Last night, the Lakers lost big to the Blazers. The Blazers are a fun team to watch–a talented, young group of guys coached into a really watchable brand of ball–and got up big in the first half. They continued their dominance in the third quarter against a positively Van Gundian defensi...

Here I am, eyes barely able to stay open. But one man, half a continent away, is keeping me awake. Brandon Roy--someone who manages to constantly be somewhere between on the radar and off it--just scored his 50th point!!!! What a performance. Blazers up 122-119 on the Suns, 29.3 seconds to go. Let's...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Greg Oden is a big man with great skills on the hardwood. After sitting out a year with injury, Greg Oden is starting to have the type of games everyone thought he would. Oden put on a show down low, violently shaking the basket sta...

It's that time of year, kids: Opening Tip of the 2008-09 NBA Season! I could not be more excited about this. So many good story lines this year, and so many damn good teams...and more Charles Barkley. In fact, I may be as excited about "Inside The NBA" being back on TV as I am about the actual games...

I would like to nominate Kevin Pritchard to be selected as King of the  World.  Pritchard should have freeway named after him.  At the very least (and with all due respect to Howard Schultz) he should have a drink named after him at Starbucks. "Welcome to Starbucks, what can I ge...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Kobe is flat out a great scorer The Bulls have got to be wondering what they were thinking. Hold on to Luol Deng and pass on Kobe Bryant? Luol Deng. Now how many votes for the All Star team did he get? Hmm, there was that one from h...

OK, I said it, the Trailblazers are at a crossroads.  We have a young team that is playing extremely well, so good that thinking about the playoffs is not putting the cart ahead of the horse anymore.  This team is certainly positioned to be a playoff team this year, and certainly into the ...

The Portland Trailblazers wrapped up the ABC/ESPN Christmas Day tripleheader by beating the Seattle Supersonics 89-79 and extending their league-best winning streak to 11 games. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Blazers, particularly after number one overall pick Greg Oden was sideli...