Microfracture for Oden

You make the QO or the player becomes unrestritcted. If you make the qualifying offer, then you can match any offer that comes.

 

Yes. That's how it works. That's how we got Matthews.

 

You have to make a qualifying offer for one year - the big question is - will the Blazers offer him the 8.7m for that one year so he stays RFA. If they do not, he becomes a free agent.

 

YES, for the love of FUCKING GOD WE SAW THIS POSSIBILITY. What the freak-fuck could we do about it, except hope for the best and root for our team? Now please, for the love of whatever cruel, heartless god governs injuries in this world, go back to your frigid little Toronto hockey board and leave us in peace.

 

That's stupid. The qualifying offer shouldn't have a minimum.

 

I'm pretty numb to this news after all of the other bullshit going on the last several years injury wise, still terrible for the city and state sports-wise though.

 

Again, the fans have had so much patience through all of this.

I feel really bad for all of them.

Anyway, I'll be there Thursday and Saturday cheering them on against the Nuggets and the Jazz.

 

I should have seen this one cuming.

 

Not really. Oden can accept the QO, play (sit on the bench) on it for a year, and then become an unrestricted free agent after his 5th year.

That is what David Lee did, right?

 

It would be nice to sign Greg to a $20 million, 10-year deal just so no other team and their competent training staff can rebuild him.

 

Press Conference at 9:00.

You can catch it live at NBA TV.

 

What could've been... just showing off the repetoire against the C's here.. goddammitt..

[video=youtube;ijvcpIbrljc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvcpIbrljc&feature=fvst[/video]

 

Should the Blazers even offer it at this point?

 

By the time he gets on the court again, if he ever gets on the court again, it will basically have been 5 years since he's played organized basketball. His best hope is probably 15 minutes per night while playing 55 games a season. Again, if he ever gets on a court again. He'll be 24 when the 2012-2013 season begins.

 

I really like this idea.

 

To what end? He's probably a year+ away from returning to competitive action assuming all goes to plan ... and why would we expect this rehab to go to plan?

 

The other knee.

 

I do appreciate the reminders that he's the one suffering the most here. The thought of being in his position, feeling things slip out of control and running out of positivity... It puts things in perspective a bit for us fans. He's a good kid, and deserved better than this.

 

Will someone please start a campaign to get people to write letters to the Blazers demanding that the training and medical staff be released? Our players don't even want our doctors performing surgery on them anymore.

This is ridiculous.