I could see him as our leading scorer. The guy has shown he can score in bunches, and he can make his free throws (something Shaq could never do on a consistent basis). I could see Oden average 25 a game in a few years. I just don't think anyone can really match up with his size. He just needs to develop more of a well-rounded offensive game. A few more baby hooks and jump hooks. Something he can use out to five feet.
Yeah, that. KS likes to say "learn the game before you post." He should expect to be called out when it's clear that he's wrong.
Heh. I'll have to throw myself on the mercy of the board on this one, too. I bought the hype, hooked though the gills.
I didn't think that Bassy would be great, but I did think he'd be a good starter. I still think he could be.
Last season Oden was really underwhelming! Not a single basket or rebound! And I'm tired of all the excuses about a little injury!
I hear you. When he walked around in those suits during the games it looked like he wasn't even ready, emotionally or physically, to play. Ed O.
I think you can't call someone a bust until several years down the road. If these 5 games were just a blip on the screen and 5 years down the road, he hasn't developed into a premiere big man in the league, then he'll be considered a bust. I mean, was Bowie a bust in his rookie year? Not at all. And he was mostly considered a bust because he wasn't as good as Jordan which isn't fair. Statwise, he had a great rookie year. Better than Oden is having so far. I'm loving Oden's recent play though.
I think that the fact that Oden wasn't living up to his own expectations should be evidence enough that everyone's expectations were too high, including his own. You can't tell me that he wasn't going out there and trying to be his best, but he was frustrated by his lack of explosion, lack of stamina, and lack of a good feel for the NBA game. Your quote from Nate is only evidence that Greg is young and needs to learn good fundamentals now. I can honestly say I had absolutely no doubt that, barring another injury, Greg would get to the level that he's been playing at now, and I didn't expect quite this much till the end of the season, or maybe even the beginning of next season. Maybe I was just setting my self up for worst case scenario. But the people I have a problem with are the ones that started complaining after his 5th and 10th and 15th game that he was a bust, that they had doubts that he would ever amount to anything were just so ridiculous.
And they are suddenly his biggest fans now, and always knew he would be ok. It happened all over the internet, from OLive, to BEdge, to here to ESPN, and its sad. What is more sad is that he will most likely continue to be an inconsistant rookie and those people will start saying the same thing after 3-4 bad games. Oh well... Same thing pissed me off with someone like Colin Cowherd saying that he will never be an good offensive player (or something like that) like 2 or 3 games into his NBA career.
