Just a poll to gauge the general feeling overall. I sometimes feel like everyone except for me is really disappointed in Oden right now. Curious to actually see the results of this. How do you feel about his play and progress so far this season, based on what you thought he'd do coming into this year? Because I think we're all disappointed he missed his rookie season.
Really, you felt everyone but you was disappointed in Oden? I think I've been pretty clear (and vocal) about his having met my expectations just fine so far.
Meh. He has his moments. About every 5 games he'll be solid. He's still not close to being 100% so I kind of expected this kind of production.
I expected him to go for about 12 and 9 this year. With that said to me 9 and 7 is close enough at this point to say that he has met my expectations, especially when I thought he'd be getting more like 26-28 mpg.
a bit disappointed, especially defensively. I never anticipated that the pick and roll would be such a problem. Offensively, at the moment, he's ahead of where I thought he'd be, I didn't expect him to be a force one-on-one in the post. Athletically, maybe I got spoiled from watching Aldridge move, but for a "physical freak," I was expecting a bit more. So overall disappointed, especially since we only heard good things this summer. I think I've come to terms that he's probably not a "once in a generation" center. That said, he's still a great prospect and will probably be a top-3 center in the league. That's a good player.
I think Defensively there are so many things to learn for big guys. They are the last line of Defense, and unfortunately are being called on too much to defend the rim against guards that have gotten through. Greg needs to learn to jsut be big and not make the extra reach for the block. Once he does that he'll be fine.
I'm surprised so many are saying he's met their expectations. Most Blazer, including myself, thought he'd be around a 15/10/2 type of player this year. So yeah, I can say he's gone a little below my expectations.
The problem with the poll though is Greg hasn't quite reached my expectations, but I wouldn't consider him dissappointing either. So I voted met my expectations.
Disappointing. I expected more. I'm not down on him at all, just expected more. And I bet most of you did too. (Including most that said "he met expectations")
Does that just prove how stubborn he is? I'd trade him for quite a few of the young established superstars in this league. I feel like KP is falling too much in love with our players.
Exceeded my expectations. Good poll, interesting results. I guess there aren't as many GO whiners on this forum than I thought. I'd like to see this poll ran after he gets into foul trouble and has a few bad games in a row
It's one of the flaws, maybe only flaw, that KP has. He's too buddy-buddy, father figure, friend than a boss. Having the relationship and mentality he vastly overrated a lot of the players on the team. It's one of the reasons, IMO, why Sergio Rodriguez is still on the roster. Probably same thing can be said about Outlaw.
I don't know that there is any evidence that he's buds with Sergio. Any more than, say, Jack, who he traded away. barfo
I wanted him to improve over the course of the season, and avoid any further serious injuries. So far he's doing just fine.
Good lord this meaningless All Star game has gotten to some peoples heads (this is not really directed to you OP). Has he been dissapoiting or a little underwhelming? Yeah, he has. However, anyone care to tell me when our incompetent team/coach remember that he is in the middle and give him the ball? Or how about when he is not in foul trouble what he does on the court? Dear God, is this forum always like this?
I didn't expect him to be quite so foul prone, but overall I'd say he's met my expectations ... that I would see flashes of greatness lurking amidst the inconsistency, and I've been pleasantly surprised to see some of his freakish athleticism come back as soon as it has. I think I remember predicting something like 12/9/2 way back when on the assumption that he'd be logging around 30 minutes a game. So I guess from a per 40 standpoint he's pretty much on track -- as long as he starts cutting down on the fouls.
I expected 15/10 from him this year, with consistently awesome defense. As per that, he's been disappointing so far this season. I knew he would have some problems with fouls at first, but not to the extent that we're witnessing. That said, I think a lot the issues he has right now can be alleviated with a change to the way he's being used right now by Nate.
