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In case you have been living in a cave all week, the richest man in Russia just dumped 700 million dollars into the New Jersey Nets. His name is Mikhail Prokhorov and he stands at the same eye level as LeBron James only he is much much richer.
For those of you that root for LeBron to stay in Cleveland, it is time to wake up and smell the money. This guy likes to party and thinks nothing of jetting all over the world to have a …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Russians are coming. The Russians are coming.
The Chinese are already here with a minority stake in the Cleveland franchise. Now the Russians are on the way to rescue the New York Nets. Is this what is has come to in order to survive?
Maybe it is time to take a more worldly view and realize that the David Stern vision of worldwide basketball would eventually lead to this type of foreign ownership.
Maybe next we will have a world NBA Championship with the USA Champion entering …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.
Vince Carter got into it with a Ref and supposedly bumped him. The Ref called him Boy and the league had a long talk with both of them.
Referee Derrick Stafford called two quick technicals on Carter after he argued an out-of-bounds call in the second quarter of the Pistons’ 83-75 victory.
A furious Carter went after the official following his ejection and seemed to bump Stafford. Carter had to be held back by teammates.
“We have spoken to both Vince and Derrick about their exchange during Wednesday’s …read more

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Yi Jianlian is doing more talking and more dunking

Yi is trying to improve his English, but playing with a bunch of young guys in an NBA basketball team is not exactly like taking a college linguistics course. Then, of course, there is always television, that great educator.
He has his list of the absolute, most valuable phrases learned either last season in Milwaukee, from classes or gleaned from the greatest of all teachers.
Television.
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Yi has learned a set of slang sayings so that he can fit in and understand …read more

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LeBron James in a Cav’s uni drives on Richard Jefferson in a Net’s uni. Jefferson is now a Buck and LeBron could become a Net
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The New Jersey Nets are starting over.
Heck, they have been starting over for years. Ever since they beat the Pistons in the conference finals, years ago, they have been on a slow downhill slide.
Now they want LeBron James.
The Nets need a perfect storm to make this happen once James can opt out …read more

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Jason Kidd cannot pass on a good deal

New Jersey seems intent on trading Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks, so GM Rod Thorn traded Kidd again to Dallas.
The new deal — as reported by various media outlets Sunday night, all citing anonymous sources — has Kidd and forward Malik Allen going to Dallas for point guard Devin Harris, center DeSagana Diop and swingman Maurice Ager, plus a few new pieces: retired forward Keith Van Horn and Trenton Hassell.
New Jersey also will get two first-round draft …read more

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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

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Jason Kidd not going anywhere right now!

Wow!
In what looked like another blockbuster trade of an Eastern Conference team to a Western Conference team, did not happen.
Whether this trade gets done or not is up in the air right now.
There appears to be a contract snag with one of the players to be traded, Devean George.
Dallas Wins
Dallas went out and beat Portland anyway.
George started because of an injury to Josh Howard — and went 0-for-11. He had no points, four rebounds and two assists in 33 minutes.
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Dallas also was …read more

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Jason Kidd looking to pass for someone else
Contemplate Jason Kidd as a Maverick.
Hmm, no D required. Actually, very little point guard play required.
No, does not seem to fit.
Contemplate Jason Kidd as a Nugget.
Hmm, pretty much the same thing.
So this brings to question why the Nets want to get rid of Jason Kidd.
Schwartz, in exploring current options for his client with other NBA teams, has been told that with Vince Carter signing a new four-year $61.8 million contract and Richard Jefferson having three years and $42 million left on …read more