2008-2009 Rookie of the Year

Over Rose?

Greg Oden is going to redefine the center position. He is so smart, strong, agile, fast and talented that people won’t believe their eyes or any other organs. By the end of next season, he will clearly be the best center in the league. After a period of adjustment, say 41 games, I’d expect his numbers to average around 20/15/5/5.

With apologies to G. Tirebiter, I’m always right and I never lie.

Oden blows every one away with 3.2 blocked shots,13.5 rebounds, 19.5points 56%shooting,80% from the line! This is what the Blazer brass is thinking. KP’s eyes show it,Nate’s body language says it MB stops just short of sayingf it and Rice says it.

Rose won’t be in ROY discussions simply because PG is the most difficult position to excel in for rookies. Rose will probably break out in year 2 or 3.

I drool at the projected stat line for Oden (20/15/5/5???), but he’ll struggle to break double digit ppg.

That leaves Beasley, who will make something like 20/9. That Miami team is screaming for someone to fill their frontcourt offensive void.

for playing good, and on a good team. especially if we make it into the top half of the western confrence, or somthing like that. Just like the mvp, and allstar selection. that is why roy beat out t-mac, they hadnt gone on their winning streak yet.

Dial 1-800-UPC-HUCK

Its always above and beyond what you expect to hear. They talk about him like he is going to walk right in and dominate easily, and most of the time these guys are biting their tongue a little. I think 13+/10+/2-3blks 50%+fg is reasonable to expect, provided he is healthy and can stay out of foul trouble. That coupled with him being a major player on a playoff team should be enough unless a Beasley/Rose/Mayo really breaks out and surprises some people…

Because for everyone else ‘sides the Blazers, it’s the end of the world as they know it

Greg Oden is going to be big. Maybe not put up the numbers instantly, but come on. If Shaq can dominate from 92 until 2005 ish, then Oden can dominate from 2008 until 2020. Yah. Run and hide, everyone else. Run and hide.

LMA and Roy are great, but Greg Oden is Greg Oden. He will get a lot of attention, and if he simply averaged a double double and our record improves greatly I’d expect him to win Rookie of the Year, even if Beasley scores 20 points a game.

Oden’s personality, his highlight reel dunks and blocks, all the voters will love him.

I love listening to KP and Nate or ANYONE associated with the Blazers and watching Oden practice every day, because you can tell (like Myemic says above) they are biting their tongue trying not to say so much. They WANT to just explode and gush and say how amazing he looks, and what they DO say is still above and beyond what they say when talking about a rookie.

Usually it’s “you know, he’s working hard, and he has a chance to be a special player”. Everyone just builds Oden up and up, then someone like KP will say “but, you know, we don’t want to put too much pressure on him, for the first 41 games”. They KNOW how awesome he looks, and you can hear it in how excited they are.

His offensive game was never that bad at all, and he has a soft touch. In the beginning, his sheer strength and athleticism will get him great position and enable him to use his soft touch or crunk dunking ability. Who can match up with him? He looks bigger and stronger than Dwight Howard. Shaq won’t be able to keep up with him.

I think, just because we have so many offensive options and Oden is still relatively raw (but only raw when compared to his eventual output, not Pryzbilla raw), he’ll score in the mid-teens but be capable of more on a bad team. LMA, Roy, Rudy, Martell, Outlaw, we got a lot of scoring. Oden will get a few touches and clean up a lot of garbage his rookie year, and he’ll be a great offensive rebounder. Think Z-Bo before he was a ‘star’, but insanely athletic and can jump over a squished grape.

If Oden was just “high potential PF” like Horford was, then I wouldn’t think he’d have much of a shot at winning rookie of the year. But, he is ‘hyped-since-he-was-13-#1-pick-center-of-the-decade-Greg Oden’, not just anybody. The Rookie of the Year award is his to lose.

Our record will help him, even if he only scores 10 points a game. His rebounding and blocks and effect on the team and FAME will get votes over crazy Beastly or plain Jane Rose.

Mortimer

going back to the original post, it would be Very unlikely that rudy would score 13 ppg.
It would more likely be somewhere between 7 and 10, (10 if he is all that and a bag of chips.)