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C Greg Oden (All B1G, All-American, Defensive Player of the Year, Butler Assistant Coach)

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Yertle;1979506; said:
I'm currently in the Houston airport and just ran into Greg oden. I had my face buried in my iPhone, but he saw my block O hat and said "go bucks!" I looked up to see a mountain of a man and said "huh? Oh, hey Greg!" ugh... That's all I could come up with??? Really? Dammit.
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That's cool that he acknowledged it. I sure hope he can come back and have a good NBA career.
 
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MaxBuck;1979754; said:
I remember running into Muhammad Ali a few years ago in IAH. Kids flocking around him like he was the pied piper. A really easy guy to talk to, though the Parkinson's made him a sad figure.
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I remember talking with Neil Armstrong about how much fun it was to walk on the moon and shit. :shake:

Name-dropping-summabitch.
 
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Considering how little Oden has been able to actually play some would argue Portland would be foolish to extend his rookie contract.

Wherever he lands I hope he's able to stay healthy and show his ability, but I don't blame Portland for not wanting to take that chance given what they've gotten from him so far.
 
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Eventually, he won't be with Portland and their terrible training staff. Considering he's only 23 now, he could still have a solid 5 years in the league for some other team, and still play another 5. Although I remember when came back to one of the home games last year and he just looked broken down and depressed. He was on crunches and whenever he stood up he was hunched over. It was sad.
 
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
Greg Oden Running Again

The Blazers? star-crossed big man updated the world through his Twitter feed about his rehab progress. From the Sporting News: ?The Portland Trailblazers? former No. 1 pick Greg Oden posted Thursday on his personal Twitter account that he ran for the first time since undergoing his second microfracture surgery 11 months ago. ?In LA right now working out,? Oden wrote. ?I ran the other day for the first time in awhile. Felt good!? ? Oden has played in 13 82 total games over his career and missed significant time in each of his three NBA seasons.?
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http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2011/10/greg-oden-running-again/
 
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Greg Oden, Ohio State (C, Portland Trail Blazers) "Not winning the championship was actually a big factor. I definitely wanted to win. But another big factor was my partner in crime for a long time: Mike Conley. He had a chance that not a lot of people would get, and I would have been selfish to tell him not to take it. He was the best player on that team. He ran everything as the point guard. Him not being there would make it a lot tougher to get back (to the championship game). That was a major factor for me. We wanted to win, but you have to take the opportunity to play in the NBA."
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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...other-players-nba-one-year-rule-espn-magazine
 
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Q: What is the latest on the health and contract status of Greg Oden?

A: First, about Oden?s health: The restricted free agent center has not been cleared to participate in scrimmages or any basketball-related activities that include contact, according to his agent, Mike Conley. He has been cleared to run, ride a bike and participate in non-contact basketball drills ? shooting, dribbling, etc. ? but there remains no time line for a possible return.

?There have not been any setbacks,? Conley said Saturday of Oden?s health. ?That?s the best way to word it. Doctors really did not give him a hard time line (for a return) ... but he?s working hard and trying his best to get back.?

Oden has played just 82 games over his first four NBA seasons because of three separate knee surgeries. The last came Nov. 19, 2010, when he underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee.

Despite this, the Blazers have expressed a desire to keep Oden with the hope that he avoids further injury and develops into the player they projected he would become when they drafted him No. 1 overall in the 2007 NBA Draft.

The Blazers tendered an $8.8 million qualifying offer before the lockout, making Oden a restricted free agent and ensuring they would be in the driver?s seat to keep him. Training camp and free agency are supposed to start simultaneously, on Dec. 9, so Oden?s status could be a thorny issue throughout camp.

Any team is permitted to tender Oden a contract offer during the free agency period, with the understanding that the Blazers would have the right to match that offer. Reportedly, the new CBA will give the Blazers three days ? instead of seven ? to match any free agent offer or let Oden walk. The Blazers also have the option of offering Oden a multiyear contract offer at the start of free agency, but it seems likely they will at first gauge his value in the free agent market.

Oden?s representatives last spoke with the Blazers in June, when they issued the qualifying offer, and the team told Conley, ?they believed in Greg and they?re proving it with the qualifying offer,? Conley said. Conley says his gut tells him Oden will remain a Blazer.

?I think he will be,? Conley said. ?I definitely think he will be.?
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http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2011/11/the_lockout_is_over_now_what_a.html
 
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18th best free agent........Tell me if this Facebook status update didn't intrigue you: "In LA right now working out. I ran the other day for the first time in awhile. Felt good!" Yes, Oden hasn't played an NBA game since December of 2009, is coming off his second microfracture knee surgery and has been largely a disappointment since being drafted No. 1 in 2007. But big, defensive-minded, rebounding 7-footers are an endangered species. The Blazers have already extended Oden an $8.8 million qualifying offer, which means any team interested in Oden will likely have to make an expensive, multi-year investment.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...2011.nba.free.agents/index.html#ixzz1f899Q2ji
 
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Canzano: Oden is right ... it's his move with the Trail Blazers
Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
By John Canzano, The Oregonian

When Greg Oden popped up on the television screen Tuesday night, sitting court side during the big Ohio State-Duke basketball game he was typing a message on his cellular telephone. Forgive me, but I hoped it was this: "I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NBA SEASON TO START."

We can wish, yeah?

Couldn't tell if Oden's in shape. Couldn't see if he was healthy. In fact, Oden never even stood and the whole scene lasted less than five seconds. He was right there one moment, and then, like a peek through a keyhole, Oden was gone again.

That Oden sighting was the first time I had seen the Blazers restricted free-agent center since the day after the Blazers season-ending Game 6 loss to the Dallas Mavericks last April. That event featured the Blazers shuttling front-office staffers over to the practice facility for an organizational pep talk and back-slapping session with the players on the practice courts.

The media was let in at the end of the event and when Oden saw reporters coming he put his head down, stared straight ahead, and angled across the court toward the weight room. Oden had the jump start, and the angle, and would have been home free except for one thing.

Oden looked back.

He told me that day about his workout plans, but didn't give details. He talked about going home to Indiana, like he did in summer 2010, "to be closer to mom." And the former No. 1 overall pick said, "I just need to get myself right. I'm so sick of talking about it."

I asked him, "Do you still want to play?"

"I do," he said, "badly."

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http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...f/2011/11/canzano_oden_was_right_its_his.html
 
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