His condition, which also included a sinus infection, clearly affected his play. But all along, Oden solemnly answered questions from the hordes of media covering -- and ultimately criticizing -- his every play. He said he agrees that his tonsils hurt his play, but he added that he never felt the urge to scream and tell the world that he wasn't playing at 100 percent.

"There's no excuses, because I was out there playing," Oden said. "And if I'm playing, I'm playing, so if I have a bad game, it's not on my tonsils, it's on me. A lot of it is I just have to get used to this game, that's what everyone is telling me."

I love the humility out of the guy.  Think how many people put blame out there, and here the media is offering him an out, and he won't take it.

He's the real deal.