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even future superstars have a bad game from time to time. btw, durant>>>>>>oden
sorry boston..
5 turnovers tonight against the badgers
all traverling
wait they do not call traverling in the nba
but when they get physically with oden he is not effective
he needs to stay in school one more year
by the way I am a fan of his
Greg Oden 4-8 0-0 3-5 3 11
even future superstars have a bad game from time to time. btw, durant>>>>>>oden
he needs to bulk up
everyone has a bad game once in a where
THE NBA IS MORE PHYSICAL THEN WHAT HE IS PLAYING NOW
he needs to stay in school
This has nothing to do with the Spurs as they have no chance of getting Oden in the upcoming draft...try posting in the NBA forum. Irregardless of his performance tonight and the perception that he's not NBA ready, he'll go #1 if he enters the 2007 draft.
I've seen him 2 or 3 times this season. Stay in school, he's years away from NBA-ready, his (HS) reputation is much bigger than his game.
are you the new want to be mod?
besides thomas is still a gm there is always a chance the spurs will get the number one pick in the nba
Irregardless is not a word.
it depends if the money is a factor. i dont know how his family is living, but that could shove him to the draft. hasnt he been shooting with his left hand? i think he would be a better player than durant in the long run.
It'd prolly help him to get that cast removed.
yes it is
Clueless people in here. Oden will be a superstar as soon as he steps on the court in the NBA. The college refs are letting opponents hack him at will which is what leads to his bogus travelling calls. They will let him be more physical in the NBA which will be to his advantage. Oden > Durant.
sorry boston..
5 turnovers tonight against the badgers
all traverling
wait they do not call traverling in the nba
but when they get physically with oden he is not effective
he needs to stay in school one more year
by the way I am a fan of his
Greg Oden 4-8 0-0 3-5 3 11
Which hand does he shoot with? Either answer (left or right) gives you the reason why he's not eating up the NCAA yet. Now shut up.
Irrespective of your post and regardless of your choice to acknowledge the term "irregardless" as a commonly used word to accentuate the meaning of the two previously mentioned terms, I will continue to use words that may not be considered appropriate according to your standards but are commonly understood and accepted in casual conversation. The last time I checked, the purpose of this forum had to do with the San Antonio Spurs, not English Grammar School.
Well if Oden comes out this year, Thomas will not be a factor in the draft as he has already forfeited his right obtain a top draft pick. IIRC, Chicago has the right to swap first round picks with New York as a result of the Eddy Curry trade in the upcoming draft. If Oden decides not to come out until 2008 and the Knicks are in a position to draft him, IT will have been fired.are you the new want to be mod?
besides thomas is still a gm there is always a chance the spurs will get the number one pick in the nba
He is like 270-280! How much "bulking" do you want???? The problem is he's still a little too raw for the NBA and one more year would help him refine his game a bit more if works on his post moves in the offseason.
He would still go 1st if he were to come out, but I think durant is more NBA ready now... i actually think durant will be a starter by tip off of the 1st game next season.
Oden used to could shoot better, and if his there hand would finish up healing, he might should switch back again. At least I reckon.
He's lost bulk because he hasn't been able to hit the heavy weights since his wrist injury/surgery.
So the body you see is the body he has without lifting. That's damn amazing. With lifting he'll have a body comparable to Dwight Howard.
Based on the teams that would likely be drafting at the top of the first round, I think both Oden and Durant, no matter how unprepared, would both be starting for their NBA teams....
I have to disagree about Oden. The guy is going to be a monster. NCAA basketball is not a league suited for big men who are cutting their teeth on higher compe ion. It's a guard system in the NCAA. It's dependent upon guards who can penetrate and find the open outlets or slash to the basket to break down these zone defenses which...quite frankly...put me to sleep. How can you expect Oden to do anything when he gets thrown the ball and instantly has 3 guys standing around him? Conley, Butler, Harris, Cook, etc have to make shots to free up space for Oden. Not to mention...the guy is basically playing left handed.
Yeah he's a big sum !
You have a point, but how many big men have come out of college in the top 5 of the draft the last 5 years and actually were worth the pick? Not many.
This sort of proves my point....great high school big men weren't going to college...they were going straight to the NBA, but now that's changed obviously. But I mean Dwight Howard, Okafor and Bogut...those are the only big men right off the top of my head that have been drafted so high recently, and howard was straight out of high school. Guards get drafted higher because guards flourish in the NCAA.
Yeah, Oden ain't no good. Oh, by the way he's been playing the year shooting with his left hand. His free throw percentage is >80%. I wonder if he would be considered NBA ready when healthy and he starts to shoot with his real shooting right hand. And Ducan shoots what % from the foul line with his good hand? The guy basically has been playing with one hand, his weak hand all year and dominates from a defensive presence. He is every bit the real deal and the best defensive center since Bill Russell.
Bogut was the main one I was thinking of. While he fills a role on a team, i think in retrospect he was not top 5 material. I see what you're saying, I just think he should wait one more year given how paranoid some of these GM's are when a player doesn't post 18 and 10 their 1st season. Kendrick perkins on the Celtics went to high school w/ my brother and he was a MONSTER in H.S., but imagine how good he would've been had he went to college. Also Bosh ate him up in some tournement or something before they were drafted. He was good back then, but now he's avg. and could possibly be traded. If he would have gotten 2 years in college (unfortunately Texas high schools mainly produce track and football stars, my high school center was 6'6 while my cousin in Detroit had a frontline of 6'7, 6'9, and 6'11!), imagine the possiblities of his game advancing going up against top NCAA compe ion. For every D. Howard, there is a K. Perkins (or 3 or 123) out there. I'll say this, if his parents aren't in jail like Amare's mom, or living in a crack infested housing project, he should stay one more year.
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