NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Derrick Rose has been patiently waiting for an ankle on the mend. Against San Antonio, Derrick had to just put it out of his mind and play as hard as he could play for as long as he could go. Coach Vinny Del Negro wanted to keep a close eye on Derrick Rose’s minutes, but he ended up playing 33 minutes in what was his first game in almost a month’s time.
Chicago Bulls 92 San Antonio Spurs 85
This was a huge victory for Chicago and probably not too …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan has had an incredible career filled with winning that dates back to the David Robinson era. As Robinson grew older he was paired with Duncan to make a twin towers that dominated the court.
Now the time for Tim Duncan is growing short and he knows it. San Antonio’s management also knows it, so they took a desperate gamble.
The original thinking was to find a Super Star player in the up and coming free agency of 2010. Every team in the league wants to …read more

The answer to “Who is better than Joe Dumars?”, is in my opinion, nobody. But then some would say that nobody is me and that would make me better than Joe, which is not true, so Joe Dumars is the best. Ok, just messing with you, but the The Ball don’t Lie has a great article on the 10 best GMs in the last decade.
They did not pick Joe Dumars as number 1.
So lets step through some of the highlights.
How about Pat Riley at number 8. He built a team in his image, always ready, always tough. …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.
To the casual fan, the response will be Bruce Who?
The answer is Bruce in your face Bowen, that is who. For years Bruce played defense for the San Antonio Spurs and played it like few others in the league. He sacrificed his body and maybe a few rules in order to hold down a Kobe or a Paul Pierce, it didn’t matter to him.
After being traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, he became a payroll casualty.
The Bucks shopped veteran F Bruce Bowen around the league before releasing …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
You sometimes wonder how management holds it together in the off season with players having time and money on their hands and using both to do who knows what. In Tony Parker’s case he is playing basketball and isn’t that what he is supposed to be doing?
Well, maybe or maybe not.
Tony has been playing for the French National team in a 3 team qualifier for the European Championships. That is not exactly just working out getting ready for the new season. Parker always plays games …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan will once again have a team to write home about. There was serious talk that the Spurs had just grown too old and too complacent to be kings of the hill any more. Were they facing the same fate as the Pistons and heading into a slow destruction while still winning quite a few games, but not enough games?
It made for a very important off season for the San Antonio Spurs and future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan.
So how did the Spurs do? …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Look out Lakers.
Look out Celtics.
Look out Cavaliers.
Can we say Look out Nuggets? We are saying it. Look out Nuggets.
The Spurs are coming back with a vengeance.
First they picked up Richard Jefferson. They gave up Bruce Bowen, among others, but may get him back.
Jefferson will give them more scoring from the forward position.
Now there are rumors of talks with Rasheed Wallace to increase the front line size and Rasheed still has plenty of game left.
The draft may present them with the possibility of getting Taj Gibson, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Manu Ginobili is out. There is nothing the Spurs can do about that and it is a hard loss to take. Manu is often the X-factor that spells doom for the other teams. If they bully Parker and double Duncan then Manu kills them with his outside game or slashes to the basket for repeated layups.
Now the Spurs have faced injured players before and if that was all there was then they would not be so worried. Sure the Lakers are the odds on …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.

Give credit where due. Marc Stein of ESPN.com writes the Power Rankings for the NBA and it is like a sugary cereal to fans.
This week Orlando is Number 1! Dwight Howard rules.
They swept their season series with the Lakers and the Spurs. They’re 17-5 on the road and 18-4 against the West. And they just beat three division leaders (Spurs, Lakers and Nuggets) on their last trip. Any questions?
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Orlando has an 8 game lead over Atlanta in the Southeast Division.
The Magic are followed by the Cavs, …read more