. Oh, you were probably wondering about that Yao guy and the one named McGrady. Those two were not seen at the scene. It was more up to Battier and Artest. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Houston has McGrady go down to injury.
Detroit has Iverson go down to injury.
Enter stage left…Ron Artest.
Enter stage right…Rip Hamilton.
It is the Rip and Ron show. Together they return. Separately they drive their teams to new heights.
Yes, Houston, we have a winner and it is delivered by Ron Artest.
Yes, Detroit, we can beat the Boston’s and Orlando’s as long as we have a big time performance from Rip Hamilton.
Ron Artest?
When the Houston Rockets acquired Ron Artest, you read in this space that he was brought in as …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The trade rumor mill is cranked up and some of them are just outstanding. The silly part is they may all come true, because while you are still harping on the Pistons for trading All Star Chauncey Billups for AI, GM Joe D only took him for a free tryout, increased attendance, and a salary of 22 mill that comes off the books. In other words, you don’t know why a team trades for a player.
This rumor you have to love just for the shear unbelievableness. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Man, today there was this crazy thought rolling through my head. What if the Pistons had kept Chauncey Billups and Iverson had stayed on the Nuggets?
Nowhere to go with that thought, so how about taking a look at how some of this player movement and coaching movement is working out?
Chauncey Billups from Detroit to Denver
Denver is 7 – 3 in their last 10 games and in 1st place
Allen Iverson from Denver to Detroit
Detroit is 4 – 6 and in second place.
Ron Artest from everywhere to Houston
Houston is …read more