Thank you Minstrel! That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture... he's barely taller than the girls in front of him. Yeah that guy is tall but he's no 7 footer. I don't think that's really a picture of him.
He's still early in his MF recovery, the last thing he needs is to fall in a drunken stupor and have another setback.
On his own time he can do whatever, that said him not clapping for his teamates or even looking excited in the playoffs should have raised a few eyebrows! If Greg burns this city and I think he will because he wants a bigger market, i think many blazer fans will feel shafted.
Ok. How exactly did you respond when we won the draft lottery? How did you respond when Oden's name was announced as our pick - our #1 pick? What kind of expectations did you have for the team after that? Maybe you think "wound" is too strong of a word, and that's fine. But it doesn't change the fact that every expectation I had for him and this team has since been crushed. Every amount of excitement and JOY winning the lottery was worth nothing. It DOES hurt. It hurts on so many fucking levels. The next round of pain, the big one, is when he's not here. When he shuns our team, our coaches, our fans. It's going to happen. I don't feel bad about how I feel. It's how I feel. Impossible to argue against.
Any fan that doesn't feel "wounded" about Oden's injuries is in denial. I watch Durant lighting up the playoffs and watch Oden sit on the sidelines uninterested and the fans once again falling in the playoffs. It sucks but it's a reality. I hope one day Oden will come back and come in form. At this point, I will be just happy if the guy can give us a double double and a couple blocks a game. My expectations have dropped from hoping for a 20/12/2 performance to a 8/10/1.5 and play 70%+ games a season. I want to believe in Oden, but lately I'm in dark times. I suspect many other Blazer fans feel the same way. I am an optimistic fan, but let's be honest here. We've had some shitty luck with Oden.
Reading this thread I can only conclude the green font function must be broken. This is a running gag, right? First of all, I don't believe it's Greg. Second, even if it were (it isn't), that anyone would give a fuck, or think that a man on his own time doesn't have the right to socialize in public, is just impossible to believe or to comprehend. Either the green font function is broken on this site, or a lot of the posters here are.
That sums up exactly how I feel. I hate not being able to root for Durant because of the disappointment of Oden. Oden is still very young & I'm holding out hope that he will be able to stay healthy for a few seasons. But if he leaves and becomes the player we are all waiting for here in Portland then it will be hard for me to watch basketball. It will be similar to what happened to my Lions when Barry just walked away the night before training camp.
Cry me a River you freaking babies.. If greg wants to party in the summer who cares? Most NBA players party after games during the season and even the playoffs. Greg has been keeping a low profile all year during this season and you pussies freak out at the first sight of him wookin pa nub?
I was a big Sanders fan, I'm sure that must have hurt when he walked away. I remember people doubting his reason for retirement and thought he just wanted to ge away from the Lions. But in the end, Barry was true to his word. He wanted to enjoy life after football and decided his body has had enough of a beating. It was nothing against the Lions, it was just his time. That was my understanding from an outside persepctive, is that the way it really was? I loved watching Sanders play . . . I don't think there has been anyone like him since.
As far as Oden, I have been programed to think the worst with him. I think he and his agent will want a new start with a different team. So it is hard for me to feel a reaction about any of this news. Him, not him, working out, not working out . . . it all doesn't matter to me until I hear they have locked him up for 4 years.
Look at that charlatan. The shyster is one step away from sitting on the curb with his brown bag. Look at the trim little belt. It's sickening. To hide his overweight belly from the camera, he's holding in his stomach. Notice how he looks like he's not breathing? He looks like his eyes are popping out. His mouth has involuntarily opened. He's tilting forward as if trying to hold his balance. And what's with the big tits? He can't hold them in now can he? They give away how big the belly is when he's not holding his breath.
It is threads like these that might make Oden leave Portland. He knows how to read and he knows how to type ripcitytwo.com. People may deny it, but people read what is written about them on the Internet. And if they don't, one of their friends does. The way people are trashing him in here or acting like they own him are gonna turn him off to our fan base. Also, BBert, how do you not think that's him? It's obviously him. And magnifier, you can raise your expectations. When healthy and back in playing shape, we cam expect at least 14/10/2 out of him, no question. He was giving us 11/8.5/2.5/60%FG in 24 mpg before he got hurt last season. 8th in the league in PER among all players. I think, at his peak, we'll get 17/13/4 out of him.
You guys want "wounds" and feelings of "betrayal?" Pffft! Greg's got nothing on this! My Packers drafted Tony Mandarich 2nd overall in the 1989 draft ... one pick before Barry Sanders ... If that didn't wound me -- and it didn't -- then Oden's body betraying him certainly isn't going to push me over that edge. And there was a actually stuff to get downright pissed off about with that ass-clown versus the stuff Greg has ever done. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4073575 When you hang your hopes on a single player for your team's success you're almost begging for disappointment, more than likely you are going to end up feeling betrayed and a lot of other emotions that are better reserved for real betrayals and real tragedies. Here's a clue: Greg Oden getting a little buzzed in a club in Hollywood during the off-season aint either.
