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Originally Posted by SuperDave
Ooh, off to a bad start already...
Actually, my post was based off a lot of facts,
Facts:
1) objective measurements of speed, quickness, athleticism, strength, intelligence and height from tests which measured both of the guys in question
I gave you that one in my post
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Originally Posted by SuperDave
2) the well known fact that Oden played with a broken wrist which hampered his game
who gives a shit? It's a fact yes but its not a fact he'd have averaged 10 points more if his wrist was healthy. Typical "i watch espn and think I know whats up" post.
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3) the fact that Oden has lost only 16 games TOTAL in his entire basketball career
Yes because we all know basketball is a one man sport.
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Highly reasonable assumptions:
1) the bigger the guy is, the later he will reach his full potential. Not a perfect correlation, but is true more often than not.
2) that a major injury to a player's shooting wrist/hand, will prevent him from showing his full offensive game. We should maybe consider this a fact since Oden played better offensively as his wrist started to get stronger and more flexible.
I bolded the word assumption.
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Well-supported opinions that Oden is better
1) Greg Popovich
2) Kevin Pritchard
3) "Can't be Faded." Oh, that's you? So despite the fact that you admit to a heavy longhorn bias, YOU would pick Oden? Ok... what was your argument about again?
I bolded the word opinion. Also show me the quote where Popovich says what you say in full, and backs up your argument in full.
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Your subjective opinion is better and more accurate than objective measurements. Got it. Oh, and we're actually talking about relative speed here, so you need to have seen BOTH kids run.
Nope but my post had more eye witnessed truths in it than your espn-radio listening ass post did.
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Actually, the premise of this thread was that DURANT has so much more upside than ODEN. I do think Durant will continue to improve. He may even be able to bench his own weight, eventually. ;) As I said, I think Durant will be special. But, based on objective criteria, Oden actually has more room for improvement. He did play with a broken wrist, and he is still just a young pup pivot, and he is freakishly athletic for his size, and he already is good enough to lead his team to the verge of a national title.
Based on one draft camp, yup, its hands down that the future can definitely be told based on one draft camp workout. :rolleyes Flawless lock tight fact (and the only one) backing up your stupid post.
Other than that I just keep seeing "broken wrist", and again the proof that your 15 year old brain cannot understand that the game of basketball is a team sport.
Remind me what spot that lame ass OSU point guard got drafted at again?
Your post is weak. I can use the same point A and arrive at a different point B: OSU got that far with oden's broken wrist proves how bad ass his other teammates were.
Ta-da.
I said what I said. You sound like an idiot poster when you go all out and base it on one fact. I don't consider myself an idiot because even though I like Durant alot I can still pick Oden and not come up with a bull shit gung ho post about it, but rather point out that Shaq and Duncan have dominated titles and its pretty fair to assume a big man is more of a necessity on a championship team than a wing.
However you didn't say one thing in your post that makes any of us believe you've watched greg oden in depth and you sound like a homer who listens to espn radio all day and reguritates what he hears in a more jumbled manner.
