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Blazers stay patient with healing Oden
Thursday, January 31, 2008Mary Schmitt Boyer
Plain Dealer Reporter
Portland, Ore.- Greg Oden was back on the court Tuesday.
Oden, the former Ohio State star, stood at the edge of the free-throw lane with former Trail Blazers tough guy Maurice Lucas, now an assistant coach. While his teammates ran through a practice scrimmage on an adjacent court, Oden put up hook shots, flat-footed, first with his left hand and then with his right.
Such is life for the Portland rookie center. The No. 1 pick in the 2008 NBA draft is slowly making his way back from microfracture surgery on his right knee on Sept. 13. Trainer Jay Jensen says Oden will start jogging shortly but probably won't be playing full-court basketball until the summer league.
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