Would you trade Tim Duncan for Greg Oden?

[howbouthemspurs]

Fart no!

[Mal]

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.

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

[Rapper]

Yes of course

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

[MANUNG-Ginobili]

nah!

[Arcadian]

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

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 ed up.

[KaiRMD1]

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

[dbreiden83080]

[Thomas82]

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 ed up.

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

[TampaDude]