Would you trade Tim Duncan for Greg Oden?

C'mon man. What is the point in all this?

Fart no!

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Originally Posted by Arcadian

:lmao

Oden is among the worst #1 picks of all time...If you had asked about Durant, that would actually make sense. And the answer would still be a definitive no.

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You cant be sure that Durant would stay healthy in Portland.

Yes of course

Why not ? Oden is the best PF of all time, best 5 players in the history of NBA

nah!

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Originally Posted by Mal

You cant be sure that Durant would stay healthy in Portland.

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It's highly likely that he would. Oden already had a long history of injuries before his NBA career. In his one and only year of college ball, he sat out most of the season with a broken hand. He didn't even play one full season of college ball, and he was still picked first in the NBA draft - ridiculous, isn't it? I saw him play in the NCAA tournament that year. He was 19 years old, but he looked slow and old. I remember reading prospect reports on him and Durant; people were writing that Durant looked like an athletic beast ready to spring onto the scene, while Oden looked like a worn veteran - physically, not mentally. That wasn't a good sign. I think he even suffered severe injuries during his high school days. All of his injuries were unrelated but nagging. That clearly suggested that he was injury-prone, and there was no getting around it.

So yeah, Greg Oden was possibly the worst #1 pick in history. I knew it at the time, and I was shocked that so many people were defending him simply because he was a good shot blocker and played center. That alone is terrible reasoning, especially when Kevin Durant was clearly an upcoming superstar. And that was obvious too. I saw him play as a Longhorn, and he could play any position from shooting guard to center (in college). He was already an amazing spectacle in college. Portland just fucked up.

I would if I was sampling some of that good ol' Methlohoma City air

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/wri...greg-oden6.jpg

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Originally Posted by Arcadian

It's highly likely that he would. Oden already had a long history of injuries before his NBA career. In his one and only year of college ball, he sat out most of the season with a broken hand. He didn't even play one full season of college ball, and he was still picked first in the NBA draft - ridiculous, isn't it? I saw him play in the NCAA tournament that year. He was 19 years old, but he looked slow and old. I remember reading prospect reports on him and Durant; people were writing that Durant looked like an athletic beast ready to spring onto the scene, while Oden looked like a worn veteran - physically, not mentally. That wasn't a good sign. I think he even suffered severe injuries during his high school days. All of his injuries were unrelated but nagging. That clearly suggested that he was injury-prone, and there was no getting around it.

So yeah, Greg Oden was possibly the worst #1 pick in history. I knew it at the time, and I was shocked that so many people were defending him simply because he was a good shot blocker and played center. That alone is terrible reasoning, especially when Kevin Durant was clearly an upcoming superstar. And that was obvious too. I saw him play as a Longhorn, and he could play any position from shooting guard to center (in college). He was already an amazing spectacle in college. Portland just fucked up.

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Actually, Larue Martin was the worst #1 pick ever....also a Blazer.

http://www.awesomehq.com/wp-content/...ravedigger.jpg

:lol