NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
High flying Derrick Rose holds the keys to the draft mania, but where is the basketball?
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This is going to be one crazy draft.
First let’s set the table. The Western Conference finished as tight in the standings as a conference could. There were barely any games separating first place from 9th place. What does that mean? Wheeling and dealing will take place, because each team that finished behind the Lakers and Kobe Bryant thinks it will just …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
In a game of two awesome point guards, it was the lack of defense that stood out.
Dallas came back in the fourth quarter with a 16 – 0 run to take the game. A game that Phoenix led from the get go and had a 13 point lead in the 3rd quarter.
Dirk scored 32 points on one ankle as the Mavs won 105 – 98.
Dirk Nowitzki signals he can score on one ankle or two
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“Every team we’d …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.
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.
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.
Shaq vies for another ring
The story will be written from here on out. The Shaq trade has implications for both conferences. The fallout can be seen everywhere. Can it be coincidence that the yesterday’s trade news for Pau Gasol to Kobe’s Lakers lost to the Hawks? You may have to read that twice. Shaq brings his presence and salary cap to Phoenix and new GM Steve Kerr. If Shaq is a bust then Kerr will again be a brilliant TV announcer. Kerr had a valid concern. The center-less …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Least they forget who has ruled the Pacific Division in recent years; Phoenix brought their ‘A’ game.
The Phoenix Suns have won the Pacific Division title in each of the last three seasons, due in part to their success against the Los Angeles Lakers.
With the Lakers in the midst of their longest winning streak in nearly four years, though, the Suns’ dominance suddenly appears to be in jeopardy. source
Could Chris Weber soon be a Laker?
It was, of course, a game without Andrew Bynum, but this is not the time …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Dirk Nowitski firing the ball over Steve Nash
Steve Nash gets all the good pub.
Steve Nash gets the MVP awards.
Dirk gets no respect at all. Watch a Mav’s game and even the ref’s give Dirk no respect.
Does not matter, because Dirk is just going to keep on firing the ball up on all kinds of long jumpers. When the ref’s do call a foul, Dirk steps up and buries it with textbook form.
Dirk Nowitski has been over 30 points in 4 out of the last 8 games.
Your intrepid author …read more