Oden's NBA Live 08 rating is 75, right up in the middle of the pack for centers:

http://www.gametap.com/home/read/article/8a25090114b301760114b3825aa0013a

Centers

1. Tim Duncan: 91
   
2. Amare Stoudemire: 88
   
3. Shaquille O'Neal: 87
   
4. Yao Ming: 86
   
5. Ben Wallace: 78
   
6. Brad Miller: 76
   
7. Zydrunas Ilgauskas: 75
   
8. Marcus Camby: 75
   

9. Greg Oden: 75

10. Tyson Chandler: 75
    
11. Andrew Bogut: 75
    
12. Chris Kaman: 73
    
13. Nene: 73
    
14. Eddy Curry: 73
    
15. Alonzo Mourning: 73
    
16. Jamaal Magloire: 72
    
17. Andris Biedrins: 72
    
18. Mehmet Okur: 72
    
19. Samuel Dalembert: 72
    
20. Kurt Thomas: 71

Now, NBA Live ratings obviously aren't extremely important, but I'm an NBA Live fan so I consider them to be interesting. They are certainly giving him the benefit of the doubt being as he's a rookie.

Do you think this is a realistic assessment?

Other notables:

Zach Randolph came in at 78...Channing Frye at 75...Kevin Durant at 78...