Bingo! Some people act as if the criticism of Oden is all 20/20 hindsight. It isn't. Penknife may have been the "smart" pick, but KD was the safe pick.
Just so I'm clear I would still take GO if I had to draft today. If GO was playing for a bottom feeder team like the Clippers or Memphis he'd average 15 and 10 which would put him in the running for rookie of the year.
I am more concerned about why when he is in the game, the team doesn't pass him the ball as compared to when Joel Pryzbilla is in. Doesn't it bother any of you that for weeks on end, Greg would be open, and rarely gets the ball passed to him, and when Joel Pryzbilla starts, the guard amazingly enough start throwing him the ball at a very good post entry pass rate? Especially when you consider how bad of hands Pryzbilla has, and how poor of a finisher he is, it just blows me away. To me, that says something is not right on this team. Players have to get past the part of getting along, if they don't get along. It's part of being professional.
Absolutely it bothers me. It probably bothers me more than the mysterious wart next to my... but I digress. If it continues that Oden gets the usual 3 shots per game, Nate will be fired. I promise this. There are coaches out there fiending to work with a young center like Oden. If McMillan uses his center as ineffective as his 3 man(Webster/Batum, go sit in the corner and wait for the ball to shoot the 3) then I see a shirt storm in the making. You can already see bits of depression in Greg Oden, and I feel that is positively correlated with the way he is being used on the court by McMillan. When he gets the ball, he is very productive. When he doesn't, he isn't.
It appears that Rebecca Harlow is officially more informed than you. Do I really have to post Greg's numbers when he attempts 10 shots or more vs when he doesn't? This was done weeks ago, I would have thought you caught on by now.
I think he was referring to your promise that Nate would be fired. Not your analysis of Oden's effectiveness.
Wow way to not interpret a post correctly and then look down your snooty nose. Your basketball IQ superiority is so advanced, that you cannot communicate with us normal folk.
Well I am supposed to be Kevin Pritchard no? On the subject of McMillan being fired. I think that if a guy comes in being toutted as a once in a decade player and as the 2nd coming of Bill Russell and he doesn't reach those expectations, there will be hell to pay. We only have one option to believe if he doesn't reach expectations and that is every scout was wrong about Greg Oden being a once in a decade big man. I my friend, choose not to believe this, not in the slightest. The coach is killing his confidence and making use of him as if he was a peasant. And my nose is far from snooty, at least that's what the Jews tell me.
McMillan said he has become worried about the injury, although he said he has been assured by team doctors that this will not turn into a long-term setback. He also said surgery is not an option. "We are in a part of the season where we need our bigs," McMillan said. "This (Houston) game is the perfect time to have Greg. Against San Antonio, too." Considering this team's horrific history of "encouraging" injured players to play before they are healed, ultimately cutting short a few of their careers, I hope Greg waits until he's more than 99%. "Dr." McMillan should keep his medical opinions to himself and teach Brandon how to beat a basic double-team. That's more up his alley, and ultimately more useful.
Agreed. And Nate should also teach our guys how to NOT switch on the pick-n-roll. How many times did Parker have one of our bigs on him tonight? I bet Parker can't wait to play us again on Sunday, so he can have mismatches everytime down court.
Good god, if that is the standard, a new baseball park will be built in Ptd before Oden takes the court.
How about when he shoots 0 shots because he's been cleared to play yet won't? What's his production in those games?
I'd say his production is pretty much out of this world considering he's being smart and not playing when he doesn't feel comfortable yet. Too bad Webster and Blake so easily believed those doctors. Maybe Martell wouldn't have broken his foot again.
I'm sure Oden is the only one on the team with an injury right now. I just want him to succeed, but there is a groundswell of grumbling about him when I talk to other Blazer fans.
