Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 9:00 am  |  61 responses

Greg Oden’s Debut Didn’t Exactly Go According to Plan

by Marcel Mutoni

“Today Im excited. I feel like I’ve been waiting for this for a while…I’m healthy, my knee is good, I’m ready to go.”

Care to guess who said that, about two hours prior to game time last night? Oh, alright, I’ll tell you: It’s the same guy who, despite an incredible amount of hype, didn’t even finish the game. Greg Oden.

After getting wrestled to the floor by Andrew Bynum in the first half, Oden’s right ankle rolled in a way it’s not supposed to, and that was it for the first pick of the 2007 NBA Draft.

G.O. will undergo an MRI today to determine the extent of the injury.

Depending on the outcome, some Blazers fans might understandably feel the urge to approach the ledge, but it’s important to keep in mind one thing: This team should be used to playing without their injury-prone big man.

That helps, right? No? Very well, carry on then.

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  • N.Pawelczyk

    I have to agree with DAIN. He still has a HUGE career ahaid of him…Hell yea if you’ve hooped you most likly done it. It’ll be sore but he’ll be better in no time.

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ TADOne

    N.Pawelczyk: Just because you said “Go Pistons!” you are my new favorite poster.

  • RV

    The last time i did the ‘ol ankle roll, i sprained and dislocated my ankle and coudn’t run for over 2 months. The time before that, i walked it off and kept hooping. In other words, you never know how bad it really is until you’re examined. Look at Kobe’s injury, almost identical to Yao’s, but Kobe was back in a day and Yao missed like 4 months.

  • N.Pawelczyk

    YAO A BITCH….and TADOne….thanx….PISTONS ANYBODY

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Moose

    Don’t kill the fantasy team, please . . .

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT I WWAS RIGHT I WAS RIGHT

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    THAT CUT AND PASTE THING KIND OF CAME UNDONE THERE…..

    in any event…this is over….Greg, ya done!
    SAM BOWIE RETURNETH!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.rich-imaging.com Dutch Rich

    13.0 MPG, 0.00 FT%, 5.0 RPG, 1.0 BPG, 2.00 TO, 2.00 PF, 0.0 PPG
    Well on pace for that ROY award

  • CP34MVP

    13.0 MPG, 0.00 FT%, 5.0 RPG, 1.0 BPG, 2.00 TO, 2.00 PF, 0.0 PPG
    Well on pace for that ROY award

    I AGREE RICH.. HE IS GONNA BE THIS YEAR’S ROY!

  • mike

    OUT 2-4 weeks

  • Mark

    I really hope this was an anomaly. How’d he stay relatively until the league?

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