NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
This is not a prediction post by NBAObsessed. That is my upfront disclaimer. This is news from the Los Angeles DailyNews. They have actually mentioned 37 ways that the Lakers will be Champions of the NBA again.
Here are my top 10 from the list:
12. George Karl still coaches the Denver Nuggets.
Don’t get me started on George Karl, but he is a big disappointment as a pro coach. Maybe he did well last year or maybe he just needed Chauncey Billups.
15. Yao Ming … MIA.
With Yao out, Houston is …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Sometimes the NBA can take on a whimsical tone with events going beyond reality causing what we know to be totally false. How else can you explain the sudden disappearance of the volatile aggressive Ron Artest that we all have come to know and love? Still, that is what has happened in La La Laker land, where the milk and honey flow in the form of Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, and a roof of championship banners.
Ron Artest signed a long term contract for 34 million bucks …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Oh, this is going to be one of those gossip columns, which is pretty much something your intrepid author can’t stand to write about or even hear about. All the Pop and glitter and reality TV drives me crazy.
Like it is more normal to want to watch tall guys bounce an orange ball and run up and down a wooden floor? Ok, you got me there.
So here is the news…Khloe Kardashian and that would be Kim’s sister is getting married to her boyfriend and he plays …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
ESPN does this thing where they get together a bunch of basketball experts that vote on the NBA conference teams to see who will end up in the NBA title game.
Well, this was a tough vote. The Los Angeles Lakers won in a landslide. Geez that is hardly news. The champs added Ron Artest to the lineup and resigned Lamar Odom and those two are just bit players on that team. You have to recognize that the Lakers are Kobe Bryant’s team first last …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Ok, no surprise here in the NBA.com Power Rankings.
Yes, it is the Los Angeles Lakers number 1 as they should be, but maybe you should take a look, because they added Ron Artest. If handled correctly he can be a force. And Lamar Odom? They resigned him and he is a difference maker.
There was little doubt that fans in Cleveland, Boston, Orlando, San Antonio and other cities were holding out hope that Lamar Odom(notes) would just sign with Miami instead of returning to the Lakers.
As …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
What determines the fates of NBA teams the most? Well, of course, you can get lucky and sign Michael Jordan or someone close to that stature, like Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, but the real answer is ticket revenue. Hoopsworld did a breakdown of ticket revenue and guess what teams came out at the top?
L.A. Lakers, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls.
Now guess what teams came out at the top for pricing power?
Knicks, Lakers, Bulls, Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings.
Now you really have to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Magic is celebrating 50 years of life. Sure you will read all about Magic Johnson and how his real estate and business empire is worth over 1.5 billion dollars, you will read all about Magic and how he lifted the Lakers to the NBA title with Kareem in his rookie season, you will also read about how Magic had those magnificent battles with Larry Bird and the powerful Celtics, but what you may not read about is Lansing Michigan.
Earvin grew up in Lansing Michigan and attended Michigan …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The National Basketball Association, run by Commissioner David Stern, really knows how to do it right. They will open the season on October 27th. According to the calendar on my computer that is a Tuesday, so maybe they don’t have everything perfect.
To start the season off with a bang the league has 4 games on that day including the San Diego Griffins…er Los Angeles Clippers vs. the Los Angeles Lakers. That would be L.A. vs. L.A. on TNT. (Which brings to mind, how can …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It just went from bad to worse as Lamar Odom goes from finding out the NBA is a little tight on money this year to finding out that the NBA has money, but won’t give it to him. Or maybe you should say he won’t take the money. The Los Angeles Lakers offered Lamar Odom a very reasonable 30 million dollars for 3 years or an even more reasonable 36 million for 4 years and what did Lamar do, but turn it down.
Then it got ugly.
In …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Lamar Odom was a key part to the Los Angeles Lakers winning it all. The versatile forward that came to the Lakers in the Shaquille O’Neal trade with the Miami Heat had an outstanding season.
So why isn’t he getting a big fat raise like all the other free agents?
Simple, Lamar Odom will soon be 30 years old and this is the new NBA where money actually matters.
But unless you’ve lost all contact with the outside world in the past 12 months, it’s pretty obvious things around the …read more