Oden all grown up

With all the hoopla going around regarding him and the possible "not starting" fiasco, the dude has really shown poise. Seriously, think about how young he is. I remembered when I was that young, thinking everything is owed to me, blaming others for mistakes I may have possibly made, and well being such a focus in the NBA.

I am proud that he took it upon himself to work so hard during this offseason to develop his game, stick with a solid diet and condition himself. Also, with the rumor he isn't starting, the kid didn't say a damn word publicly.

As a Die hard Blazer fan, I am proud to have him a Blazer. It really seems he is working hard to prove to all us fans, and fans of the game itself that he accepts any attention regardless of good or bad and comes packing a lunch.

Kudos Oden, you da man!

 

Well said. He's a fine young man.

 

You guys obviously didn't listen to the Jazz announcers. He looked awful in Utah, and they let him have it. It was clear though that the Jazz announcers didn't see any of the boxscores from his previous playoff games.

Nevertheless, he sucked in Utah, and definitely showed he's still got some growing to go. Personally, I'm excited about watching it happen though.

 

What did go good in Utah?

 

Fuck Utah. When did those associated with the organization or their fans have anything to positive to say (outside of Sloan, that is). The analysts/writers are garbage (but Deron is Deron) and their fans cheer when opposing players are injured. So their analysts bagging on a division rivals' developing talent is not shocking and does nothing to deter my excitement in Oden's development.

 

Hispanic and Sly:

Do you guys have any class at all? I'm not even mormon, and yes, I live in Utah (am a PDX native) and your two posts are just low.

 

You don't even know what you're talking about. I just went to the last game in full Blazer fan getup and was treated about as well as you could expect from fans of a division rival. Lots of compliments about the team actually.

I'm not a Jazz fan at all, but after living here a while (wife is from here) I've come to respect the organization a great deal.

 

Elton, you live in SLC?

 

No.

But as regards the topic, SLC is not like the rest of Utah - just ask John Amaechi.

 

It's cool guys. I have plenty of local humor I could share, but the jabs at the mormon thing just kinda gets old to me. Believe me, there are plenty of jokes to go around.

For the record, I much prefer the pacific NW, but Utah has a lot to like if you're an outdoors type, and if you ski...well, game over.

Hispanic:

Yeah, my studio is about 2 blocks from the ESA.

 

At least Utah has Univision and Mexican groceries now! And great Mexican food at the Iguana.

 

Please change your Avatar already! It gets on my nerves

 

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"This is Steffan... his name is Steffan... harden the fuck up, Steffan!"

 

Please.... those weren't even real jabs.

 

I was just gonna say, whenever we are there we hit up the Red Iguana! Food there is amazing!

 

This. There are a lot worse things to say about Mormons.. and Utah is 60.4% Mormon and SLC is 50.6% (2008). The percentage is steadily decreasing every year, though.

Thats a lot of special Mormon underwear!