We will just have to agree to disagree. I seriously doubt Oden is going to cut muscle bulk in his upper body, which leads to an interesting problem. Most centers add weight when they join the NBA. Most commonly, they add it in the form of *lower* body strength. Oden has added upper body strength. The best way to keep him healthy might actually be MORE weight training - this time targeted at his lower body. This will also increase his balance, making him harder to push out of position in the low post, and make him even more of a beast on the boards. The downside, is that his speed/quickness will be even less likely to return to preinjury level. To put this in concrete terms, I would "speculate" that Oden is a lot like Ewing at Georgetown. When he was the same age as Greg, Ewing was going from a beanpole to a pretty chiseled physique. It hurt his baseline-to-baseline speed, but made him a better player in the post.
