Greg Oden has another microfracture surgery

[baseline bum]

SI said that it was just a second cleanout of cartilage, after the other one a month or so ago. He's already had microfracture on both knees.

Nah, the Blazers confirmed he had microfracture surgery again yesterday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...ilblazers-oden

[baseline bum]

Agree whole heartedly ... when you chase size at the expense of talent like that happens. Durant is no MJ, but Oden is no Bowie either. Bowie at least made some significant contributions for parts of a few seasons. This if Durant continues (not even improves) at his pace will be worse than that.

Simmons is a moron (at times, pretty good writer others) but said he saw Oden limping, and it appeared that one leg was shorter than the other at the ESPYS the off-season BEFORE his rookie year. Saw Durant there too ...and he said Kevin walked with a swag that a top pick should have.

I too watched over 10 games of each guy in college and Oden was never impressive to me. He seemed like a bigger but much slower version of Alonzo ...tbh. I never knew he would fail like this ...but I thought the comparisons to David Robinson were laughable ...Durant just seemed like a a more athletic black version of Dirk.

Oden was the talent when he was drafted; lots of revisionist history here on what kind of prospect he was.

[dirk4mvp]

I'm obviously a longhorn homer so I'll just regurgitate revisionist history to make myself look like I know what I'm talking about.

[Killakobe81]

Oden was the talent when he was drafted; lots of revisionist history here on what kind of prospect he was.

I never liked him. At least not over Durant. I also thought roy was very overrated as well. You can check the posts I made at the time of that draft I just was not a huge fan. I get the logic behind it, good big men are rare ..but you would think a franchise that was burnt by Bowie over MJ would go for the greater player and talent.

Durant did things (numbers wise) that freshman just don't do. Oden got a stacked Ohio state team further but to me was never impressive EXCEPT his size. What I saw from Oden compared to lets say Bynum ...was he was a better defender and definitely a better athlete than Bynum post knee surgery. But offensively he was less effective against undersized college guys than Bynum is against pros. In fact to me hibbert looks better on offense right now than Oden did. Now to be fair Greg was hurt in college (and in HS & pros) but he just never impressed me on offense. TO pass up a prospect like Durant I need to have what Oden gave on defense in college and at least what Hibbert gives on offense today ...

[baseline bum]

The only injury Oden ever had in HS was the wrist that kept him out of the first half of his freshman season at OSU.

[Killakobe81]

The only injury Oden ever had in HS was the wrist that kept him out of the first half of his freshman season at OSU.

My bad ... he damaged his hip ... BEFORE HS!

Courtesy CBS sports:

In sixth grade, Oden underwent surgery to repair his hip . Following the surgery, one leg was then longer than the other, resulting in his unusual gait which is often misstaken for a limp.

[Killakobe81]

Not trying to fight with you Bum, just saying there were enough "flags" to make me go KD. Not saying Durant will be as good as MJ or even Kobe. But I KNEW (felt) Oden would NOT be as good as even Alonzo ...which to me was his ceiling ...a bigger version of Mourning with a less reliable jumper ...