No, I'm not serious. But if people are so "let's move on" with Greg, what would other teams give up for him? I'm pretty sure it'd be alot. I'd say any of the rookies from this year or last year IN ADDITION to any player on most of their rosters would be available for Greg. Yes, I think other teams would still KILL to get him.
Right now? We'd probably be lucky to get two second round picks. I think Greg still has a helluva good chance to end up as a productive or maybe even phenomenal center in the league. But I think what this injury scare does is hopefully check expectations a little bit around here and brings into focus that there are still some really exciting players on this roster and we have a lot to look forward to with or without Greg.
If we are being totally honest, I might be interested in a deal that involved Derek Rose, but I don't see Chicago jumping on that one right now. You are inflating Oden's trade value right now. KP would be dealing from a terrible position, and I doubt it is even on his radar. Seriously.
Oden's trade value is about as low as it's going to be right now . . . check that . . . it is the lowest it has been to date. Point is, you won't get much for him right now. Blazers are going to have to ride Oden out and hope this isn't Bowie all over again.
exactly. I do not want to give up on him. Which is essentially what Canzano is advocating. If he's not part of the "big 3", he's expendable. Oden is not expendable. I think good centers are a rarity and am pretty sure that most GMs in the league would rather have Oden over their young superstar (LeBron and probably Bynum excluded)
Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng for Greg Oden? Watching Oden last night, before he got injured, he looked slower than Aaron Gray. I don't think he'd be fast enough to play with Derrick Rose. I think I'd rather have Tyson Chandler in Chicago than Greg Oden at this point. Rose for Oden trades are a mute point. There is a very small chance that Oden ends up being better than Rose.
Again, big men win championships. Point guards don't. Historically, most champions have an upper echelon big man, and there are only so many of those. Oden will be fine. You saw 2-3 plays of his before he got injured, he will be back. He'll get stronger. Oden will be good. Long run, he's a franchise player, these injuries do not bother me. The only injury that does is a knee.
Superstars win championships. Derrick Rose looks like one of those already. Greg Oden? Nope. He may become one, but he doesn't show signs of being one yet.
Oden will be fine. I've watched alot of the preseason games, and I like what I saw. The potential is there for greatness.
Hubie called Oden out on the floor last night, "just another guy". S. Scott just joked that Oden has more MRI's this season than points. Is it a great day to be a Blazer?
I wouldn't advocate trading Oden now, for the simple reason that his value is at rock bottom. That doesn't mean the Blazers shouldn't have a contingency plan for the possibility that he doesn't make a major contribution. Yes, that means he is NOT part of any "big 3". Roy and LMA are our best players until ON COURT productivity proves otherwise.
Get bent, and Stuart Scott has as many real eyes as Oden has MRIs this season. No go talk "soul" like Stuey and act relevant, TROLL.
Tyson Chandler his second year in the league, looked like he had the potential to be a superstar. He looked really good offensively, he was so athletic and quick, and with his type of length, he was able to score at ease. In that year, Chandler was able to get in 23 games of over 30 MPG, before being limited by his injury. In those games, he averaged 13.7 PPG 11.0 RPG 1.8 BPG. He had some just monster games. 27 points 18 rebounds 2 blocks. 23 points 14 rebounds 3 blocks. 21 points 17 rebounds 7 blocks. 15 points 12 rebounds 6 blocks. 19 points 22 rebounds 3 blocks. This is a guy who was impressive. This guy looked like he had superstar potential. Oden hasn't even been close to what Chandler was at this age. Chandler dove over some seats on a hustle play and hurt his back. When Chandler came back, he struggled. He recovered in 2004-2005 to become the Bulls first big man sub off the bench, and made plenty of key stops, but his offense never came back. Then he had another year struggling with health problems and the Bulls traded him. He recovered with the Hornets, and last year was one of the best defensive big men in the league and best alley oop options. And there is another big difference between Oden and Chandler. Chandler isn't what you identify as "injury prone". Chandler had a freak injury diving for a loose ball out of bounds. He had an esophagus infection in 2005-2006. Greg Oden is injury prone. Wrist at Ohio St., the knee, and now he can't even stay healthy for an entire game in the NBA yet. I remember around draft time, someone was talking about Oden's medical report, and said something like it looked like Oden was a 15 year NBA veteran from his medical records...and then went on to say you still have to draft Oden on his side. I guess on the brightside for Blazers fans, it doesn't look like Durant will be a Kobe/Lebron/Duncan/Shaq level superstar, so you didn't miss out on a legend of the game by passing on Durant.
tyson chandler looked like he could be a superstar to sloth the incredible bulls homer, but not to anyone else.
