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11/18/2010  10:01 AM
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I just threw this out there. No one probably will want to take a chance with him. Should we gamble for 1 year with options?

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11/18/2010  10:05 AM
Wait, I forget, don't we already have one broken down fat man on the roster?
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11/18/2010  10:11 AM
jrodmc wrote: Wait, I forget, don't we already have one broken down fat man on the roster?

Oh, but he is an expiring. We need to backfill that position.
But more seriously, Oden doesn't have the weight/laziness issues of Curry but is even more injury prone. No thanks.

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11/18/2010  10:17 AM
I bet Portland signs him to one more deal. You don't just let the #1 pick overall and one of the only real centers in the league walk (or limp) away.

They've got to keep him around until it becomes obvious he can never play again. They can't get burned and have him succeed elsewhere.

I think they'll hold onto him.

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11/18/2010  10:57 AM
portland announced this morning (or last night) that they will not re-sign him.
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11/18/2010  11:06 AM
if you can do it for cheap, I figure why not? The Knicks medical staff can definitely work wonders
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11/18/2010  11:06 AM
At this point with all the surgeries that Oden has had he is pretty much low second round material. You already have a center in waiting in Russia Jerome Jordan. Not to mention Mozgov and Turiaff I wouldn't take a chance on Oden.
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11/18/2010  11:08 AM
unfortunately for Oden, this type of injury takes a year to come back from and then another year before you are effective

Dude just has bad luck.

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11/18/2010  12:17 PM
Portland was debating on their #1 selection - Oden or Durant. Looks like they messed up BIG-time.

I wouldn't touch Oden now. No need. We have a couple of young centers that need to be developed.

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11/18/2010  12:30 PM
I watched the replay on ESPN and could not see any contact on the play. How the heck did he hurt that left knee?

As far as signing him, I think we would be extremely foolish. Why throw a few million down a lost cause. Bummer for Oden that he has that "glass body" disease, but it is what it is. Dude is hella unlucky.
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11/18/2010  12:34 PM
Markji wrote:Portland was debating on their #1 selection - Oden or Durant. Looks like they messed up BIG-time.

I wouldn't touch Oden now. No need. We have a couple of young centers that need to be developed.

They had same debate over Jordan and Sam Bowie in 84 too.....

So far that one was worst ever decision ever in draft..... But this one will be a close second

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11/18/2010  12:38 PM
did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.
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11/18/2010  12:44 PM
martin wrote:did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.

Oden over Durant is a mistake my friend ....... Period!

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11/18/2010  1:00 PM
umynot wrote:
martin wrote:did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.

Oden over Durant is a mistake my friend ....... Period!

hindsight is nice.

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11/18/2010  1:02 PM
martin wrote:
umynot wrote:
martin wrote:did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.

Oden over Durant is a mistake my friend ....... Period!

hindsight is nice.

I agree. I didnt see Durant and Roy meshing in Portland and they needed a center BADLY.

Roy, Aldridge, and Oden > Roy, Aldridge, and Durant

I always though Durant would be the better player overall but I think Oden could have made Portland contenders with his defense.

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11/18/2010  2:28 PM
martin wrote:
umynot wrote:
martin wrote:did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.

Oden over Durant is a mistake my friend ....... Period!

hindsight is nice.

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11/18/2010  2:57 PM
martin wrote:
umynot wrote:
martin wrote:did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.

Oden over Durant is a mistake my friend ....... Period!

hindsight is nice.

Ha- you're right- people were hyping Oden for years, I remember people even saying back then for a couple of years that we should tank for a shot at drafting him- Durant was always seen as more raw, and more of a project.

Portland are screwed- not only have they lost Oden, but it looks like Brandon Roy is finished too, and he's still got 4 years on a max contract. He seems like he's going to try to keep playing, ala Alan Houston. I hope the new CBA addresses this kind of issue- I don't see why a team should be punished for years because one of their star players gets a career-declining injury (which is bad enough to make them a shadow of their former selves but not bad enough to retire). Maybe there should be an option to cut them, still have to pay them what they're owed but not have it count against the cap (maybe have that alan houston rule except a team has the option of doing it every 4 or 5 years). I'm getting a bit worried about Amar'e health and contract in the long term.
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11/18/2010  3:28 PM
smackeddog wrote:Portland are screwed- not only have they lost Oden, but it looks like Brandon Roy is finished too, and he's still got 4 years on a max contract. He seems like he's going to try to keep playing, ala Alan Houston. I hope the new CBA addresses this kind of issue- I don't see why a team should be punished for years because one of their star players gets a career-declining injury (which is bad enough to make them a shadow of their former selves but not bad enough to retire). Maybe there should be an option to cut them, still have to pay them what they're owed but not have it count against the cap (maybe have that alan houston rule except a team has the option of doing it every 4 or 5 years). I'm getting a bit worried about Amar'e health and contract in the long term.


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11/18/2010  3:42 PM
smackeddog wrote:
martin wrote:
umynot wrote:
martin wrote:did Oden have knee trouble before getting to POR? If he didn't, not sure how you can call it a bad decision, it's just bad luck.

Oden over Durant is a mistake my friend ....... Period!

hindsight is nice.

Ha- you're right- people were hyping Oden for years, I remember people even saying back then for a couple of years that we should tank for a shot at drafting him- Durant was always seen as more raw, and more of a project.

Portland are screwed- not only have they lost Oden, but it looks like Brandon Roy is finished too, and he's still got 4 years on a max contract. He seems like he's going to try to keep playing, ala Alan Houston. I hope the new CBA addresses this kind of issue- I don't see why a team should be punished for years because one of their star players gets a career-declining injury (which is bad enough to make them a shadow of their former selves but not bad enough to retire). Maybe there should be an option to cut them, still have to pay them what they're owed but not have it count against the cap (maybe have that alan houston rule except a team has the option of doing it every 4 or 5 years). I'm getting a bit worried about Amar'e health and contract in the long term.


Anything can happen with any star, it is the chance you take. Amare is a risk but so is every other player. Guys with no injury history can go down with a career effecting or ending injury at any time.

Portland is in a tough spot. A couple years ago they had the brightest future of any team in the league with a bonafied young star in Roy and the most promising big man duo in the league in Oden and Aldridge. Now Roy is headed past his prime at 26, Oden is all but done, and Aldridge looks like nothing more than a very good role player. How the tables turn so quickly.
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