Really? I don't think there's any sort of misrepresentation. He's an eager kid who seems to understand the value of jumping through hoops... and he's not afraid of making a fool of himself. Now he just needs to play some ball. On the upside, I was able to get him in my fantasy basketball league today... for Zach Randolph. Sweet... Ed O.
When they introduced Oden at the first home game... he looked as depressed as anyone I have ever seen. Man he looked bummed.
Gee, I better hurry up and drink some of that kool-aid you're drowning in... Lookit, if you think that Oden looks legit building his bank on his draft rank and some lackluster preseason play, I guess you and I will have to agree to disagree. Were it me, I'd ask them to run some other commercials until I could justify some of the hype. Even if it cost me...
Well, you sure managed to generate up some quick vitriol over a simple observation. That's OK, now I know who you are as well...
He shouldn't feel down - that injury could have (and has) happened to anyone. It was just an accident of him landing on Fisher's foot while having Bynum trying to keep him from going up for a dunk at the same time.
I totally agree that his role should be very similar to Joel's... on offense he shoot get his points from off. rebounds and passes for easy dunks. He should not be the focus, and should be like the 4th option, imo... I think that is how our team will benefit most from having him on the floor. He can average 10points and 10 rebounds a game, imo. But i would not bring him off the bench.
When he comes back he should be treated as an unheralded rookie when on the court. If he is good as he supposedly is then once he gets his feet wet he will assert himself and have the POR offense slowly mold to having a big time center. Thats how it happened with Bynum. He was doing his thing even though he was virtually ignored on offense last year.
When I watch a game it is just to enjoy the moment and the excitement. Then I go back and watch again and rewind many times. What I found with the Laker game was it was not as badly played as first thought. Greg did not look at all out of place on the court and I think would have had a fairly good game had he not gotten hurt. So having said all this I think he will be able to come back just fine. He could have been effective against Shack just by filling a the middle. He will be fine when he gets back. He will have lost some of the conditioning he had just gained however.
I felt really bad for Greg when he hurt his foot because I knew he was already putting a lot of pressure on himself. Once he comes back all he needs is a few dunks, a couple blocks, and a nice win to make him feel better.
