Not sure it’s the one, but it’s in the right direction.

G.O.

When I listened to Wheels the only other name that I liked was, “The Beast.”

Gretsky was the Great One. Greg hasn’t stepped on the floor yet.

“The Total Package”. I’m not a fan, though. Doesn’t flow well.

I think he will transend any pet name we could give him.

more people know him by jordon then air, and more people know him by gretskey then the great one. what was larrys nickname?

Like Bill Russell, the name alone carries all due weight.

Funny, some great centers got nicknames (Wilt the Stilt, Hakeem the Dream, Diesel, the Admiral),
while others didn’t (Russell, Walton, Ewing); I guess maybe Oden’s just on that second list.
Seems like the nicknamed ones and the nickless are equally great, though;
the difference isn’t one of being better or anything.

Seriously, though, folks.. no nicknames until he’s logged a minute in the NBA, please.

If you look at it, most of the good nicknames come from style of play (Glide, Diesel), physical attributes and/or name rhymes (Wilt the Stilt, Earl the Pearl) or borderline-trivia (Admiral, etc.).

We could go all day with the latter two, but basically not much of worth rhymes with Greg or Oden and we only really know that he’s tall and strong and fast and was injured a couple times. Nothing really outstanding to work with there, either.

This makes me think he’s bound for a no-nickname career (which would be fine with me) or a nickname based on his NBA career, which is, as yet, non-existent. Can’t we just say “let’s wait” for this whole thing? Plus, calling him the Great One before he’s stepped foot on the court in a Blazers uniform seems awfully naive to me. I wonder if peeps called Bowie that, too. Zing!

How about “the lengthy Indianan who could be very good once he recovers from microfracture surgery and begins his career”? Too long? Then again, maybe Pruneface Killah would be better than either of them.

Go Time as in its G.O.’s Time

If you look at how the rest of the country will view him, it’s unlikely they’ll refer to GO as anything other than his surname. It’s distinctive and powerful, which fits him.

Sometimes I just cannot believe our good luck in landing the #1 pick last year.

Or B.O. for short…

I thought one of his nicknames was Goat for some reason. I really would like to see his face photoshopped onto a goat, however Oden might not like that very much. But my best idea is to name him after his dog, Charles Barkley McLovin’, or Charles Barkley for short.

Greg “the Dentist” Oden

Because he looks like old LeBron James on the LeBrons commercials.

The Dentist

The Drillmaster

The Big Bopper

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I thought I’d check online to see if there were any anagrams of “Greg Oden” that might work, and I think there might be some good stuff here:
“Green God”
“Deer Gong”
“Need Grog”

and my personal favorite:
“Engorged”

Also, if you do “Gregory Wayne Oden, Jr.” you can get:
“Gangrene Worry, Joyed”

But I was actually thinking that “Golden” would be a pretty awesome nickname. I can’t really explain why, but Greg “Golden” Oden just sort of works really nicely and kind of rhymes with his name. So, that get my vote as of now.

p.s. If you scramble Rudy’s name, you get “Ad Under Frenzy”, which I think is pretty interesting.

He will lay down the law!!!

kudos to SlyPokerDog at O-live for that one