Greg Oden

[underdog]

Greg Oden out for 2007/2008 Season (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-28-43/The-Worst-Case-Scenario-for-Greg-Oden.html)

[JPMNICK]

well looking back, I guess Durant was the better pick.

sucks to see someone with so much potential start off his career with knee problems

[KennethC]

Pardon me while I drop a big punchbowl, Florida Evans-style. DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!

[underdog]

well looking back, I guess Durant was the better pick.

sucks to see someone with so much potential start off his career with knee problems

I saw somewhere that someone was thinking this could be a lot like the Spurs when Robinson was out for a year so they ended up with Duncan.

Can you imagine in the Blazers get another lottery pick what their lineup will look like for the next 10 years! This could actually be a blessing, if Oden comes back full strength.

[TheMojoPin]

http://www.parlayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/oden.jpg

Stretch, dammit, STRETCH!

[KennethC]

I saw somewhere that someone was thinking this could be a lot like the Spurs when Robinson was out for a year so they ended up with Duncan.

Can you imagine in the Blazers get another lottery pick what their lineup will look like for the next 10 years! This could actually be a blessing, if Oden comes back full strength.


If this is a blessing, why am I getting Sam Bowie flashbacks?

[JPMNICK]

If this is a blessing, why am I getting Sam Bowie flashbacks?

cause you have a boner?

[Earlshog]

I saw somewhere that someone was thinking this could be a lot like the Spurs when Robinson was out for a year so they ended up with Duncan.

Can you imagine in the Blazers get another lottery pick what their lineup will look like for the next 10 years! This could actually be a blessing, if Oden comes back full strength.

is that like the silver lining on the lemons making lemonade half full glass

[Earlshog]

http://www.parlayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/oden.jpg

Stretch, dammit, STRETCH!


ha ha... maybe he can use this year to fight these charges... I hope this wasn't in Denver or anywhere south of Philly

[cougarjake13]

I saw somewhere that someone was thinking this could be a lot like the Spurs when Robinson was out for a year so they ended up with Duncan.

Can you imagine in the Blazers get another lottery pick what their lineup will look like for the next 10 years! This could actually be a blessing, if Oden comes back full strength.

the only problem with that analogy is that the spurs were good if not great in the years before that one year and were again after that year they got duncan



portland has just sucked ass for years, but yeh they will suck again and prob get a top 5 if not top 3 pick which will hopefully improve them

[buzzard]

brings a whole new meaning to Rip-City:thumbdown:

[The Silencer]

ahaha yea...hes on crutches for 8 weeks and is prob missing the entire season....Durant WAS the better pick so i mean...lets see how he gets back into it!

[underdog]

portland has just sucked ass for years, but yeh they will suck again and prob get a top 5 if not top 3 pick which will hopefully improve them

They already have that guy... who's names I cannot remember... that the Celtics traded away for shit... who won the rookie of the year on their team.

Roy, maybe?

[Marc with a c]

http://www.parlayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/oden.jpg

Stretch, dammit, STRETCH!

her belt seems mildy pointless.

[lleeder]

her belt seems mildy pointless.

How else do you choke her out?...DUH!

[Earlshog]

How else do you choke her out?...DUH!


12 and half inches of Alabama blacksnake

[Marc with a c]

How else do you choke her out?...DUH!

i'd choke her out with MD

[JPMNICK]

i'd choke her out with MD

Muscular Dystrophy?

[Marc with a c]

Muscular Dystrophy?

my dick

[lleeder]

Many people love, mydick

[cougarjake13]

They already have that guy... who's names I cannot remember... that the Celtics traded away for shit... who won the rookie of the year on their team.

Roy, maybe?

brandon roy i think is who you're talking about

[sailor]

what did they think was gonna happen drafting a 50 year old?

[underdog]

what did they think was gonna happen drafting a 50 year old?

The best thing I've ever heard was Oden said someone was trash talking him and asked him what it was like to fight in the Korean War.

[sailor]

The best thing I've ever heard was Oden said someone was trash talking him and asked him what it was like to fight in the Korean War.

damn, that's hilarious. :)

[Da Fish]

Having a bad year I guess:bye:

[A.J.]

If this is a blessing, why am I getting Sam Bowie flashbacks?

Because of Bill Simmons' column (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/index?name=simmons)?

[sailor]

Because of Bill Simmons' column (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/index?name=simmons)?

hey! that's my gimmick (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1457663&highlight=hmmm#post1457663)!!

[KennethC]

Because of Bill Simmons' column (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/index?name=simmons)?

I realize it was hardly an original thought, I'm sure every Trailblazers fan had said pretty much the same thing yesterday. Picking Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan still haunts every Portlander old enough to remember.

Who knows? Perhaps instead of being the next Bowie, Oden could be the next Arvydas Sabonis - bad knees and all.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

At Least the still Have Zach Randolph

oh wait Zach's a Knick

Portland is Screwed


:king:

[sailor]

At Least the still Have Zach Randolph

oh wait Zach's a Knick

Portland is Screwed


:king:

screwed into getting oden and another lottery pick next year. if he comes back fine, it's well worth the wait.

[PhilDeez]

All this "Durant was the better pick" crap, is just that. Neither has played a minute, and Oden is young enough to bounce back from this minor surgery. Anyone heard of Amare Stoudemire, he bounced back just fine.

[Kevin]

screwed into getting oden and another lottery pick next year. if he comes back fine, it's well worth the wait.

That is a nasty injury.. Players have not been the same since getting it.. Even Stottlemier has not been the same.. Not nearly as explosive as he was before the surgery.

[Kevin]

All this "Durant was the better pick" crap, is just that. Neither has played a minute, and Oden is young enough to bounce back from this minor surgery. Anyone heard of Amare Stoudemire, he bounced back just fine.

Minor?? Are you out of your mind?? This injury is anything but Minor.. Especially on a big man.. Ask Patrick Ewing how important your knees are to a big man.. Nothing that takes almost a year to heel is minor..

[PhilDeez]

Minor?? Are you out of your mind?? This injury is anything but Minor.. Especially on a big man.. Ask Patrick Ewing how important your knees are to a big man.. Nothing that takes almost a year to heel is minor..

The initial surgery was exploritory. Minor damage was found and repaired. At his age he will rebound, ha ha, just fine. Stoudemire and Kidd both have bounced back. It is a minor surgury, so don't call me out of my mind. It is nothing, NOTHING, compared to an ACL/MCL repair.

[Kevin]

The initial surgery was exploritory. Minor damage was found and repaired. At his age he will rebound, ha ha, just fine. Stoudemire and Kidd both have bounced back. It is a minor surgury, so don't call me out of my mind. It is nothing, NOTHING, compared to an ACL/MCL repair.

Its a terrible surgery.. Amare has not been the same explosive wise, and Kidd never really had hops to really effect him that way.. I am not saying he can't come back, but its not a slam dunk.. Remember, Amare got hurt twice because of it.. They need to be very careful..

[PhilDeez]

Its a terrible surgery.. Amare has not been the same explosive wise, and Kidd never really had hops to really effect him that way.. I am not saying he can't come back, but its not a slam dunk.. Remember, Amare got hurt twice because of it.. They need to be very careful..

As far as the surgery, it is not at all horrible. It takes less than 30 min. Remember this was not the intent of Oden's surgery. Amare and Kidd were both older than Oden. Both sitll came back to All-Star seasons, and both are still playing.
My point is this, Durant has yet to play a minute. He had questions regarding his strengh in the preseason. Oden has yet to play a minute. He has this minor, by all accounts, knee issue. You can't go naming him Bowie and Durant Jordan just yet.
Any surgery on a knee raises concern, I agree. You just can't throw this kid aside, yet.

[Kevin]

As far as the surgery, it is not at all horrible. It takes less than 30 min. Remember this was not the intent of Oden's surgery. Amare and Kidd were both older than Oden. Both sitll came back to All-Star seasons, and both are still playing.
My point is this, Durant has yet to play a minute. He had questions regarding his strengh in the preseason. Oden has yet to play a minute. He has this minor, by all accounts, knee issue. You can't go naming him Bowie and Durant Jordan just yet.
Any surgery on a knee raises concern, I agree. You just can't throw this kid aside, yet.

The Durant MJ thing is ridiculous.. You see tons of kids with huge talent like that, that never make it... In the NBA you ALWAYS take the big time Center over anyone else.. Even if Durant turns out to be MJ and Oden is never the same, you still can't fault the Blazers for making the pick.. Center, QB, SP, Goalie.. You always pick those pos if a high talent is available.. NO MATTER WHAT!

[PhilDeez]

The Durant MJ thing is ridiculous.. You see tons of kids with huge talent like that, that never make it... In the NBA you ALWAYS take the big time Center over anyone else.. Even if Durant turns out to be MJ and Oden is never the same, you still can't fault the Blazers for making the pick.. Center, QB, SP, Goalie.. You always pick those pos if a high talent is available.. NO MATTER WHAT!

Or not, as Duncan and Hakeem have proven. I agree with what you are saying, I just don't think this surgery will determine this young man's career.