Oden has patellar tendinitis, "won't be there opening night"

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  1. Mediocre Man

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    Ah, so it was the tendinitis that changed his prognosis from possible playoff return to not being ready by opening night.

    LOL nice one Blazers. At least you fooled the lemmings
     
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    At this point the lemmings are not the homers, their the one's who want to throw away the season after every piece of non news (drama)
     
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    I just went into this season planning on getting nothing out of Greg, so that way if he plays, it is all gravy. If he doesn't, it sucks but that's reality. No use lamenting in what we have no control over.
     
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    I'm pretty far from an Oden hater but if he misses more then 22 games it will be pretty hard to deny that he is very injury prone. I won't give up on him as a contributor, but the All-Star potential HOF player probably will never emerge.
     
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    Indeed, we'll see what happens. Patellar tendonitis is meaningless other then the fact that it will delay his getting into game shape. That's the issue here. Dozen's of players have dealt with this issue over the past few years.
     
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    I don't think anyone that's a non blazer fan even thinks about Oden anymore. He and Bynum are the same player in different uniforms... I think Greg is happy just collecting a pay check and hanging out. Good we have Camby!

    On a side note Greg has new condom line out.... Called "Oh No's" Extra long fit, breaks easy!!! HAHA
     
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    This young man sure has bad luck.
     
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    I would much rather him miss 22 games and come back healthy than come back sooner than he should and reinjure himself. I remember to well Walton coming back to soon and what it cost him and the team. I also would rather hear your and other complaints of him not coming back soon enough rather than hear the complaints of him reinjuring himself by coming back to early as well.
     
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    yeah, I was looking at the factors for it:

    - poor strength in muscles surrounding the knee. Seeing as how his muscles were strong enough to snap his patella in two, I don't think this is an issue.
    - poor conditioning. I don't think anyone will disagree that the guy probably hasn't been in "basketball shape" for 3 years, and especially isn't right now.
    - repeated training on a hard surface. :check:
    - sudden increase in activity. Probably the reason they keep holding him back from full-court 5-on-5 stuff. Working him slowly into it.
     
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    You could read that? I'm getting a black screen with black type. :dunno:
     
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    Oden, clearly, is no iron man. :deadhorse:

    I just want him healthy and in shape for the playoffs. I don't care about the early season. Put on the kid gloves and get the guy healthy and in shape, please!
     
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    hm. Page was up a few minutes ago, went crazy, and is back up. Here's the info:
     
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    Thanks, Brian.

    :cheers:
     
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    That is of course why it's so important that Oden isn't put on a specific time table. It'll get better when it gets better, he can only wait and try to do stuff that will help while not aggravating it more.
     
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    Patellar TENDONOSIS (degeneration of the tendon) is often misdiagnosed as patellar TENDONITIS (simple inflammation). The Blazers claim Oden has the lesser problem, but his blowout last year means he really has the one which is much more complicated to repair. His current weight loss won't translate into better mobility, given the lasting damage to both knees.
     
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    well this is just fucking great.
     
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