Mystery still clouds Oden's Blazer status

If Oden goes to another team and suddenly proclaims "it's a miracle...I can play basketball again" - then what will you say?

 

Yeah I'm for Oden needing to prove himself before we accept him. Obviously our fans and Brass have proven that we've been supporting him through this process.

 

Simple, I'll then quit believing in The Wizard Of Oz.

 

Unfortunately the Blazers Brass aren't buying season tickets and 10 dollar beers at the game. Our #1 draft pick and franchise player has been a no show for 4 years.... and the blazer organization has taken a role of handling the season ticket holders with false hope and avoidance techniques... They had Blazer fans believing B Roy would be back this year and have dangled Oden like saviour for how many years now? Come on already, a little honesty would be nice!

 

Lose lose for oden here. He comes put and talks to the media they will find a way to negatively spin it, if he doesnt the media still finds a way to negatively spin it.
I dont think oden was supposed to be cleared to play tell the end of january. Well thats what they said after the surgery anyhow.

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Better yet.... http://garyc.me/fun/bring.swf

 

Eggers is one of the most fair minded and even-handed journos that cover the Portland market ... and there's nothing in his article that dissuades me from that point of view after reading this story.

 

Yeah I actually am more concerned knowing he wrote this article than a Quick or Cansuckoff. Maybe there really is some truth to this crap. Kinda depressing, coming from the source, IMO.

 

I know there are plenty of people that will hold it against him, but it's not like he chose to get hurt and it's not as though anybody but Paul Allen will have actually lost anything tangible -- It's his 20+ million after all, not the fans'.

About all I can and will say if he chooses to play elsewhere (or retires and becomes a dentist) is "good luck."

 

The only "truth" that Eggers talks about is that Oden is being very quiet about his status and that the team isn't talking ... it's a little odd.

 

That's what I'm talking about. It's easy to discredit a Cansuckoff or Quick, because they historically prove they like to stir the pot. Eggers, on the other hand, doesn't. So this "Mystery and seeled lips thingy" makes me question why?

 

Nikolokolus... If Greg bolts and plays somewhere else you'd say "good luck?" I'd say Disloyal Thief!!! There kinda of the same word I guess! HAHAHHAHA!

 

Yeah I would. I've thought it for awhile but I'll restate it again. I think Greg needs a change of scenery to get his head straight ... and that's assuming he can ever get his body right. I just think there is too much pressure for him here to be something he's probably not capable of (anymore).

And honestly, in a sport where players get treated and traded like stocks and commodities, the notion of "loyalty" is sort of laughable to me -- if it does exist it's mostly fleeting or a flat-out illusion.

 

If they have moved on why not trade him to a team willing to take the risk?

Either way, the management has handled this entire situation horribly.

 

All I'm going to say is not much good ever came out of committee.

 

+1

 

I expect better from Eggers. It's not what he said, it's how he said it. I thought the snarkiness of his comments was unnecessary and unprofessional.

BNM

 

Which says a lot about the journos that cover the Portland market.

Honestly: "mystery still clouds..."? How about you shut up until the clouds part and, you know, you have something to report?

 

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Kerry let his emotions get the best of him, he must be a Blazers fan

 

He sure did get a lot of mileage out of a single "no comment' from Oden.

BNM