Oden's Body Can't Handle The NBA?

What's your take on this guy's revelations?

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/02/post_13.html

 

I have friends too and im sure they could claim bullshit about stuff too.... until someone whos worked with greg before says something like this i wont really believe it

 

Kind of suprised it doesn't close with, "and kpee would trade him now if he wasn't in love with all of his players and afraid to make a deal."

 

BTW, the reader comments make the piece.

 

He's right until Oden can play a full season. Simple as that.

 

The historical evidence suggests the dude is right.

I hope Oden proves him wrong.

 

Anyone who watched Walton and/or Bowie try to play in the NBA would suspect the same thing.

 

Please don't call a glorified message board post a "revelation."

 

The evidence supports his case so far. Even at best now, I don't think Oden will ever turn out to what Blazer fans had envisioned. Nothing that a lotto win and John Wall couldn't solve.

 

He meant "Revelations", because it's impossible to decipher and all bullshit.

 

Don't make me repost the nude pix to prove you wrong.

 

"Thats the reality, and MD's will agree. I hope they are wrong. "





If it's the reality, whats the point in hoping they are wrong? If it's reality, they aren't wrong.


That's such a line of bullshit I stink from it.



Secondly, people that calls themselves "a realist" are 98.865% of the time a moaning doom monger.

 

Sorry about that. How about drivelations?

 

Because Walton's feet and Bowie's leg bones have a great deal to do with Oden's health?

 

I guess it's not your best day to make a leap in logic?

 

odens body cant handle the nba?

thats like saying "the nets cant make the playoffs with their current roster"

 

That's better

 

Dude, don't be disingenious.

The NBA schedule puts more stress and strain on the human body than college/highschool ball. Bowie couldn't handle the extra workload. Neither could Pervis Ellison, or dozens of other players you could name.

 

A leap is right. Centers/actual big men have more trouble with health in basketball due to their legs and feet having to take the impact of all the weight they're carrying...so in that sense, all true centers have something in common (Shaq also had some injury issues).

But since Walton and Bowie suffered from completely different injuries (i.e. ones that changed their athletic ability, while Oden's is not expected to), the comparison is pretty invalid.

Maybe Oden will struggle with health for the rest of his career. That's clearly far from impossible. But the fact that Bowie and Walton did tells us nothing about Oden.

 

I dunno. Doesn't matter what anybody thinks will or won't happen with his body, but if you're going to lay a bet, the strong play wouldn't be to go with longevity and health at this point.