Greg Oden arthroscopic knee surgery...

[Strike]

This sucks. Hopefully the surgery will be relatively minor.

Huh? No witty, trollish retort?

Surely you jest.

[ShoogarBear]

The couch did it!

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/...ch-Did-It.html

From Greg Oden's blog on YardBarker.com:

On my vacation earlier this summer I got up off the couch and remember my knee having a sharp pain in it. That was about a month ago. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want to seem like I was complaining or making excuses for anything, plus I wasn't doing anything at the time I realized it hurt, so I figured it couldn't be anything big. After a couple of weeks I had to finally tell someone so I went to St. Vincent's Sports Performance (where I worked out before the draft) and got my knee looked at. That was right before I moved to Portland for good. My knee was swollen since I got here. I finally just said I need to tell my trainer because this is not normal. We went to the doctors the next day to get an MRI and that night me and my mom ended up in the doctor's office being told that I have to get surgery. It's a light one -- just a scoop -- but still it's just another set back. I would like for me to be playing and not seem like I'm a high maintenance player, but things just keep popping up.

Please, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and teammates: do not use couches. They are not safe.

(Note: yes, astute readers, I did slightly edit his writing -- capitalizing the word "I" and the like. I also, you might note, fixed the spelling of "couch," which he typed as "coach." Or, you know, maybe I have this all wrong. In which case I have to apologize to couches everywhere, and wonder why in the Greg Oden was sitting on Nate McMillan.)

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

This will seriously impair my trolling abilities.

[smrattler]

What do you expect from a 48 yr old man trying to realize his NBA dream this late? The knees are the first to go.

[hsxvvd]

Trade him now!

[spurscenter]

THis is how he messed up his knee

[MI21]

"Greg Oden (pictured on the right) hopes his son, David (left), can have the career he never had after suffering a serious knee injury before ever playing an official NBA regular season game."

[Tippecanoe]

Hes out for season

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

[ducks]

http://myespn.go.com/nba/truehoop

The Worst Case Scenario for Greg Oden

September 13, 2007 2:10 PM


Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo is reporting:

Greg Oden , the Portland Trail Blazers' No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, will miss the 2007-2008 season after knee surgery on Thursday, two league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Oden, the 7-footer out of Ohio State, underwent exploratory surgery on his right knee on Thursday in Vancouver. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but Oden, one of the most celebrated young players in years, will be lost for the season.

The Blazers are expected to make an announcement shortly.

I have confirmed the same miserable thing with a source in the know. The team will be announcing it any second.

I'll be updating this post in a second with some thoughts.


2007 Draft, Portland Trail Blazers

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ESPN reporting they had to do microfracture surgery

Celebrated Trail Blazers rookie center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will likely miss the 2007-2008 season after undergoing knee surgery Thursday, the team said.

"Greg had an arthroscopy and a microfracture surgery today," team physician Dr. Don Roberts, who performed the surgery, said in a statement posted on the Trail Blazers' Web site. "He was found to have articular cartilage damage in his right knee. The area of injury was not large and we were able to treat it with microfracture, which stimulates the growth of cartilage.

"There are things about this that are positive for Greg. First of all, he is young. The area where the damage was is small and the rest of his knee looked normal. All those are good signs for a complete recovery from microfracture surgery."

The Blazers are to discuss the news at a 4:30 p.m. ET news conference. Oden's procedure was performed in Vancouver, Wash.

Oden described the knee pain in an entry Tuesday on his personal blog:

"On my vacation earlier this summer i got up off the couch and remember my knee having a sharp pain in it. That was about a month ago. I didn't tell anyone because i didn't want to seem like i was complaining or making excuses for anything. Plus i wasn't doing anything at the time i realized it hurt, so i figured it couldn't be anything big.

"After a couple of weeks, i had to finally tell someone so i went to St. Vincent's Sports Performance (where i worked out at before draft) and got my knee looked at. That was right before i moved to Portland for good. My knee was swollen since i was there. I finally just said that i need to tell my trainer because this is not normal. We went to the doctor's the next day to get a MRI and that night me and my mom ended up in the doctor's office being told that I have to get surgery. It's a light one, just a scoop, but still it's just another setback. I would like for me to be playing and not seem like i'm a high-maintenance player, but things just keep popping up.

This is Oden's second health problem since the Trail Blazers drafted him in June. He had a tonsillectomy in July after struggling in two Las Vegas summer league games.

Oden, despite being hampered by a wrist injury during his freshman (and only) season at Ohio State, averaged 15.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in leading the Buckeyes to the national championship game. He had 25 points and 12 rebounds in the loss to Florida.

The Trail Blazers were the surprise winners of the NBA draft lottery and chose Oden over Texas forward Kevin Durant, who went to Seattle.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3017538

[Roxsfan]

Don't say that. You will make Tlong cry.

cool sig. If mine were not so damned crowded, I would add that too.

[Roxsfan]

THis is how he messed up his knee

I would love to mess up my knee that way too. Seriously hot legs and thighs

[T Park]

Where the white women at!!!!!!?????!??!?


Love that line

[Man of Steel]

I wish people would stop piling on top of Tlong.

This news really sucks--but I believe the kid will recover and have a great career in the NBA.

For others to make light of this or to taunt Portland fans--grow up, man.

[OdenCouchDynasty]

The couch did it!

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/...ch-Did-It.html

From Greg Oden's blog on YardBarker.com:

On my vacation earlier this summer I got up off the couch and remember my knee having a sharp pain in it. That was about a month ago. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want to seem like I was complaining or making excuses for anything, plus I wasn't doing anything at the time I realized it hurt, so I figured it couldn't be anything big. After a couple of weeks I had to finally tell someone so I went to St. Vincent's Sports Performance (where I worked out before the draft) and got my knee looked at. That was right before I moved to Portland for good. My knee was swollen since I got here. I finally just said I need to tell my trainer because this is not normal. We went to the doctors the next day to get an MRI and that night me and my mom ended up in the doctor's office being told that I have to get surgery. It's a light one -- just a scoop -- but still it's just another set back. I would like for me to be playing and not seem like I'm a high maintenance player, but things just keep popping up.

Please, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and teammates: do not use couches. They are not safe.

(Note: yes, astute readers, I did slightly edit his writing -- capitalizing the word "I" and the like. I also, you might note, fixed the spelling of "couch," which he typed as "coach." Or, you know, maybe I have this all wrong. In which case I have to apologize to couches everywhere, and wonder why in the Greg Oden was sitting on Nate McMillan.)

You caught me redhanded.