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

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The center position in basketball just ain’t what it used to be. It used to be you started with a center and then you found a point guard to lead the way. You had to have that big guy in the middle or you were toast. That was then and this is now. Now a day, there are some up tempo teams that would rather not play a true center. They would rather have a fast mobile power forward. Phoenix with …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.
Manu Ginobili is looking for the ball

Manu Ginobili has returned to the San Antonio Spurs.
Ginobili, who missed San Antonio’s first 12 games, scored 12 points to help the Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies 94-81 on Monday night.
“I felt pretty good about it,” said Ginobili, who played 11 minutes in his first outing. “I didn’t rush it a lot. I took my time, found the open seam, made a couple of shots. I wasn’t thinking about a great game on my first one, so I’m happy with what I …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tony Parker is unstoppable

With no Manu and the San Antonio Spurs slumping, somebody had to do something. Well, Tony Parker did more than just something. Tony did everything.
The San Antonio Spurs needed every last layup and feathery jumper from the fast-moving Frenchman, whose unstoppable performance was just enough to fuel their first win.
Parker scored a career-high 55 points, including a 20-footer at the buzzer to force a second overtime, in San Antonio’s 129-125 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
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It was only the Timberwolves, but …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Dirk Nowitzki is listening for a Spurs rally, but did not hear anything

Dirk Nowitzki goes off for 30 and the Mavericks still look like a team to contend with in the West.
Can San Antonio win a game this year?
It remains to be seen. The new Dallas Mavericks with the same old players beat the Spurs 98 – 91.
They still have to play without the injured Manu Ginobili until December.
It is a rough start.
Odds remain high the Spurs aren’t going to finish the year 0-82. It only …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
One of my favorite hoop sites is basketball reference.com
Today, why don’t we look at playoff games for a player’s career?
So who has the most NBA playoff games in their career that is still playing?
1. Robert Horry 244 – Somehow this guy gets himself on teams that win it all and he makes big shots.
2. Shaquille O’Neal 203 – The big guy was the dominant player in the game for most of his career.
3. Tim Duncan 155 – The big fundamental always seems to get the job done and …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan at 32 is the baby in this group with Bruce Bowen, Brent Barry, and Kurt Thomas
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Los Angeles Lakers stay young
The Lakers are a young team and their victory over the Spurs may cause some changes to the league.
San Antonio’s elimination might signal the end of its era of dominance. With Duncan leading the way, the Spurs won championships in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007, but with a rotation made up solely …read more