Center Greg Oden of Portland Trailblazers Has Had Counseling for Injuries

[Marshal Dillon]

I feel for this guy. I've read he's a decent guy but he can't buy a break. It's incredible to think the same thing happened to center Sam Bowie in the 1980's, also the first choice of the Trailblazers (over Michael Jordan).



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Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, has had trouble staying on the court, playing just 82 games in his four-year NBA career. Throughout the trials, which have involved multiple microfracture knee surgeries and a fractured patella, Oden has received support off the court


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[cbbama99]

Didn't he go in the same draft as Kevin Durant? I feel for the guy, too, but I also wonder if Portland fans wish they had taken Durant now. I know the Blazers probably needed a big man, but it must be tough to see how well Durant is playing to know you could have had him.

[Marshal Dillon]

Didn't he go in the same draft as Kevin Durant? I feel for the guy, too, but I also wonder if Portland fans wish they had taken Durant now. I know the Blazers probably needed a big man, but it must be tough to see how well Durant is playing to know you could have had him.

Yep, Durant was the 2nd overall choice & AL Horford was the 3rd pick. Durant and Horford have had very solid years in the NBA, so far. Joakim Noah was the 9th overall pick. Like I said, in the 1984 NBA Draft Olajuwon was the first overall pick, then Sam Bowie to Portland, Michael Jordan to the Bulls, Sam Perkins 4th and Charles Barkley ws the 5th pick.

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