NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
John Stockton is going into the basketball Hall of Fame on Friday and these are just some of my recollections of his career.
For your intrepid author it was a rare treat to see John Stockton play basketball with Karl Malone. It was always Stockton and Malone, Stockton and Malone, those two were inseparable and they made the Utah Jazz. The Jazz at times seemed like an afterthought in the Western Conference of the NBA and there was always a team that was just slightly better to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant – from back spasms in game 4 to greatness in game 5
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Kobe Bryant could not be stopped.
From passing that is.
Kobe had a sore back and was going to make Utah pay for it.
And they did.
The last 7 or 8 minutes of this game showed why Los Angeles is so dangerous as a team. The ball was moving all over the court, finally settling in Kobe’s hands sucking in the defense. …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe about to be fouled
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Kobe is expected to be presented with the NBA MVP award, but he got in a hurry and put on an MVP performance for the LA crowd in defeating the Utah Jazz.
Los Angeles 109 Utah 98
Kobe set a foul shooting franchise record.
Bryant, celebrating what’s expected to be his first NBA MVP award, converted six of his franchise playoff-record 21 foul shots in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
In a game of two awesome point guards, it was the lack of defense that stood out.
Dallas came back in the fourth quarter with a 16 – 0 run to take the game. A game that Phoenix led from the get go and had a 13 point lead in the 3rd quarter.
Dirk scored 32 points on one ankle as the Mavs won 105 – 98.
Dirk Nowitzki signals he can score on one ankle or two
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“Every team we’d …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant gets Pau Gasol
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Which teams benefited the most from the recent signing frenzy?
10. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade fell through, would still have been a great move for the Mavs.
9. Kidd to Mavericks – This trade worked after about a week, is taking longer than that for it to work for the Mavs. Dirk Nowitzki gets the ball in the right place.
8. Bibby to Hawks – Young team needed a scoring leader. …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.
Who are these guys?
Deron Williams? All everyone talks about is Chris Paul of the Hornets, or the arrival of Jason Kidd in Dallas, but Deron Williams is off to a great career with that hidden team, the Utah Jazz. Deron had 14 assists by half time. Half time!
Mehmet Okur? All everyone talks about is Shaq going to the Suns, or Dirk Nowitzki lighting it up for the Mavs, or the return of Andrew Bynum, or Pau Gasol gaining new life with the …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Maurice Brooks writes for NBA.com and has an ongoing article keeping track of his Top Ten nominations for NBA MVP.
It is called Race to the MVP Weekly Leaders.
Let’s take a look at Maurice’s list with your intrepid author’s comments in italics.
LeBron says – It is all about team (yeah, right)

1. LeBron – Last Week’s Rank – 1
The Cavs are six games below .500 without James in the lineup and 13 games above it when he plays. This past week I received a large amount of e-mails pointing out …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.

Sometimes they do not get into your house.
Who?
The robbers.
What are you talking about?
Sometimes they steal something inside of you.
Like what?
Your pride, confidence, or self worth can be stolen. That leaves you with only two things to do.
What two things? How do you steal someone’s pride, confidence, or self worth?
Deron Williams was left off the All Star team. It hurt. The All Star game will be held in New Orleans and Chris Paul made the team. That hurt even more.
Deron made sure that Utah would beat New Orleans …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The return of James, your basketball author. Now the good and the bad. The good is that my most excellent boss and coworkers filled in quite nicely and that is most appreciated.The bad is that James is diagnosed with Cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Fear not, they say the cancer is one that is curable, so let us move forward with our dreams of basketball!
John Schuhmann gives you the NBA.com power rankings with emphasis on the top 5.
1. San Antonio – last week number 3.

15-3
Off: 115.8 (1), Def: 104.9 …read more