New Oden Blog Post

by OdenRoyLMA on Sep 1, 2008 6:24 PM PDT

I'm really scrapping for info here, but this is a nice read:

This week has been very good one for me. Last Monday was the first day that I could play 5 on 5. I felt really good out there. The first couple of games was really hard to get back in to the grove of things but after I settled down the game became alot better for me. They still havent just thrown me into playing every game, but I play every other game and every other day. The second day was so much better for me my wind was doing ok and I slowed myself down. Getting out there just got me really excited for when the season starts.

Other than me playing on me I moved into my new place. It really nice and just relaxing to have a view of the city of Portland. Also knowing that im in the place that I own feels good too.

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Glad to hear he's feeling well.

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I appreciate you posting that

Yardbarker no worky for me as of late…so good to be able to read Oden’s blog via you.

"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley

by prezofdeath on Sep 1, 2008 6:59 PM PDT reply actions

…. Sunday morning at the Nike Human Race. He got up on stage before the run and talked a bit about being excited to play 5-on-5 and being back in portland and that kind of thing. I stood only a few feet away from him when he left the stage — it looks to me like he’s already lost some weight compared with pictures of him even a few weeks ago. He looked much more like the Oden we first drafted than the post-surgery slightly heavier oden. I’m not going to say he’s ready to go and pull 20/10 every night, but the dude looked good. Also, he said he’s most excited to go up against D.Howard, because he’s the only real comparison for him on the League…. he said Shaq is still playing, but he’s not the same as he once was. Anyhow, just thought I would share….

by pantelakis on Sep 1, 2008 8:16 PM PDT reply actions

did he really say

that Howard is the only real comparison to him? or did you just add that yourself? If he really said it like that, then that’s awesome that he’s already confident in his ability

by dsx460 on Sep 1, 2008 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

He said...

… that he was most excited to go up against D.Ho, because that is who he best compares with in the League. That isn’t a direct quote, as I didn’t record it or anything, but that was the gist of it. He said there were no other centers that can really do what he does, except for Shaq… and then he said that Shaq isn’t the same anymore. If anybody else on BE was there for this they can verify. He sounded very confident. Only other thing he said was that he was excited to be in town and his favorite place to eat in Portland is Benihana :-)

by pantelakis on Sep 1, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

nice thanks for the recap,

makes me even more excited now that I know he’s feeling very confident

by dsx460 on Sep 2, 2008 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't tell that to Shaq, he might cry on the court

…or get really angry at Greg and foul him hard. And I don’t want to see either.

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Sep 2, 2008 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Andrew Bynum eat your heart out!

Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."

by lee3022 on Sep 2, 2008 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Favorite line

“getting out there just got me really excited for when the season starts”

There may be a few of us who share that sentiment.

by dvcastle on Sep 1, 2008 8:18 PM PDT reply actions

Did you see the photo of the dunk attempt that someone posted below?

Good God!!

"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla

by hurryup09 on Sep 1, 2008 8:21 PM PDT reply actions

Where is the pic at?

by pantelakis on Sep 1, 2008 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Here

Beaver believer!

by mannyfresh1 on Sep 1, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Good lord ....

holy Crapamoleee ….

http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Sep 2, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Atlanta Final Four March 31, 2007 against Georgetown

by lee3022 on Sep 2, 2008 1:49 AM PDT up reply actions

If I remember correctly it stayed an attempt

Nice pic though

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Sep 2, 2008 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions

I was there

And yeah, didn’t really get that close to the rim because the G-town guy semi-tackled him. But he jumped off two feet from behind the dotted circle and didn’t look to be having any problem getting high enough to throw it down. It was one of the craziest exhibitions of athleticism I’ve ever seen in person.

Bayless isn't the second coming of Jordan.
Jordan was the first coming of Bayless.

by KP Corleone on Sep 2, 2008 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions