lets hope oden shuts me up and dominates nene. i know i wont hold my breath..... but... lol.... im sure you guys hope i do!
Oden is terrible on offense, and should be fired today so he doesn't interfere with our game tonight. There is no reasonable excuse for his piss poor performance. You happy now? Hopefully he will shut you up, nobody else has been able to guard you in the e-paint thus far.
Complete buffoonery, it's not an excuse to point out what's an obvious flaw in our gameplan. Can Oden be an effective offensive player in our current offense? Probably not up to many people's expectations. But that in no way means that he can't be effective in a system that gets him better looks. An objective observer would note that Oden touches the ball on only about 1/4 of our offensive possessions, which wouldn't be enough for any player to score 20 a night. They'd also note the distinct lack of pick and roll opportunities, which are the bread and butter play of any big mans scoring numbers. Combined with Oden's post ups mostly being of the 'run down the court and turn around to put his ass into his man, back him up to the paint, and then wait for the wing to pass the ball in over the top' variety it's no wonder he's being dealt with, if the defense knows what you're going to do before you do it it's pretty easy to stop you most of the time. He needs to receive the ball in a variety of ways, not only at different positions on the floor, but with the pass coming from different places and with him both stationary and while moving. Oden isn't being put in a position to succeed offensively, we have quote's from Nate stating as much, and game film that anyone with a set of eyes can break down and see the flaws.
I will be quite surprised if he doesn't have at least one season where he averages over 20 ppg. His post game is definitely not refined but he draws fouls and will, in my opinion, prove himself to be an above-average free throw shooter for a center. He's also not turning 22 until January. I expect him to become more polished and effective offensively as he matures. Finally? Nate probably won't be coaching Oden forever, and teams that aren't in the bottom of the league in terms of Pace get more scoring opportunities. Ed O.
I stopped reading your post after the first sentence. Oden has shown he can score efficiently when given the opportunity. If he played a team that didn't have several productive scorers he would be putting up better numbers. He's 21.
I heard Cowherd yesterday about Oden not having "it" and immediately thought of Jermaine O'Neal. Cowherd's argument was you know whether a player has "it" the first 10 minutes of their career(how stupid that does sound?), and that Oden didn't have it, yet Bynum does. Yeah, stupid statement. Bynum was nothing his rookie year, just like Jermaine O'Neal. Cowherd said centers don't turn into 20ppg scorers in the NBA unless they have "it" yet Jermaine O'Neal certainly did after being a bench player for 4 years with the Blazers and being a regular in Indiana for 2-3 years. It's called actually getting touches instead being forced to play a Joel Przybilla role. So stupid.
Cowherd is right. So you guys are telling me.. TODAY you would drfat Oden over Bynum and Lopez? It drives me insane on how fans just cant be honest. You would need your heads examined. MARC GASOL IS POSSIBLY BETTER THEN ODEN!
