NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Yao Ming has been injured before and it was during the season before the Olympics and Yao had to take time off and get prepared for the Olympics. In fact, this is the 5th season in a row that Yao has had some sort of foot injury. This creates a problem for Houston.
From the outside looking in, it appears that Houston plays better with Ming in the lineup and McGrady in the lineup, they play more inspired with McGrady out of the lineup, and play the …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Houston has McGrady go down to injury.
Detroit has Iverson go down to injury.
Enter stage left…Ron Artest.
Enter stage right…Rip Hamilton.
It is the Rip and Ron show. Together they return. Separately they drive their teams to new heights.
Yes, Houston, we have a winner and it is delivered by Ron Artest.
Yes, Detroit, we can beat the Boston’s and Orlando’s as long as we have a big time performance from Rip Hamilton.
Ron Artest?
When the Houston Rockets acquired Ron Artest, you read in this space that he was brought in as …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.
Tracy McGrady and Joe Smith playing the little known sport of basketball wrestling

Are the Rockets the most screwed up team in basketball or destined to win the championship?
Huh?
Yeah, you heard me, are they screwed up or going to be winners? Or maybe is it winners or whiners?
And now we get the news that T-Mac is hurt again, both the shoulder and the knee.
“My knee is about 75, 80 percent right now,” McGrady, 29, said. “It took longer than expected. I was expecting to recover 100 percent in …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Here Ron Artest thinks he is a Rocket already and leans into take off position

It does not take a rocket scientist to tell if Ron Artest at his best will improve the Houston Rockets. He will.
Artest wanted to be reunited with Coach Rick Adelman. Rick was his coach in Sacramento when Ron started playing there.
So the trade was made…
A source close to the Kings said Tuesday a trade has been agreed upon sending Ron Artest to Houston for former Sacramento point guard Bobby Jackson, first-round draft …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Joe Dumars opened the doors to all trade offers. The Pistons are slightly over the salary cap, so a trade of one of their veteran starters appears to be very doable.
So what are the rumors?
The two strongest deal with the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets.
Tracy McGrady can’t believe he could go to a winning team like the Pistons!
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Houston Rockets
Let’s start with the Rockets. Tracy McGrady said he wanted to win, so going to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Don’t look now, but guess who is fighting their way to the top of the Western Conference?
Yeah, the San Antonio Spurs!
The Spurs and Tim Duncan just put together victory number 7 in a row.
San Antonio 109 Houston Rockets 88
It was not too long ago that we could not stop talking about the Houston Rockets and Tracy McGrady, and before that the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant (who put up another 50+ game in a loss over the weekend), in the ever changing Western Conference.
Don’t look the other …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Dirk Nowitzki will know more Monday, while Dallas holds their breath
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This seems to be an almost impossible scenario.
Who would have thought that Dallas could miss the NBA Playoffs? Dirk Nowitzki hurt his leg in a loss to the Spurs and Tim Duncan. Check out these standings with Dallas way down the list. Only 8 teams make the playoffs. Dallas has lost 3 in a row.
Western Conference
Team GB
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NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
Kevin Garnett played with a shrunken head while beating the Houston Rockets
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Ouch.
Boston Celtics 94 Houston Rockets 74
Win streak stopped out at 22.
You lose 1 game and the talk comes out.
“See, told you so”.
Well, have to admit, the Houston Rocket fans almost had me. Your intrepid author was here to write that the Rockets were invincible. Hey, beat Boston, the best team in basketball this year, and add in the fact it would have been victory number 23 in a …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant takes aim at the Houston Rockets and Tracy McGrady
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In a dream winning streak by an inspired team, the detractors will speak loudly again.
The Rockets are playing no one.
Recently they faced the Dallas Mavericks while Dirk Nowitzki sat out the game with a suspension.
Now they face the Lakers without Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol.
Gasol injured his left ankle during Friday’s first quarter in New Orleans. An MRI taken Saturday in Houston revealed a moderate sprain. …read more