From CelticsBlog on ESPN: "Rookie of the Year has to go to Oden or the world will implode"

Quoted from the blogger reactions on ESPN. (Same link as the one Dave posted)

Also from the roundtable, just in case you missed it. I don't particularly agree with the assertion that the point guard play on the Blazers will be worse than last year, but to each their own.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BLAZERS FOR A SECOND.
HOW GOOD CAN THEY BE?

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"Depends on what you mean by legitimate. They'll be good enough to make the playoffs in the West. They won't be experienced enough to advance. Considering where they've been the last few years that's hella legit. But compared to Utah or New Orleans they still have some cred to earn."

-- DAVE FROM BLAZER'S EDGE

"Here's my question: when was the last time a team was universally expected to make a quantum leap based on the contributions of three rookies (Oden, Fernandez and Bayless)? The future is astoundingly sunny in rainy Portland, but I think they need another season or two. You can make a case that they got worse at point guard this summer since Bayless is going to have a tough time transitioning to the role of NBA point while Jarrett Jack is gone, and teams don't get a lot better while their point play drops off."

-- STEVE FROM CLIPS NATION

"Not quite as good as the Spurs were the year Robinson got hurt and then they drafted Duncan…but whatever # of wins that team finished with, knock off five and you'll have Portland's tally. They should flirt with 50."

-- THE BIG LEAD

"Good, potentially very good, and eventually great. I can see the Blazers cracking the West's top 4, in fact, before I see them missing the playoffs. The Oden-Roy-Aldridge trio is perfectly matched. Guys like Rudy Fernandez and Martell Webster (when he's healthy) give them more scoring. The key is the point—Steve Blake just can't keep up at an elite level. So either Jerryd Bayless needs to develop quickly, or Roy will have to slide over and handle the ball more."

-- BRENNER FROM ESPN THE MAGAZINE