The Greg Oden Watch "OFFICIAL" Thread...

Poor oden. He had no choice but to become an alcoholic.

 

How can you say he wants to be here when he says Portland isn't a great city to live in? Sorry you get ill over rational thinking. That must suck. Move down south then you'll be ok.

 

Tell me about it. Must suck making millions of dollars without playing a game for the last 3 years....

 

Re: Oden STILL not ready?

This.

 

I fully believe Oden didn't take the Rehab of his second MF very seriously and their is no denying he talked bad about Portland. But drawing such strong conclusions from two quotes, especially the Rehab one after a very very embarrassing incident happened, isn't as much rational thinking as it is over analyzing. You can draw multiple conclusions and manipulate it in a variety of ways when your talking about one quote and its not a quote that says something directly.

 

Dude I was just replying to the "living in denial" tlong; saying he never said that. Obviously he did; which is his exact quotes. Also, he was even quoted about not liking Portland. He didn't say, "what things about Portland". It was "I don't like Portland". End of story...

 

This is what was said and I'm not sure how anyone else can draw any other conclusion than he doesn't like Portland:

He's young, Black, has a lot of money, and is in sigh.... depressing... Portland.... Oh woe is me...

And furthermore the statement above is not taking any responsibility. "I didn't have veteran teammates" waaa waaa...

 

Exactly!!!!

 

repost..

 

Does anybody else remember the article on Roy/LMA/Oden while all three were filming a TV spot in LA, and they all shared a trailer during the day.

Roy and LMA used the time getting to know each other in a positive manner, and credited it to advancing their friendship, as well as the team. Oden spent the day sleeping in the bedroom.

I can't find it on the intertubes yet, but I'll post it if I stumble across it. Greggers was aloof and irresponsible from the get-go. The embarrassing ESPY nonsense really looks bad, looking back. Durant was probably in a gym somewhere working on his game while Greggers was partying with Elton John.

 

While I don't hope he gets injured, I don't care if he is a bust, just on how unprofessionally he treated his life in Portland. He lived 5 blocks from me, and as far as veteran teammates, Raef LaFrentz lived literally diagonally across the street from Greggers.

 

I know that's a truly evil thing to say and that is the 1st time I've ever said anything like that. It's just my frustrations talking.

 

Oden took a gigantic dump on Portland, and exited about as ungracefully as he could. Some people have a Feces Fetish, I guess, and still want to give this lazy alcoholic the benefit of the doubt. Hero worship never ceases to amaze me.

 

It's weird because Rudy at least played and tried to make the most of being in Portland. It was pretty obvious he didn't like it here; but he stayed as professional as he could and played even hurt.

And Rudy's comments weren't even as bad as oden, but he was talked shit about like he was some ungrateful piece of shit; while oden drank and blamed everyone else instead of owning up and fans embrace him? Yikes?!

 

Oden is a misunderstand genius picked #1 who has had his body betray him. Rudy was a late first-round pick who wasn't the All-Star talent fans thought they were receiving. Denial is an amazing thing to witness. What in the world did Oden do in Portland to make people still think the guy was serious about getting healthy and helping the team? He hasn't played a game in years!!! He may not be ready for the start of the season. How long does it take to recover from surgery? Or, has he had more surgeries, and since he wasn't in the NBA, he doesn't have to disclose them to teams due to HIPAA?

 

People here shit on LMA daily because "he doesn't want to be here" in two years (after 7 years as one of the best two Blazers since Clyde left, at least in terms of ALL-NBA and All-Star appearances), yet some of those same posters are still big fans of Greggers the Gimp.

 

Fuck them both. The nerve of Rudy trying to force a trade! After his injury he was done.

 

We've decided to hate all former Blazers. The only controversy left is which current Blazers to hate.

 

It's not that I say be easy on Rudy; but he at least tried playing and worked hard on the court.