NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rasheed Wallace is expensive, but available
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Chauncey Billups? He is available.
Rip Hamilton? Yeah, him too.
Rasheed Wallace? Well, more expensive, because his rather large contract expires next year.
Tayshaun Prince? He may be a throw in on other deals, go figure.
Joe Dumars said all four are available. He wants to shake things up. Umpteen million trips to the conference finals with only 1 NBA title just does not get it done.
Still, where is the …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kevin Garnett – anything is possible
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It seems like yesterday that my Piston won the world title, the Larry something trophy, in the NBA.
My friends were on a high that lasted a week.
Boston fans feel like that right now. You could sell little kid sippy cups with Boston Celtic logos on them and the fans would scoop them up by the hundreds.
They sound just like we did. Our team is great. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Rasheed Wallace is still smiling, standing next to Kevin Garnett. Sheed knows it is a 7 game series and he will get his chance.
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In a game that Boston had to have, it had. Boston could not afford to lose game 1, or even to lose game 2. Until the Celtics can prove to themselves that a road victory can be had in the playoffs, they need to win at home.
The Celtics will get their …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Carmelo, Carmelo.
Carmelo Anthony was arrested Monday on suspension of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Hey, Carmelo Anthony, take a shot, should look like this
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The Denver Nuggets forward was arrested on Interstate 25, police said. He was alone in the car and pulled over for weaving and not dimming his lights.
Detective Sharon Hahn said Anthony failed a series of sobriety tests. He was charged with DUI, then taken to police headquarters before being released to a “sober responsible party,” Hahn …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Well, truth be told, the time is now. The Western Conference is tight as tight can be. While some teams look better than others, let the records show they are not. At least, not by much.
Western Conference
Team GB
1. x-New Orleans —
2. x-San Antonio 1.5
3. x-LA Lakers 1.5
4. x-Utah 3.5
5. x-Houston 2.5
6. Phoenix 3.5
7. Dallas 6.5
8. Denver 8.5
9. Golden State 8.5
source
So who wins this battle …read more

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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.
Tim Duncan, the Big Fundamental, goes to work on New Jersey
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How do they do it?
They do it with defense.
The San Antonio Spurs have the best record in the Western Conference. They just extended their longest winning streak of the season with a 10th win in a row against the Vince Carter New Jersey Nets. They are one game better than the Kobe Lakers.
San Antonio 81 – New Jersey 70
That’s right, 70 stinking points.
“Think about this. They …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
LeBron James All Star MVP – Time to get out of Dodge err Cleveland!
With David Stern happy to have NBA Marketing Icon LeBron James as the MVP of the 2008 All Star game, the world can move on.
If you had to lay odds, it had to be James as MVP.
The NBA is a marketing organization, not a sports organization. Right now the future of the NBA seems secure, with possible expansion out of the USA and many stars in the league, but it can change …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Tim Duncan says “You have to stop me to get to the finals
The Lakers picked up Pau Gasol, so they would not lose any momentum when Andrew Bynum was injured. When Bynum comes back, you have a front court of Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom to go with Kobe Bryant. Arguably a powerful lineup.
The Phoenix Suns dealt the Matrix for Shaquille O’Neal. The Suns needed a center to get past the Spurs and because the Gasol deal had moved the Lakers ahead of them. If Shaq …read more

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Shaq vies for another ring
The story will be written from here on out. The Shaq trade has implications for both conferences. The fallout can be seen everywhere. Can it be coincidence that the yesterday’s trade news for Pau Gasol to Kobe’s Lakers lost to the Hawks? You may have to read that twice. Shaq brings his presence and salary cap to Phoenix and new GM Steve Kerr. If Shaq is a bust then Kerr will again be a brilliant TV announcer. Kerr had a valid concern. The center-less …read more