And he was never healthy for those games, at least his first year. His 2nd year was a much better idea, and in his last 7 games he averages 15/10 in 24min a game. That's nice. Oden was much, much better at it than Noah Dwight Howard's ast% in his rookie year was only 4.4%. Greg wasn't as high, but he still got 3.9% Next season Greg was at 6.5%. He was improving at everything before his knee exploded.
What gives you that idea? It was simply that the Blazers were given a similar choice as with the Bowie pick. Big man who was injured in college (wore a cast his senior year) vs. the can't miss wing player. The Bulls drafted LMA, you know. They traded him to the Blazers for Tyrus Thomas. Their thinking was just as flawed - p-p-p-potential great athlete without skills might develop into a godly player. Yet they had a need for exactly what LMA was (and is) - a skilled two-way player at the PF spot. Not only did I want the Bulls to keep LMA, I wanted them to trade up their #16 pick to draft Roy as well. When the draft was over, I posted that more than once. http://sportstwo.com/threads/109185...-Angry-Today?p=1544087&viewfull=1#post1544087
