SI.com: Oden not ruling out returning this year

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/12/17/greg.oden/index.html?eref=twitter_feed

I doubt it happens with the way this team has treated his severe injuries in the past, but this part of the article was kind of interesting ... and sounds like a damn good plan.

Good thinking Greg, don't rely on this medical staff to figure things out.

 

Sounds like the best plan of action Ive heard in a while

 

That's great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

I'd love to see if what the agents find out differs from our course of treatment. I'm not sold on our medical staff.

 

It's great to hear his agents are extremely proactive.

 

Good stuff!
Start with making him wear knee braces on both knees.

 

odens gonna return this year??????

hahahaha

and kp is gonna make a trade

hahahaha

and mcgrady will choose us over cle and miami.

is it a drunken thursday so we are already drunk when the suns pound us by 30?

 

Absolutely love hearing that and totally encourage it! Thx for posting

 

That's why I am heading down to Kells before the game tonight. A good night for drinking! Plus the Kells bus to do the driving to the game!

 

Agents are essentially salesman. Anytime a salesman tells me he's going to look into every angle, unearth every stone, a little part of me can't help but end the sentence "....just as soon as I get done boning this hot little thing I've got on the side and got my kid to set up the interwebs on my laptop so I can check out pics of the new Mercedes. Hur. Hur."

I wish Oden the best, but it's the agent's job to represent his player to management. It's great that the agents want to see their golden goose healthy, but in the end, it's really up to Oden himself to make sure he's taken care of.

 

Let's put it another way. Agents get a percentage of their client's earnings. They have a direct undeniable interest in him getting another lucrative contract and if that means talking to a ton of different kinesiologists, physiologists, orthopedists, etc. then what's the harm really? Maybe they'll gain some insight into something that wasn't identified before.

First on my list if I was Greg would be to look up Tim Grover

 

Spoken like a true die hard Blazer fan.

 

I am not a health professional, but it looked to me like the kid could use to lose some more weight, just to make the pounding a little easier on his lower half. Other than that, I am sure they will figure out some things to help him. There are people that just do not deserve the crap that come their way, and unfortunately, it seems like Oden is getting more than his share of the bad luck early in his career.

Hope he comes back with a vengeance.

 

its called not being a homer hcp..

being real and honest

 

Finally the medical staff, "gets it", he is too valuable to just give adequate care to, he needs the best team around the world to sustain his NBA existence after all he because he is the God that I pray to.

 

There's probably a spectrum. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being a doom sayer 5 being a realist and 10 a blind homer you're about right here:

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GOOOO GOD!

 

Nope, its called being a troll. Nobody likes you, go away.

 

OMG, my heart lept when I read this. This is GREAT news. Sounds like Oden's pissed. He wants to play. That would be so great if he came back this season.

 

'bout time.

 

Man, I must have had a few too many because I think we actually beat the Suns. That Mixum, his faith in the Blazers is tried and true.