NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
If you are Steve Nash and you are going to sit out some NBA basketball games, you might as well play soccer

Nobody lives forever and apparently nobody starts most NBA games forever. Steve Kerr is planning to play Steve Nash in only 70 of the teams 82 games. That is the plan anyway.
Steve Kerr is a disciple of Gregg Popovich, the coach of the Spurs. His theory is to keep his star players rested for the playoffs.
Looking at Tim Duncan’s minutes, Popovich has rested his …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan, the Big Fundamental, goes to work on New Jersey
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How do they do it?
They do it with defense.
The San Antonio Spurs have the best record in the Western Conference. They just extended their longest winning streak of the season with a 10th win in a row against the Vince Carter New Jersey Nets. They are one game better than the Kobe Lakers.
San Antonio 81 – New Jersey 70
That’s right, 70 stinking points.
“Think about this. They …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?
As always, any NBA Basketball related comments are welcome.
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James All Star MVP – Time to get out of Dodge err Cleveland!
With David Stern happy to have NBA Marketing Icon LeBron James as the MVP of the 2008 All Star game, the world can move on.
If you had to lay odds, it had to be James as MVP.
The NBA is a marketing organization, not a sports organization. Right now the future of the NBA seems secure, with possible expansion out of the USA and many stars in the league, but it can change …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Maurice Brooks writes for NBA.com and has an ongoing article keeping track of his Top Ten nominations for NBA MVP.
It is called Race to the MVP Weekly Leaders.
Let’s take a look at Maurice’s list with your intrepid author’s comments in italics.
LeBron says – It is all about team (yeah, right)

1. LeBron – Last Week’s Rank – 1
The Cavs are six games below .500 without James in the lineup and 13 games above it when he plays. This past week I received a large amount of e-mails pointing out …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan says “You have to stop me to get to the finals
The Lakers picked up Pau Gasol, so they would not lose any momentum when Andrew Bynum was injured. When Bynum comes back, you have a front court of Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom to go with Kobe Bryant. Arguably a powerful lineup.
The Phoenix Suns dealt the Matrix for Shaquille O’Neal. The Suns needed a center to get past the Spurs and because the Gasol deal had moved the Lakers ahead of them. If Shaq …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James knows he must improve for Cleveland to win
It is not often that LeBron James is humbled.
It is even less often that the King is shown to be at a deficit with his hoop skills.
The Cleveland Cavaliers surprised a lot of teams last year, but unless LeBron and the team improve, they will fall behind the Pistons, Celtics, and probably the Magic.
And right now LeBron is behind Kobe in his ability to finish a game.
In last year’s Championship, the San Antonio Spurs took LeBron and basically punished …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rasheed says – You will now be eaten alive!
Rasheed is the reluctant superstar.
At times, Rasheed is as dominant as any player on the floor and at times, Rasheed just seems to disappear.
When Wallace disappears, he can do it quietly just as well as he does it loudly. Most of us remember the loudly, but long time watchers also notice the quietly.
But like a sleeping Bear, beware when Rasheed wants to be the dominant force. He will wake up and eat your team alive.
The Rasheed that showed up in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
John Shuhmann of NBA.com presents his power rankings.
Let’s take a stroll through his top ten.
1. Boston is on top even though they lost to Detroit snapping their home winning streak. The Detroit game came after the rankings came out. Kevin Garnett is the leader in the clubhouse for MVP of the National Basketball Association.
2. San Antonio is Tim Duncan.
3. Detroit is on a crazy roll led by Rasheed Wallace and Chauncey Billups.
4. Dallas is fourth and after the rankings went out and beat Phoenix with a strong game …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The return of James, your basketball author. Now the good and the bad. The good is that my most excellent boss and coworkers filled in quite nicely and that is most appreciated.The bad is that James is diagnosed with Cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Fear not, they say the cancer is one that is curable, so let us move forward with our dreams of basketball!
John Schuhmann gives you the NBA.com power rankings with emphasis on the top 5.
1. San Antonio – last week number 3.

15-3
Off: 115.8 (1), Def: 104.9 …read more