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Injured Oden reprimanded by Blazers for playing in pickup game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Injured center Greg Oden was reprimanded by the Portland Trail Blazers for playing in a pickup game at a neighborhood gym.
“We called him and we told him he can’t do that,” coach Nate McMillan said Friday.
Oden, the top pick in last year’s draft, is out for the season after microfracture surgery on his right knee. He said he played two games Wednesday night when he was at the fitness center with friends.
“I was going to play one, but I lost the first one,” the 7-footer said.
McMillan called Oden’s actions “pretty innocent,” but the coach wanted Oden to know he must avoid risky situations.
“He’s a young man,” McMillan said. “He wants to be the same young man as when he came here. And he’s not. He’s got too much value.”
Oden said he didn’t dunk eight or 10 times, as was reported on an Internet forum. But he did get in a few—and he didn’t need to jump.
“It was a 9-foot goal, so it was pretty easy to dunk on,” he said.
Oden seemed surprised at the attention the game received. About a dozen reporters and television crews showed up to talk to him after practice Friday.
“I don’t think he thought he was doing anything wrong, and I’m sure he was trying to protect himself,” McMillan said. “But he just can’t do that.”
Oden played one season at Ohio State before he was drafted by the Blazers in June. Knee surgery in September shut down his rookie season before it started.
He recently started participating in light drills with the team but will not play this season or in a summer league, McMillan said. The plan is to make sure there are no setbacks so he can start training camp in October.
The Blazers (38-35) host Charlotte on Saturday night.
does he have a brain?
I can dunk on 9 foot rims
Yup, collecting millions to do nothing and play in pickup games.
^ It's a bird, it's a plane, no its the return of the dip !
I'm sure there are plenty 7 footers at a neighborhood pick up game.
Seems worth risking nine figures of career earnings for a pickup game.
Didn't Christian Laetner blow out a knee during the summer in a pick up game? I can appreciate the guy's apparent enthusiasm for the game, but good gravy is that stupid.
Why does Oden look 40?
But can you do it without jumping?
Wait, you all missed the most salient feature of the whole article:
“I was going to play one, but I lost the first one,” the 7-footer said.How does the 7-foot #1 overall pick lose a pickup game? Sounds like the second coming of Bryant Reeves.
(For comedy purposes, ignore the fact that it was a 9-foot rim.)
I just think that Oden looks like one of those boxers from the 50’s...The ones who claimed to be 28 when they were 40 something…
His hair is even graying:
Wait, you all missed the most salient feature of the whole article:
(For comedy purposes, ignore the fact that it was a 9-foot rim.)
Looks like the dude gained some weight.His hair is even graying:
He's been drinking from the same well as LeBron.Why does Oden look 40?
IMO Oden's not going to be the impact player that many believe he will.
Solid but not spectacular.
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