12-23-2007, 09:01 AM
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Posted on Sun, Dec. 23, 2007
THE BUZZ Blazers won't rush rehabbing Oden back
Asked about Greg Oden's rehab, Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard wanted to make things clear.
"He's so far ahead of what we expected it's not even funny," Pritchard said by phone Thursday. "Having said that, he will not. Come. Back. This. Year."
Oden's absence after off-season microfracture surgery is the only down note so far for Portland, which extended its winning streak to 10 games Friday night, looking for all the world like the league's next great young team.
After the Blazers announced in September that Oden would miss the entire season, the expectations that came with getting Oden with the first pick overall in last summer's draft subsided. And things looked even bleaker after second-year forward LaMarcus Aldridge missed several games early in the season with plantar fascitis.
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THE BUZZ Blazers won't rush rehabbing Oden back | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/23/2007 |