NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shawn Marion is known as the Matrix and he can do it all on a hoop court. For years he operated in near anonymity in Phoenix. It got so bad that Shawn threatened to leave just so he could be the man on some other team instead of third banana behind Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire on the Suns. Finally the Suns gave him his wish and dealt him to the Heat for the Shaq. The Heat were not very good and needed a …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.
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.
It was discussed so what happened? Phoenix thought Amare Stoudemire would be sent packing to Golden State with other players and considerations and in return Golden State would ship back Stephen Curry with other players and considerations. You know how that stuff works.
The secret part of the deal that may not have been discussed from Golden State’s point of view was that Golden State was sure Curry would be off the board by pick number 7. When he was there, they did not want to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shawn Marion shows off his Matrix WWE move with the knee smash from up high
Shawn Marion is an amazing player and if you have ever watched him play for the Phoenix Suns or the Miami Heat, you would have been amazed. Just how does he do what he does? And that jump shot or whatever you want to call it, just where did that come from and how come no coach ever made him change it? Maybe because it goes down even from long range?
Anyway, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Mike D’Antoni says “it was the Spurs, come on. Whoever beats them in the NBA playoffs?”
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Basketball owners amaze me. They seem to be hands off until you least expect it.
This year in the playoffs, it is easy to see that the teams that play the best half court defense will win, assuming the teams are somewhat equal teams.
Do only owners wake up to this after their team is knocked out of the playoffs?
We saw Avery Johnson …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was a truly a miracle as Tim Duncan made his first 3 of the season to send the game into double overtime.
Manu Ginobili finished the game off with a driving baseline layup with 1.8 seconds left.
San Antonio Spurs 117 Phoenix Suns 115
Shaq was upset and talked about it.
We had a lot of opportunities to win,” O’Neal said. “You can’t make mistakes against a team like that especially here in this building.”
But O’Neal wasn’t completely contrite.
“I just wanted to play aggressive, but the floppers prevailed today. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shaq and Nash discuss defense
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Steve Nash was hot with 19 points and 14 assists and the Shaq is back.
In the Wild Wild West, sometimes it is the short guy and sometimes it is the tall guy.
Today it was both.
Phoenix 94, San Antonio 87
This is the reason the Suns traded the Matrix for Shaq. Sooner or later you face Tim Duncan. What are you going to do?
Oh, they did not stop Tim. He got …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Utah Jazz used a 41 point quarter to blow out the Phoenix Suns.
This is the 3rd straight home loss for the Suns, in spite of Amare Stoudemire’s 37 points.
– Carlos Boozer scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, including a tough eight-foot bank shot with 31.1 seconds to play, and the Utah Jazz handed the Phoenix Suns their third consecutive home loss, 126-118 on Friday night.
Deron Williams had 25 points and 15 assists and Mehmet Okur had 25 points, including 4-of-6 …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was supposed to be a great ball game.
ABC had the Phoenix Suns vs. the Detroit Pistons at 2:30 pm Eastern time for all of us Piston fans.
A blockbuster battle of the team of no stars vs. the Shaq Suns.
Just how would Steve Nash direct Shaq in the half court?
Your intrepid author mistimed his afternoon nap and woke up in the 3rd quarter. My Pistons had a 30 point lead.
30 points? Ok, you knew there would be problems getting Shaq into the Phoenix run …read more