i only vote kd out of anger and depression. i do am glad we drafted oden though.

I don’t know how many more minor/major injuries we can stomach until it breaches our threshold of tolerance.

did u see the list of nba players who didnt score in their first nba game…steve nash, moses malon, yao ming, DOUG COLLINS

Will most people agree with me that Horford would be better on this team than Durant anyway? And Oden will prevail. Three offensive boards in 12 minutes is a good sign.

I love Greg Oden. I love him to death. I would have him to be the Godfather of my children if I could, but I would still take Durant.

It wasn’t a mistake, and Greg was the best player at the time, but nowing what I know now it jsut doesn’t make sense to pick Greg. At the very least if you had known the future you probably could have trade the first pick to Atlanta for Al Horford and Josh Smith or something.

I just hate it that this teams hopes and dreams rest on the health of one mans legs.

This kind of crap is what will make me stop coming to this sight. You wonder why the kid feels so much presure. He twisted his ankle. Bad if you look at the picture of it happening. He played one year of college, sat out a year and that sucked for us Blazer fans having lived through Walton, Bowie and Sabonis injuries so we feel cursed, but it’s his first NBA game. Ever. It might just be better if he comes of the bench for awhile. He should have in the first place but because of the first pick hype everyone felt he had to start. The guy is a monster. He isn’t NBA ready yet healthy or not but he will be someday. And I would rather have Webster than Durant. Webster is going to be better than Durant. Book it.

Twain, I loved your early work but you haven’t done anything truly great since the 1800s.

And Tom Sawyer was durivitive.

that’s good enough for me.

I just don’t think Durant will be all that great and I don’t think he would have been a good fit on the Blazers.. it’d be like having.. Travis Outlaw..

then you’d know that I bashed Kevin Durant even when he was at Texas.

YES, it sucks Oden got hurt tonight. YES, Kevin Durant is going to be a VERY GOOD player for a long time. I, along with a lot of others, truly believe he was the right choice at the time, and I’m sure not changing my mind now. If the injuries for him continue into his mid-20’s, then i might start worrying. I just get sick and tired of reactionary rhetoric when we don’t even know how long he’ll be out. My guess is a max of two or three weeks. Lets not kid ourselves here, we weren’t going to win it all this year anyways, so lets just relax and enjoy the ride instead of dwelling on what is most likely at worst a 4-6 week injury

In a couple years—and maybe a lot sooner—you’ll be embarrassed that you posted stuff like this. Come on: you could clearly see in the replay that GO’s foot came down on an opponent’s. That generally causes an injury, now doesn’t it? Yet GO gamely tried to play through it. (Several of his worst sequences came AFTER the injury, you may have noticed.)

There’s nothing wrong with Greg Oden that a little NBA experience—and yes, a few less bad breaks—won’t cure. Bigs tend to take longer to develop than little guys, and GO will be no exception. He’ll still end up being a much more valuable piece to the championship puzzle than a chucker like Durant would have been. Gifted 7-footers are far more rare than gifted wings. Oden is EXACTLY what this team needed going forward.

BTW, Did you happen to pay attention to BYNUM’S play tonight? He was hardly breathtaking, and this supposed up & coming center is in his fourth season now, I believe. Take a breath, please. I suspect Oden will develop MUCH quicker if fans and the media will lighten up and show a little patience.

Come on! If you are a Blazer fan now is not the time to revisit Oden vs. Durant or fuel the flames of insecurity with unfounded doubt. Alright, sure, don’t we all wish Oden had played 36 minutes and had a dominating double double performance? Sure. But just like Joel, Brandon, LMA or anyone doesn’t Oden get more than 1 game grace period before we start covering him with dirt? He got hurt, in the first game. That’s a huge bummer but it could of happened to anyone. Seasons define players not single quarters of single games. I’m bummed at the moment but Oden get’s my support and I’m not going to go back now. Yes, I will be a homer! I hate to say it but before Oden hurt his foot in the very limited time I saw some good things. Now we all hold our breath and hope for the best because I think that’s the best thing we all can do.

I only voted becuase I still think he’ll come around and to not vote for oden is writting him off., he didn’t “whelm” us but, he will.

but if I could go back before the draft I’d have take durant, (but we’d probably still have z bo too)

Our fanbase is way too fragile.

Does it suck? Of course it sucks. Last night was so disheartening, but it’s only one game. Oden will recover and be back soon. The world is not ending. Oden isn’t having his foot amputated (I hope).

But I am a HOMER, plain and simple!!!!

that Oden was not a healthy physical specimen. That was the only reason I was so adamant about not drafting him. KP ignored those signs.

After picking him I had no choice but to strongly hope that I was wrong. But I’m afraid now that II wasn’t. The handwriting is on the wall.

i hate this post.

come back in two more years. Nothing has really changed yet except that a year has passed without oden playing.

If you’re worried about the minor injuries, ask the ambassadors to other teams what those other teams are going through.

That said, Greg may be prone to injuries because he’s playing at a level that his body isn’t ready for. I think we may need to ease him into it.