Greg Oden had another MAJOR knee surgery again today

[insidehoops]

And he's out for the season yet again.

Info: http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=9285

[SpecialQue]

I'm going to make a bold prediction:

Greg Oden is never going to play another game of basketball.

[ballup]

I'd be surprised if he ever rakes in another NBA contract.

[Faptastrophe]

He's singlehandedly keeping the microfracture knee surgery industry afloat.

[Ashgar404]

He's singlehandedly keeping the microfracture knee surgery industry afloat.
:oldlol:

[chips93]

He's singlehandedly keeping the microfracture knee surgery industry afloat.

:roll:
















:cry:

[CLTHornets4eva]

We will certainly try to play again. Someone will offer him a low level contract again too.:(

[christian1923]

If i'm a blazers fan i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed. could have had kevin durant

[LockoutOver11]

lol fuking blazers

[strifed169]

he going to retire soon?

[Lebron23]

If i'm a blazers fan i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed. could have had kevin durant

http://bcnbatalk.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/kevindurantswitch.png

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/210/0/6/kevin_durant_by_rondo9mvp-d423hoz.jpg

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/11/2007/11/durantjersey.jpg

[Scoooter]

Sad news.

[Faptastrophe]

he going to retire soon?
Why should he? He's getting paid to watch Blazers games and have corrective surgery done on his knees.

[dunksby]

Does he have the option to try the German stuff or is that irrelevant?

[Lebron23]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQdtBxpb6nQ

[UtahJazzFan88]

If i'm a blazers fan i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed. could have had kevin durant

Paul Allen wanted Oden, Kevin Pritchard wanted Durant, guess who's gone now? :roll:

[asdf1990]

passed up on jordan and now durant. They make jordan look good when it comes to drafting players.

[SpecialQue]

Paul Allen wanted Oden, Kevin Pritchard wanted Durant, guess who's gone now? :roll:

Oden?

[SpecialQue]

passed up on jordan and now durant. They make jordan look good when it comes to drafting players.

Completely forgot about that.

And I thought the Clippers made some shitty draft decisions!

[Draz]

The rules should be: Minimum wage ($7.25) an hour if your injured. Lol

[Eric Cartman]

It was sad the first couple of times, but this is now plain laughable.

[TaLvsCuaL]

This knee may never heal completely.

http://newsone.com/files/2010/12/Greg-Oden-Injury.jpg

[swi7ch]

Can anyone still say this guy is not Sam Bowie reincarnated???

[Jimmy2k8]

.....When was the last time this man played a game again? Seems like it has been forever since he played a game.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Man. That just sucks. People talk about how the Clippers are cursed. The Blazers are making a strong push as of late. :facepalm

I'm legitimately bummed out. I thought Oden had potential to be this generation's best big man. The Blazers looked to be on the edge of a Dynasty. I think the league would have been much better off if he'd gotten a shot at a long career.

[swi7ch]

If i'm a blazers fan i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed. could have had kevin durant
You're pissed about that? Blazers passed on MICHAEL JORDAN to draft Sam Bowie! :roll:

[DStebb716]

He'll get a minimum deal somewhere like Miami and come back and be a monster.

[FindingTim]

shouldn't 'ANOTHER' be the word bolded? Peeps always pick the wrong word to emphasize.

in less douchy, overly-critical matters, I don't know if I feel worse for Portland fans or for Greg himself.
ehh, at least he's got a big schlong. I bet that's great for the confidence.

[franchise#3]

.....When was the last time this man played a game again? Seems like it has been forever since he played a game.

December 5th 2009 :(

[RaininTwos]

Gotta feel for the dude. The dude can't stay healthy. Just cannot seem to stay healthy.

[KDthunderup]

I feel the dude needs to get out of Portland, place must be cursed or something (srs) he should go to the Suns and see what they can do with him.

[drizzy0503]

He's singlehandedly keeping the microfracture knee surgery industry afloat.
:roll:

[Glide2keva]

Next Oden announcement: Oden to retire.

[LamarOdom]

A sad story, relly is could' have been as dominant as they come.

[GOBB]

Feel bad for the guy.


If i'm a blazers fan i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed. could have had kevin durant

Thats stupid to say because OKC would have taken Oden. Then what? You keep going down the f*king lottery list of what teams passed up to take Greg Oden? Hindsight 20/20.

[b0bab0i]

Feel bad for the guy.



Thats stupid to say because OKC would have taken Oden. Then what? You keep going down the f*king lottery list of what teams passed up to take Greg Oden? Hindsight 20/20.
Seattle Supersonics.

[Da KO King]

Thats stupid to say because OKC would have taken Oden. Then what? You keep going down the f*king lottery list of what teams passed up to take Greg Oden? Hindsight 20/20.
The guy was an over-rated prospect to begin with and shouldn't have gone #1.

Moving along from my long standing disdain for Greg Oden as a NBA prospect....


Gotta feel for the guy on a personal level. It's tough to have to deal with one surgery, let alone multiple. Hopefully he just quits while he's ahead before it gets to the point where he's sacrificing his future health just to get onto the court.

[Joshumitsu]

I respect Kevin Durant for paying tribute to Greg Oden last night, even though he fell short of his intended 52 points.

Thanks Kevin. You're a real class act.

[InspiredLebowski]

Can anyone still say this guy is not Sam Bowie reincarnated???Bowie at least got somewhat healthy and had a 10 year career with a couple solid seasons for the Nets. Oden's probably going to wind up playing 82 career games.

[Myth]

At least it happened now, making the choice to leave Oden behind easy for the Blazers. I think most Blazer fans expected Oden to be gone this summer as it was, so their fear had moved on to him finally coming back and dominating..... for another team. Now, Blazer fans can let Oden go and not fear regretting the decision to let him leave.

I fear sad for Oden though. I met him a few times and he seemed as cool in person as the media made him out to be. Hopefully he can open up a dental practice or something with all the money he has collected.

[reppy]

Every time I see one of these threads I think, "Now who the hell bumped this old ass thread?"

:(

[Jasper]

who is greg Oden :confusedshrug:

[Vragrant]

http://bcnbatalk.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/kevindurantswitch.png

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/210/0/6/kevin_durant_by_rondo9mvp-d423hoz.jpg

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/11/2007/11/durantjersey.jpg


Don't forget, the Blazers could have had Michael Jordan too:oldlol:

[Myth]

who is greg Oden :confusedshrug:

I think he was the center Portland drafted in 1984.

[vinsane01]

I feel the dude needs to get out of Portland, place must be cursed or something (srs) he should go to the Suns and see what they can do with him.

If im not mistaken, Redd has played the most games, albeit limited minutes, since he had his injury. Grant hill has been injury free for years now playing in phoenix. There is something magical going on over there in the valley of the sun.

[InspiredLebowski]

If im not mistaken, Redd has played the most games, albeit limited minutes, since he had his injury. Grant hill has been injury free for years now playing in phoenix. There is something magical going on over there in the valley of the sun.Good article about about PHX's staff and how they're different here (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/paul_forrester/01/22/suns-trainers/index.html)

[RoseCity07]

Ok, now his career is over. How the hell did this happen?

[vinsane01]

Good article about about PHX's staff and how they're different here (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/paul_forrester/01/22/suns-trainers/index.html)

Interesting article. YUMS, the Young unorthodox medical staff. I wouldnt be surprised if in a few years, their method becomes the orthodox way of treatment, rehabilitation, maintaining health and preventing injuries. Every teams medical staff should just throw their computers away and use a goniometer. :D

[InspiredLebowski]

Interesting article. YUMS, the Young unorthodox medical staff. I wouldnt be surprised if in a few years, their method becomes the orthodox way of treatment, rehabilitation, maintaining health and preventing injuries. Every teams medical staff should just throw their computers away and use a goniometer. :DI'm surprised it hasn't already, they've been doing it for years. Maybe some teams have started using some of Phoenix's methods and we just don't know, stories on NBA training staffs probably aren't much of a hit getter.

[vinsane01]

I'm surprised it hasn't already, they've been doing it for years. Maybe some teams have started using some of Phoenix's methods and we just don't know, stories on NBA training staffs probably aren't much of a hit getter.

Yeah, I reckon their success and excellence is well known throughout the league, so i wouldnt be surprised if their way is slowly being adopted by the other teams.

[ILLsmak]

Yeah it sucks for him, but people are stupid for trying to put more weight on him. lol. It's like yeah he's got bad knees so get in the weight room and put about 30 pounds on your upper body.

-Smak

[All Net]

Very sad indeed....

[JMT]

Can anyone still say this guy is not Sam Bowie reincarnated???

Sam Bowie played 500+ NBA games over the course of a decade, and at a fairly productive level.

So yes, it's easy to say Oden isn't Bowie incarnated.

[2LeTTeRS]

Yeah it sucks for him, but people are stupid for trying to put more weight on him. lol. It's like yeah he's got bad knees so get in the weight room and put about 30 pounds on your upper body.

-Smak

The first thing I thought when I heard he had another surgery. Portland's trainers seriously miscalculated with how they decided to handle Oden.

I seriously feel bad for Oden on a personal level. He has had more surgeries than any 20-something should have to endure. I know you love the game but you have to think about your on personal well-being.

[JMT]

If im not mistaken, Redd has played the most games, albeit limited minutes, since he had his injury. Grant hill has been injury free for years now playing in phoenix. There is something magical going on over there in the valley of the sun.


Hill played two full seasons of starters minutes in Orlando (04-05, 06-07), missing extended time the year in between with a shin injury, before coming to PHX. They've done a great job keeping him healthy, but much of that falls on Hill's tremendous dedication to rehab, diet, exercise.

Michael Redd's filling a roster spot where they wanted a veteran shooter for the nights Hill/Nash have to sit out. Playing 15 minutes here and there. Not showing much of anything.

[Bob Cousy]

Oden buddy ... call it quits.

thats way to many surgeries since leaving college, to have one limb be shorter than the other is just to much of a physical miscue to carry on like this.

[donald_trump]

oden had that type of game that translated well to the nba, which a lot of athletic centers cant put together. i mean look at deandre jordan. built like a machine, huge vertical, insane strength, yet even with minutes cant really put it together.

oden was on the verge of becoming the best big man in the nba. i remember his games against dwight and bynum, probably two of the strongest guys in the league right now, and he absolutely dominated them in terms of strength. it was incredible watching him get in the key and push into wherever he wanted to on the court against them.

sad to hear this. really want him to come back and give it another shot. miami, suns or magic imo would be great for him.

[wang4three]

I feel terrible for him. Hope he gets better, seems like a great and genuine guy.

[dude77]

is it possible the doctors screwed this guy's knee up ? .. this is getting out of hand .. how the heck were these knee problems not detected before ?

[swi7ch]

Ok, now his career is over. How the hell did this happen?

Easy---his body just isn't made for the physicality of basketball. It's like forcing a car to do off-road racing with broken suspensions. You can keep repairing it but it's going to fail every time because there is something fundamentally wrong with the car.

He has bad bone genetics.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Greg Oden = Poor man's Michael Olowokandi...
:facepalm

[stephanieg]

If i'm a blazers fan i am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed. could have had kevin durant

If Durant was drafted by the Blazers he'd be the one getting another knee surgery while Oden would be playing 82 games a year in OKC.

[2LeTTeRS]

If Durant was drafted by the Blazers he'd be the one getting another knee surgery while Oden would be playing 82 games a year in OKC.

I doubt it. Both Bowie or Oden (and Brandon Roy to a smaller extent) had histories of serious injuries before coming into the NBA.

Portland wasn't victimized by freak accidents/injuries, they were picked based on the Blazers gambling that the player would be able to stay healthy, and losing.

[Shepseskaf]

I'm going to make a bold prediction:

Greg Oden is never going to play another game of basketball.
Professionally, yes. He may shoot some hoops in his backyard every now and then.

[guy]

Feel bad for the guy.



Thats stupid to say because OKC would have taken Oden. Then what? You keep going down the f*king lottery list of what teams passed up to take Greg Oden? Hindsight 20/20.

Yes, but who were the best players in that draft after Kevin Durant? Al Horford and Joakim Noah? If Portland drafted Durant, OKC busting on picking Oden wouldn't have been that big of a deal since they would've just passed up on Al Horford, an all-star but not an elite MVP type player like Durant.

[Shepseskaf]

oden was on the verge of becoming the best big man in the nba.
Who really believes that Oden, if completely healthy, would ultimately be better than DHo or Bynum? Count me among the doubters.

To me, he was weak offensively and fouled too much.

[2LeTTeRS]

Who really believes that Oden, if completely healthy, would ultimately be better than DHo or Bynum? Count me among the doubters.

To me, he was weak offensively and fouled too much.

At 19 Bynum and Howard weren't beasts offensively either. Oden wasn't quite the athlete that Howard was or have quite the amount of polish on his post game as Bynum, but he was more well rounded offensively then either. Given health and time to improve his skills, I had no problem seeing him scoring at least 17 points a game.

Too bad we'll never know though.

[Joshumitsu]

Who really believes that Oden, if completely healthy, would ultimately be better than DHo or Bynum? Count me among the doubters.

To me, he was weak offensively and fouled too much.

His footwork was quite impressive though. There was so much potential there.

Obviously, he fouled too much but that was more the result of him not recognizing his own strength than anything else. Actually, in a preseason game, I recall him going up for a dunk but ending up knocking three Kings players to the floor and getting whistled for an offensive foul instead. That's the sort of fouls he would get into.

And the guy commanded double-triple teams for having done sh*t in the NBA. He had that large of a presence on the court.

He was starting to look more polished his second year when he was averaging 15/9 for a stretch. But then, the inevitable happened.

[wagexslave]

Biggest bust in NBA history and it's not even close. And I'm dead f*cking serious. What a waste of money and a #1 pick.

[Shepseskaf]

Oden wasn't quite the athlete that Howard was or have quite the amount of polish on his post game as Bynum, but he was more well rounded offensively then either.
"Well rounded"? How?

[ace23]

I thought he was already out for the season.

[Joshumitsu]

"Well rounded"? How?

Well, as I pointed out, he had very solid footwork. This allowed him to play a legit post game that never got utilized due to either injuries, foul trouble, or having to share the offensive load with Aldridge and Roy.

He had enough strength to dunk with authority. Like Dwight Howard, he had strong handles for a center:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhnvYmgRPv0

He had a high level of talent and skills. Now, could he actually coordinate these skills together? Maybe.

Unfortunately, we'll never find out.

[All Net]

Shame as a healthy blazers team could likely of been favourites to come out the west for many years.

Way of the world sadly...

[Shepseskaf]

Unfortunately, we'll never find out.
True that.

[2LeTTeRS]

"Well rounded"? How?

He came into the league at about the same time as Dwight and Bynum, and as such he was compared to them a lot when he was a prospect. The vast majority agreed that he was 2nd in both athleticism (behind Dwight) and post moves (after Bynum), as well as being viewed as the one with the greatest defensive potential.

Sounds pretty "well rounded" to me.

[tomtucker]

Biggest bust in NBA history and it's not even close. And I'm dead f*cking serious. What a waste of money and a #1 pick.

yeah....FUKK the blazers GM :mad: execute that scumbag

[wagexslave]

yeah....FUKK the blazers GM :mad: execute that scumbag
I'm sure he already contemplates suicide every time he sees Kevin Durant playing on the TV.

[RoseCity07]

A poster at Bedge pointed out Portland could have picked Adam Morrison over LaMarcus Aldridge. After all Aldridge was injured in college and Morrison was a beast. You can't always look at injuries, especially wrist injuries.

The red flag should have been his hip surgery though. Portland did mess up, but not as bad as some people on here think.

Passing on MJ was a huge mistake. Bobby Knight told the Blazers GM he better draft Jordan and play him at center. They had a ton of people telling them to pick Jordan.

[alenleomessi]

Is he out for next season too?

[RoseCity07]

Is he out for next season too?

Obviously. It takes a year to get back from that so he won't be back until March 2013.

[305Baller]

I had Oden pegged for HOF.

:cry:

[Kujo]

I'm going to make a bold prediction:

Greg Oden is never going to play another game of basketball.


Yep, he's done. If only the Trailblazers could re-do that draft.

[sbw19]

People forget Portland had Roy, so drafting the big man wasn't much of a mistake at the time if at all. Stuff happens.

[2LeTTeRS]

People forget Portland had Roy, so drafting the big man wasn't much of mistake at the time if at all. Stuff happens.


2 issues with that statement

1. Roy and Durant did not play the same position. KD was obviously best suited for the 3, so how does having Roy mean you don't need Durant?

2. The Blazers were equally weak at the 5 (they started Joel Pryzbilla there) and the 3 (starter was Travis Outlaw).

[Fiasco]

I had Oden pegged for HOF.

:cry:

Once you have 3 major surgeries I think you're a lock for the Injury HOF.

[BurningHammer]

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2010/09/03/unbreakable-mr-glass.jpg

:violin:

[sbw19]

2 issues with that statement

1. Roy and Durant did not play the same position. KD was obviously best suited for the 3, so how does having Roy mean you don't need Durant?

2. The Blazers were equally weak at the 5 (they started Joel Pryzbilla there) and the 3 (starter was Travis Outlaw).

It depends on what you value most. Obviously Portland management thought they had had enough inside/outside scoring with Roy/Aldridge and wanted that elite defender/rebounder to counter the likes of Duncan and build around long-term.

[Killbot]

With all the surgeries, he is as old as his looks.

It's pretty sad.

[NortonMang]

The excuse for taking Oden over Durant has always been you need a dominating center to win it all. When was the last time a team with a dominating center won the title? Not since Shaq and that was a long time ago. It's a myth and Blazers have paid that price twice, first with Bowie and then Oden.

[Joshumitsu]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc52bvsDRt1qzddo2o1_500.jpg
:violin:

Fixed

[PTB Fan]

Will Oden be back for the next season?

[guy]

The excuse for taking Oden over Durant has always been you need a dominating center to win it all. When was the last time a team with a dominating center won the title? Not since Shaq and that was a long time ago. It's a myth and Blazers have paid that price twice, first with Bowie and then Oden.

It was 07 at the time and Duncan and Shaq had won 8 of the last 9 titles.

[The_Yearning]

Obviously. It takes a year to get back from that so he won't be back until March 2013.

He'll probably go to China or Europe to play ball... or never play again.

[Yanch856]

I feel sorry for him.

What would Oden's ceiling be without all the surgeries?

[The_Yearning]

I'm actually starting to think the doctors in Portland don't know what the hell they are doing. I think they killed Oden's career.

[2LeTTeRS]

He'll probably go to China or Europe to play ball... or never play again.

Would be nice, but its simply not possible. He's had 2 surgeries from injuries he suffered rehabbing after being injured in his last NBA game. His career playing basketball is over.

At its current state, his body is just not meant to handle the stress that is caused by basketball.

[Nick Young]

lawl

[swi7ch]

I'm actually starting to think the doctors in Portland don't know what the hell they are doing. I think they killed Oden's career.
You do realize Oden's left leg is one inch longer than his right leg, right? Google it. Then Google why having disproportionate legs is bad for a REGULAR PERSON let alone an athlete whose chosen sports is to jump and run 100% of the time. The doctors have told the Blazers that Oden is not suited to play basketball but they didn't listen.

I just SMH at some of you guys... :facepalm

[Yanch856]

I'm actually starting to think the doctors in Portland don't know what the hell they are doing. I think they killed Oden's career.

Yes for real!

Same could be said of Yao :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Those orthopods could not prevent repeated fractures to his metatarsals? Hmm to be fair I heard chronic osteomyelitis complicating his recovery... which does make bone healing very difficult and prone to union complications.

Still, why does Kobe have to go to Germany on word-of-mouth to get "State-of-the-art" treatment on his knee? wth? And it basically just sounded like reinjecting his own spun-down serum back into his knee for pain relief?

[swi7ch]

Will Oden be back for the next season?
Yes but then he'll be injured again. Why? Because his body is not suited to play basketball where you jump and run all the time! Why? Because one of his legs is one inch longer than his other leg! I'm not making this up... Google it and look at the pre-draft reports by his doctors. One leg is one inch longer than the other.

Don't blame the doctors... blame his parents for giving him bad genes.

[Joshumitsu]

Will Oden be back for the next season?

Yeah.

But he'll be dominating the league with some other team :(

[Whoah10115]

He really should go to Germany (tho I don't know if that helps him) and he should try and go to a place with a known medical staff. That's not Portland. Phoenix seems a good option, if they were interested. Anywhere else?



I hope he makes it.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Maybe the Suns can save him, who knows?

[Shepseskaf]

Yeah.

But he'll be dominating the league with some other team :(
He'll never play in the NBA again.

[PTB Fan]

Yeah.

But he'll be dominating the league with some other team :(

For the sake of his health.. let him. We're just too much ****ing cursed :cry:

[PTB Fan]

If by some miracle he returns, goes to a team like the Suns... would slimming down help him? Let's say he's at 250 lbs or so.. will that help? Just asking

[CavaliersFTW]

Why hasn't anyone sent Oden to Germany to get some of that super-secret Kobe formula!?!?!?!

[tomtucker]

Yeah.

But he'll be dominating the league with some other team :(

i got same land i wanna sell you.....just pm me your visa number and you will get the info

[trig]

It's amazing how Brandon Roy gave up before Oden. He's actually getting paid to have surgery every season...

[Scholar]

It's amazing how Brandon Roy gave up before Oden. He's actually getting paid to have surgery every season...

Roy probably decided the surgeries weren't going to be worth it. :confusedshrug:

I miss that dude. His miracle shot against the Mavs in the Playoffs, man. That's my last memory of him before he retired.

[2LeTTeRS]

It's amazing how Brandon Roy gave up before Oden. He's actually getting paid to have surgery every season...

Gave up? Brandon Roy decided being able to walk normally was more important that continuing to abuse his body chasing a dream. Can you blame him?

[trig]

I probably used the wrong term. I love Roy's game. Nothing flashy but produces amazing result.

Its just that I never expected Roy to retire before Oden. One played recently and the other is getting injured while under rehab