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  1. Mediocre Man

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    Greg Oden starts workouts and blogs from Columbus.

    http://www.yardbarker.com/users/gregoden

    A few things that caught my eye

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    I thought he was going to work out for the select team?


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    I hope he is under the Blazers training staff right now. Maybe there is a reason he hasn't been doing squats the last two years. Hopefully he didn;t just decide he needed to start doing them all on his own.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    I wouldn't sweat it MM. I don't look to GO's blog as the definitive word on what he's going to be doing and what he's going to not be doing.

    I'm glad to hear he's working on squats. It would explain his lack of explosiveness this past season. I'm certain that he's being carefully watched over by the Blazers' staff. If not, they'll have something to say about his workouts.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    Build up that leg strength G.O. We need to see some Dwight Howard-esque explosiveness next season.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    My interpretation of the "staying in one spot" thing sounds more like "no more trips to the Espys to play air piano with Justin Timberlake" and making a lot of appearances and traveling around being Greg Oden Incoporated.

    As for the no squats thing, that sounds like doctors orders up to this point, as I'm sure Bobby Medina would have had him doing tons of leg work since his surgery if he had been cleared to do it.

    Overall I'm pretty encouraged by this blog post, sounds like he's getting his mind and body right.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    I don't think anything Oden posts on his blog is going to go unnoticed by the Blazers.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    I have seen that and I was really surprised that he has not done any squats. Sure makes me more comfortable going forward that he will be faster and more explosive... If memory serves - LMA after his rookie year worked on this a lot during the summer and came back a better player...
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    I like the post. I agree that it sounds like he is getting his mind and body together.
     
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    Has he formally accepted the invitation?
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    do you really think oden is just off doing squats on his own when the blazers training staff has told him not to?
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?



    No, not at all. I think if they told him not to he wouldn't be doing them. But I find it odd that he started doing them after he was in Columbus, and not sooner. I'm sure it's not a big deal, and someone from the team is more than likely there supervising anyway, or at least has told the staff at OSU how to work him out.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    Wheels at work just stated that Bayless recently flew into Columbus to work out with Oden & Medina....
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    The squats thing is interesting. I have little doubt that he was restricted from doing them previously... if he was doing them two years ago, and he was having success on the floor, it doesn't make much sense that he'd just stop with that, especially given that he was clearly working out generally.

    And while it's possible that he's still supposed to avoid doing them... I doubt it. Would he be stupid enough to, after two years, suddenly start doing them on his own when he's not supposed to and then TELL people what he's doing?

    In any case, while I am not expert in weight training, I have to think that doing his more normal lower-body workout would help him get back some of the explosiveness that we saw before he became a Blazer. And that would be excellent news for him and the team...

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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?



    Nice. Bayless is THE MAN. I say the more chemistry those two develop the better, who better to kick Oden in the ass than Bayless.

    Bayless has moved into my top 3 Blazers now.

    How can you not love someone who wants to literally kill the other team when he is on the floor?
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    I know that Bobby Medina and Bayno are going to be spending time with him a bunch this summer!
     
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    I think JB would literally kill his own teamates too! I love him.......... he's so GANGSTA"!
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    The same Blazer staff that missed "multiple red flags" in his pre-draft medical report AND encouraged Oden to balloon up to well over 300 lbs immediately after major knee surgery?

    I feel better now, thanks!
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    No. The Blazer staff that is watching him this summer is the one that ate his left foot and plans on killing the next seven bastards he fathers.

    Keep the fairy tales straight, man.

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    Bayless would have been the perfect Oakland Raider....before Al got senile. Just win baby!!!!!!!!

    No excuses, just shut the fuck up and win. I will knock you on your ass if I have to to win.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    Sounds like good news to me. I believe I have read previously that the Blazers would be sending somebody to Columbus to work with Greg. Perhaps that is Medina? Bayless will be great for Greg. They're about the same age and Jerryd is a work out freak. He should help keep Greg focused.
     
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    Re: Anyone else raise some eyebrows over this?

    i would assume that during last offseason they didn't want him doing squats because it had still been a year or less since his surgery. didn't want to do too much too soon. and then i don't think it would make since to have him start doing squats during the season to get him sore for games(and with his two injuries interrupting that as well). and then now that he is supposed to be fully recovered from the microfracture surgery, it would make sense for him to begin doing squats now.

    at least those would be the assumptions i would make in this case not knowing any more about the situation.
     
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