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Caseloads
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4/4/2006  1:57 PM
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/news/story?page=intelligencereport/060404

can someone please post ESPN's insider's notes on Oden not going pro after one year of college? This could save IT's arse!
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4/4/2006  1:59 PM
og god please be true!
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4/4/2006  2:00 PM
Isiah still owes a pick from the Marbury deal.
the stop underrating David Lee movement 1. FIRE MIKE 2. HIRE MULLIN 3. PAY AVERY 4. FREE NATE!!!
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4/4/2006  2:02 PM
Jack Keefer, who has coached high school basketball for 34 years and Greg Oden for four, has accumulated some keen observations of the 7-foot, 260-pound giant who seems destined for stardom in college and the NBA. "Most people think Greg will go directly to the NBA after his freshman year at Ohio State,'' said Keefer, Oden's coach at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. "But I wouldn't be at all surprised if he chose to stay at Ohio State for three or four years.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/roundball/cst-spt-oden04.html
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4/4/2006  2:10 PM
From the same article

"I don't feel I'm ready for the NBA. I'm looking forward to college. Sometimes I get pushed around by 6-3 kids. I need to get quicker and stronger and gain more weight. I relate to Dwight Howard's game. He is a great rebounder, but he does things I want to do. My game is early in development, and he is young, too, but he is way more advanced than me.''

- Oden

If the above is true, getting pushed around by 6-3 guys, i'm not sure Oden is better than Curry...
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4/4/2006  2:14 PM
I've read a few articles about Oden. Seems to me that the guy is the real quiet, introverted type who may need a lot of sheltering. Spending some time in college may buffer the full-on limelight experience of media fury he will have entering the NBA.
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4/4/2006  2:20 PM
Posted by martin:

I've read a few articles about Oden. Seems to me that the guy is the real quiet, introverted type who may need a lot of sheltering. Spending some time in college may buffer the full-on limelight experience of media fury he will have entering the NBA.
Sounds like personality is Timmy Duncan lite.
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4/4/2006  2:41 PM
Posted by McK1:

Isiah still owes a pick from the Marbury deal.


which is only unprotected in year 2010, Oden will be in the pros by then......
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4/4/2006  2:52 PM
how much protection in 08 & 09?
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4/4/2006  2:53 PM
AS long as we hold onto our lottery pick in 2008....ughhh pathetic!
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4/4/2006  2:54 PM
Posted by McK1:

how much protection in 08 & 09?

something like top 25 protected in 06
top 24 in 07
top 23 in 08
top 22 in 09
unprotected in 2010
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4/4/2006  3:05 PM
More power to Greg Oden. The NBA needs more players like himself who cherish the chance to better themselves and their abilities in college instead of coming out one and done. If Oden isn't blowing steam then more power to him.
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4/4/2006  3:09 PM
Posted by nyk4ever:

More power to Greg Oden. The NBA needs more players like himself who cherish the chance to better themselves and their abilities in college instead of coming out one and done. If Oden isn't blowing steam then more power to him.


Totally agree! Imagine how much further along Dwight Howard's offensive moves would be if he just went to college for a few years! He'd problably be averaging 23pts right now as opposed to 15 on a terrible team because he doesn't have the moves to create for himself yet.
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4/4/2006  3:10 PM
I'll believe Oden isn't coming out when the 2007 draft starts and he's not the first pick. He hasn't even gone to school yet, how can he say he'll stay more than one year? What if he hates college?
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4/4/2006  6:30 PM
Posted by crzymdups:

I'll believe Oden isn't coming out when the 2007 draft starts and he's not the first pick. He hasn't even gone to school yet, how can he say he'll stay more than one year? What if he hates college?
Exactly. NO player is going to publicly say before day 1 of college "I'm leaving school as soon as I can get millions of $ in the NBA"
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4/5/2006  12:17 AM
Saved by Oden.. DOn't thinks so!! the guy is the worse G.M. in sports history.. At least Scott LAydown did not lose close to 60..

Assiah is a jinx and needs to be removed from office as head of b-ball operations..

why would the knicks pick a true blooded piston to run the the b-ball team???
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4/5/2006  1:02 AM
Umm...so who's the #1 projected pick in 2008?...

Gotta have some hope, huh?

sigh...
Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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4/5/2006  1:03 AM
Posted by PresIke:

Umm...so who's the #1 projected pick in 2008?...

Gotta have some hope, huh?

sigh...

The Knicks? Oh wait, that's who is picking #1.
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