Greg Oden Says He’s ‘On Schedule to Heal’

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• The Philosopher Posted: Aug.23 at 10:04 am
  I really worry for this kid.

• The Seed Posted: Aug.23 at 10:12 am
  Taking Sam Bowie over MJ was bad at the time in 1984, but taking Greg Oden over Durant is ludicrous. Because Oden won’t even be able to play a full season in the NBA. Oden career is over, I feel bad for him, but that’s the breaks of life, he was injured in college so what did the Blazers expect. Trade him, get what you can. NOW!!!!!!

• Ali Posted: Aug.23 at 10:15 am
  The Sam Bowie curse in full effect.

• JoeMaMa Posted: Aug.23 at 10:43 am
  The Seed…no. It was the right pick. Oden was universally thought of as the best big men in at least a decade; all the GMs, scouts, and NBA talking heads agreed. It was the right call on draft night.
  And I’m happy to see him coming back. He’s on schedule!….to hurt his knee again this winter. Dang.

• The Philosopher Posted: Aug.23 at 10:50 am
  Co-sign JoMama:
  Guys like Durant are more expendable than a guy who once had the potential to become an all timer defensively.
  They HAD to pick him.
  You ALWAYS take the big man with undeniable potential.

• Ali Posted: Aug.23 at 10:57 am
  @ JoeMama…I believe it was Steve Kerr who said he was a once in a decade player. STEVE KERR! Cmon’ son! getdaf***outtaherewitdatbullshi*, What has he accomplished as a GM, oh yeah NOTHING!!! The guy had one good college season and bolted to the association unprepared for the wear and tear and abuse his body was going to take. Once NBA ballers over 7 ft start having knee and feet issues, it’s pretty much a rap. History has proven this time and time again. Wish him well but going against the grain and picking Durant might have been their best bet in 2007, truth hurt sometimes.

• Ali Posted: Aug.23 at 11:17 am
  Did any of ya’ll see what Durant did that year? Hahaha…His total over game was so mean…Oden was a flash in the pan. Durant’s has always had something special about him.

• J Posted: Aug.23 at 11:18 am
  Ali.. watch the 2010 west finals.

• Trout Posted: Aug.23 at 11:37 am
  I feel sorry for dude but Ali is right when you over about 6’10 and your knees or feet lose their structural integrity that’s pretty much it. I don’t think more than 60 game season with long rest periods.

• Ali Posted: Aug.23 at 11:38 am
  @ J mos def! from 2006-07 to now this kids has been puttin’ in serious work! Can’t even see a healthy Oden producing anything like what Durant has done over the past few years.

• Overtime Posted: Aug.23 at 11:41 am
  He started to really make an impact last year aswell.
  Portland did make the right pick though. They already had Brandon Roy and a whole other bunch of wing guys, Alridge was showing signs of being good offensively but not great on rebounding and defense, exactly what Oden would bring you.
  He looked like the real deal, and he probably would have beem aswell

• unrel Posted: Aug.23 at 12:04 pm
  @overtime.. i agree.. it’s hard to say what was the right pick or not when injuries are involved.. sam bowie over mj?.. hindsight is 20/20.. but the blazers had the glide.. the right pick was made with oden.. it’s just too bad that injuries picked him as well..

• EJ Posted: Aug.23 at 12:18 pm
  Everybody was so hyped about this guy, he was on the cover of SLAM once, and people were going “think what they’ll do with Oden” when the Blazers were rolling without him. Can you say bust? I still believe in this guy tho.

• c_cantrell Posted: Aug.23 at 12:57 pm
  he can still prove us wrong on our opinions about him being a bust therefor i will not bash on oden

• J Posted: Aug.23 at 12:59 pm
  Ali.. i think you misunderstood me.. anyway nevermind man..

• kenNY Posted: Aug.23 at 1:05 pm
  like @unrel said, hindsight is 20/20. If you predict the future, Detroit would’ve gone with D’Wade over Darko. There is just no way to know. Portland could’ve gone with Durant and who knows if Oden would’ve had a break out year instead. That’s the breaks when it comes to Draft Night, you can do all the scouting humanly possible, but you can’t predict the future.

• JL Posted: Aug.23 at 2:01 pm
  why do some guys seem so athletic in college and come into the NBA and can’t stay healthy? Is it too much excercising breaking their body down?

• vanillagorrila Posted: Aug.23 at 2:47 pm
  I’m not ready to write of G.O. yet. We’ll have Camby splitting time at the 5 with him this season and possibly Pryz in the 2nd half so he’ll only have to play 20-24 minutes a game and dominate like he does. I know he’ll always be injury prone but I still feel its had a lot more to do with bad luck. He hasn’t had anything close to a devastating long term injury just ones that require surgery and extensive rehab. I never expect him to be an iron man player thats for sure but I think he could easily still be a 60-75 game a season player for the next 6 years or so. He just needs the chips to fall his way a few times.

• PlanetAsia14 Posted: Aug.23 at 3:05 pm
  I agree with c_cantrell, Oden has shown he can dominate against other centers… Get well soon Oden, the Blazers need you!

• BossTerry Posted: Aug.23 at 4:39 pm
  Andrew Bogut took a few years to come around (without all the injuries Greg has had). Not all centers can be like Dwight and step-in with an immediate impact.. Get well big fella…

• JTaylor21 Posted: Aug.23 at 7:32 pm
  The NEXT Bill f*cking Russel huh. HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH good joke.

• rich Posted: Aug.23 at 7:57 pm
  no well wishers for the big guy i think he will have a good season this year may b a boarderline all star

• roybot Posted: Aug.23 at 8:30 pm
  the few games before he got injured, I think he went 24 and 12 one game and right before his injury he had 13 and 20 against the heat, so its not even a question that WHEN healthy, Oden delivers. But ironically, that IS the question. Will he be healthy for a whole season. I personally think he will this season, but only because Portland will treat him like an unhatched egg and reduce his minutes when necessary and maybe even give him some games off.

• Dacre Posted: Aug.23 at 10:37 pm
  I don’t think you can invest much time into a young player who has to be ‘nursed’ through his early career. With their efforts in this regard, the Blazers have less tools to work with in any given season (particularly 2010 coming up) and and if they are looking to build around Brandon Roy and win NOW then you need fresh bodies but you need HEALTHY bodies. Just cut your losses and go in a different direction… that would be my call.

• total scrotal implosion Posted: Aug.24 at 1:43 am
  He was hurt in hs, hurt in college, his career is an injury report. Durant was an obvious once in generation talent with mvp potential who would have been the perfect complement to brandon roy. Nevermind the fact that portland already had a better version of grampa in ghostface. I told everyone who would listen all along. Maybe alot of people just parroted what ‘expert’s said and didnt really watch them play. All the people who fell for the gassing of grampa are dumb. To me, durant was so clearly the number one pick. That fact has become blatantly obvious to all.

• RedRum Posted: Aug.24 at 2:51 am
  I love how this forum is full of accomplished psychologists, coaches, GMs, orthopedic surgeons and rehabilitation experts… what do you guys mean he is “done”? That he will not become a HOF-er? That we will not become MVP, win a ring? surgery and rehabilitation today are lightyears away from what we knew 10 years ago. Look at amare. Does he look to 3 operations in two knees? don’t think show…

• JoeMaMa Posted: Aug.24 at 2:55 am
  I’m loving the people who crow about Durant now. He’s a great player, but Portland has a big time wing, a glaring hole at center(Pryzbilla? you must be joking), and a player that everyone thought would dominate. Plus, he led his college team, in his freshman year, to the NCAA finals, where he absolutely dominated the other bigs…maybe you’ve heard of Horford/Noah. (for the uninformed, they’re the guys who won back to back titles in college)
  I love Durant. I knew he’d be special, watching the overtime Texas/OK st. game. He’s one of my favourite players: hard working, a leader, selfless, clutch, dominant. But ODEN was the right choice.

• BossTerry Posted: Aug.24 at 4:18 am
  With the #1 pick, if there is a center, you take him (true centers are a dying breed in the NBA, PFs are being forced to play the 5).. Obviously Durant would have been the better pick for a star “right now”.. I really hate to say it, but I agree with Total scrotal.. Even though he said I (and everyone else) is stupid and rides “the short bus”… T.S.I., you are right with your post.. ( I still hate you, and you can give my bung-hole c.p.r.) Cosign Total Scrotal Implosion…….. Go Blazers 2011!!!!!

• nikehead23 Posted: Aug.24 at 5:10 am
  old bastard

• Squirrel7 Posted: Aug.24 at 8:34 am
  I hate how people who claim, with hindsight, that picking Durant over Oden was a no-brainer. I seem to recall that there were plenty of people doubting whether someone who weighed roughly the same as an 8 year-old girl could handle the physicality and grind of an 82-game NBA season. So no, not a no-brainer at all. And as mentioned, you draft according to need, you don’t just stock up at one position (David Kahn style) in the hope that your rivals might trade for them.