NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It is going to be the most exciting free agent year of all time next year and you can add the super powered guard from Miami to the list. Dwyane Wade will be joining LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Amare Stoudemire, among others, as 2010 free agents. This just keeps getting better. (Note, appears my Pistons won’t have any free agent money or at least the kind to land these guys.)
Now don’t get me wrong, the rules are rigged to keep a player in his …read more

Joe Dumars, GM for the Detroit Pistons, has brought back Ben Wallace to the Pistons and it appears to be too little too late, but maybe there is more to it than that.
The Free Press has confirmed the Detroit Pistons have signed Ben Wallace, cornerstone of the 2004 NBA championship team, to a one-year, $1.3-million deal.
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The Detroit Pistons are building a team based on speed, offense, and youth and that has to make you wonder where Big Ben fits in? Ben is no longer fast, has few offensive moves beyond the slam dunk, and in basketball years he is …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
One of the most encouraging trends is the International trend in NBA basketball to become more popular overseas. One of the bonus’s for that popularity is the amount of money that is flowing into the sport. It is now very possible for a mid range star or aging veteran to extend their career by going to someplace other than the NBA and still make excellent pay.
You have to wonder what David Stern thinks about all this, having NBA players lured away from the NBA. It …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Won’t anybody just keep this guy? What is he a travelling salesman or something? Quentin Richardson was traded again and again. Quentin Richardson has been traded 3 times in just recent history. First on draft night from New York to Memphis, then from Memphis to the Clippers, and now from the Clippers to the Timberwolves.
Hey, is it possible to belong to all the crummy teams in one year? It is amazing when you think about it.
The Clippers added 3 nobodies in Telfair, Craig …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The word out of Chicago is that Allen Iverson will go to the Bulls in an NBA sign and trade deal with Detroit for shooting guard Ben Gordon. The deal would put high scoring Alan Iverson on the Bulls for probably the end of his career in a pretty good basketball market. This way the Bulls get something for Ben Gordon.
What do the Pistons get out of this deal and didn’t they already sign Ben Gordon? Right now no one can figure out how this …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.
There seems to be a plethora of quality point guards available on the NBA trade market.
Chad Ford breaks it down for ESPN.com.
this information comes largely from two sources: GMs who tell us what other teams are offering them, and NBA player agents who often play important roles in getting their clients moved this time of year.
While most of the players will not be moved by the trade deadline, if history repeats itself, several will.
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Tops on Chad’s list is former North Carolina NCAA champ Raymond Felton of the Bobcats.
Felton …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Oh yeah, Stephon Marbury may be headed to Greece.
Olympiacos, which competes in the top-tier Euroleague, shook up the NBA during the offseason when it signed former Atlanta Hawks swingman Josh Childress, a restricted free agent, to a lucrative contract. The team’s owners have said they’re willing to spend to make their club the best Europe has to offer.
According to reports in Greece, the team’s owners have said they are interested in offering about $15 million to broker a buyout for Marbury and bring him overseas, the Post reported.
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Darius Miles wanted to play and Portland will pay, but he won’t play for Portland. Darius will play for Memphis.
Confused?
Portland released Darius saying he was medically ineligible, but if he plays 10 games for anyone then Portland is on the hook for 18 million bucks. Portland’s owner even sent out a mass e-mail to all the NBA owners not to sign Darius. That did not sit too well with a lot of owners.
Miles was signed by the Grizzlies as a free agent on Dec. 13 …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Jason Maxiell doing what he does best

The Pistons have failed to arrive at a price for Jason Maxiell that both of them would agree at and now it looks like it won’t happen.
“(The team has) expressed that he is a major contributor to their success,” Maxiell’s agent, Richard Katz, said in a telephone interview on Friday. “What we differ about on, is what that is worth.”
The Pistons have offered the former first-round pick a three-year deal worth $15 million, with a team option for a fourth season.
A strong …read more