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Great news IMO. The Kings are a good team to have Oden starting.:clap:
 
Holy crap, I predicted this this morning. I come online to check Olive, there it is! Woot go me!

Yeah, :clap:I know no one cares.
 
Congrats to Nate. I think he timed this move perfectly. Better to try and integrate Greg now, before Martell gets back in a couple of weeks.
 
I like it. But i still think he needs more conditioning. Either way Im excited for the game.
 
blue32 said:
I like it. But i still think he needs more conditioning. Either way Im excited for the game.
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Not sure why everyone is so worried about his conditioning before he becomes a starter. Lately he hasn't been playing as much because we've been blowing teams out or hes been in foul trouble. He'll likely play the same minutes whether he starts or not. I think they are using this start to prod him a little.
 
1 Eye Jack said:
Not sure why everyone is so worried about his conditioning before he becomes a starter. Lately he hasn't been playing as much because we've been blowing teams out or hes been in foul trouble. He'll likely play the same minutes whether he starts or not. I think they are using this start to prod him a little.
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Im worried about it as a starter because he plays against other starters... :)

Most of the time when he comes off the bench, he's playing against other teams 2nd units, and sometimes tired 1st units...

plus more conditioning for him to get better, is always good.
 
Денг Гордон said:
Might as well trade Pryzbilla for Hinrich and Thomas now. No use paying your backup center that much money.
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Yeah, because it would be much better to pay 50% more to a guy who can't even play for the next three months and a guy who can't play at all.

BNM
 
Sac had no one that could gaurd him in the pre-season which means this should be a good confidence builder... it should also be good for my fantasy team :smile:

STOMP
 
Damn, he moves alot more fluid in those college videos... I wonder if bulking up so much was the right thing to do :)
he seems to have more explosive jumping in the vid's too, but it all could be shitty quality youtube.
 
he is still recovering, so we will not really know what his deal is until the next season starts. but everything he can give us until then is only gravy. if we only have 2 pryzbillas for the rest of this year, thats good enough.
 
Wow, you can see a major difference in his jumping. Funny we think GO is already damn good wait till he's fully recovered. Seeing GO right now reminds me a lot of Amare when he first came back from surgery. Amare looked like a shell of his former self, I didn't think he would ever fully recover. Greg is having a big adjustment period mainly because he's always been the biggest guy on the court and a superior athlete. Now he has to rely on good footwork, headfakes, and positioning all of which takes time and experience.
 
Part of me feels sorry for Joel - he's actually playing better than Oden and he gets demoted. But on the other hand, there are actually MORE scorers in the bench crew than in the starters at the moment, so there will be more shots for Oden. And maybe this is more about Aldridge than Oden - jumpstart Aldridge by giving opposing teams less opportunity to double team him/put their best low-post defender on him.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Part of me feels sorry for Joel - he's actually playing better than Oden and he gets demoted. But on the other hand, there are actually MORE scorers in the bench crew than in the starters at the moment, so there will be more shots for Oden. And maybe this is more about Aldridge than Oden - jumpstart Aldridge by giving opposing teams less opportunity to double team him/put their best low-post defender on him.
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How is it a demotion? He's still going to get major minutes, and the team still acknowledges his importance. It just come to a time where if we want Oden to develop, he's going to have to get minutes.
 
B-Roy said:
How is it a demotion? He's still going to get major minutes, and the team still acknowledges his importance. It just come to a time where if we want Oden to develop, he's going to have to get minutes.
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Joel was promoted when Greg sprained his foot... so really Greg is just back up to speed and getting his starting spot back now that he's good to go again

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Not a shock that he's going to be a starter, but is he ready for those kind of minutes?

As an NBA fan, I want to see him succeed, so I don't want the Blazers staff becoming overzealous and playing him more minutes than what he is able to at this point.
 
I'm fine with this move. Canzano's kind of irritating me with this talk that this isn't the right move.
Greg is eventually going to have to play and find himself where he fits with LaMarcus and Brandon. There may be a rough transition, but it has to happen eventually and why not do it early on this season against some sub-par teams.
Let the big man loose!
 
alex42083 said:
I'm fine with this move. Canzano's kind of irritating me with this talk that this isn't the right move.
Greg is eventually going to have to play and find himself where he fits with LaMarcus and Brandon. There may be a rough transition, but it has to happen eventually and why not do it early on this season against some sub-par teams.
Let the big man loose!
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Canzano is just upset that he didn't get a chance to write an article about how sitting Oden is hindering his development before the team made the switch.

Unlike me and my thread this morning, which I believe knocked some sense into Nate and made him start Oden. :crazy:
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Would you ask this question if Brandon Roy wasn't starting?
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These are two entirely different situations. Joel knew he was filling in for Oden while Oden was getting accustomed to the NBA game. He never finished games when Oden could finish them either. His role isn't going to change, just because he comes off the bench doesn't mean he's going to be doing anything different.
 
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