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Oden: I'm Ready

"I’m ready," says Oden, who missed the entire 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture knee surgery last September. "But the good thing about last year, it got me to calm down. I’m not crazy. 

"I’m excited, but I’m not like, ‘It’s coming up! It’s coming up!’ I’m like (and here he softens his voice), ‘It’s coming. Let’s get it on.’"

Oden is entertaining in a question-and-answer session with the kids. A very large 11-year-old, who says he is 6-feet tall, stands up and asks how tall Oden was at that age. "I was 6-6," Oden says, and the youngsters murmur in awe.  Asked how tall he is now, Oden reveals, "6-11 1/2.

 

So he's grown?

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At 11?

Of course, if I was Oden, I would have lied and said 5’ 4". Additional murmurs.

Kwame and Darko - Grizz '07-'08. The rebuilding is complete.

by RecordTOs on Sep 16, 2008 8:16 AM PDT reply actions  

No, I mean he's 6-11 1/2 now.

Didn’t he used to just be 6-11?

Oden+Roy+Aldridge+Rudy=Dynasty. Believe

by OdenRoyLMA on Sep 16, 2008 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

According to the draft combine

he is 6 11 1/2 without shoes if I remember correctly.

by usmcr3049 on Sep 16, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

OMG U R SO RONG

He was a flat 6’11" without shoes, flat 7 feet with ’em laced up

Smirk, scoff, deride, I can’t believe you got that wrong… sniggle…

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2007&sort2=DESC&draft=0&pos=0&sort=

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Sep 16, 2008 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thank you, Sophia.

I seem to recall also that Greg measured at 6’11.5" too.

He was slouching that day. Or whoever typed that chart goofed.

I WANT THAT MISSING HALF-INCH!

I shoot layups like they're jumpers.

by MiledAnimal on Sep 16, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

HEY!

:*(

Sophia

"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson

by BlazerFan1 on Sep 16, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can we teach him to be 7 foot?

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Sep 16, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sadly you can't teach height...

But he does have tremendous upside and extraordinary length

"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."

The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan

by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 16, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know.

Oden has the work ethic to grow at will I think. He’ll need the extra half inch to win us 15 championships, not just 10.

by Bskey on Sep 16, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

These guys can help

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 16, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sniggle?

http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Sep 16, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

at birth

I heard he was 6’2" and fully bearded when he came out of the womb….murmers…

by danevan on Sep 16, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oden's "relaxed"

Sounds like he’s already adjusted to being a Portlander. That NW ganja will calm anybody down.

It puts the lotion on the skin...or else it gets the hose!

by courtsideerrandboy on Sep 16, 2008 8:20 AM PDT reply actions  

I like Oden

I hope he plays well for the Blazers and they win championships with him as the starting center.

"Sometimes GSoM can be the WWE of basketball!" - Tony.psd

by tominhawaii on Sep 16, 2008 8:42 AM PDT reply actions  

Not a true fan

A true fan wants Joel to become so dominant that Oden has to be relegated to power forward, with LMA drifting down to SF.

Bayless becomes the next CP3 but with better D, Rudy becomes the next MJ, and Roy has to back up LMA at SF.

Get it right in future, please.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 16, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Correction...

Rudy makes MJ look like Mary Poppins with a basketball in hand. Don’t screw this one up again…

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Sep 16, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well, Mary Poppins was...

“Practially perfect in every way.”

So ya got that one right. Would that make Oden ‘Admiral Boom’?

(I have small kids who own this DVD)

by DonkeyShins on Sep 16, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Quote of the Day candidate right there.

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 16, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

3 weeks from today..........

is the first preseason game.

Just 3 short weeks!

The Oden Era, Day 445

by Heymoe on Sep 16, 2008 9:05 AM PDT reply actions  

who is

this greg oden guy everyone is talking about. does he play basketball?

by avalonzero on Sep 16, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply actions  

He replaced Bill Bayno

Bayno was the 5th assistant coach and left to run Loyola Marymount’s team down here in LA.

Oden is the new big man coach to work with Diogu and Frye. What with Frye’s injury, Diogu’s role becomes even more important so they brought in a new coach to take Bayno’s place who deals entirely with bigs.

It was a good hire, I think, because Oden took 3 AAU teams to the regional playoffs. Not too shabby.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Sep 16, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

That would be amazing, if on opening night they announce "at center, #52, Steven Hill"

And Oden was just there for the workouts.

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 16, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Starting at center - Mortimer!

"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 16, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

ANyone know what kibitzing is and why it's used to describe a BBall player?

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Sep 16, 2008 10:52 AM PDT reply actions  

Kibitzing is commenting on another's performance

Like looking over someone’s shoulder while they play chess. Never heard it used in a basketball context. Not many who can look over Oden’s shoulder while he plays.

It's officially been coined: "Decade of Dominance" (D.O.D.)

by LaoTzu on Sep 16, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did anyone else flinch seeing Greg on the sidelines

Of the OSU game at SC, I hope he stayed WAYYYY away from the boundary. All we need is for him to get his knee “rolled up on” during an out-of-bounds play

by two4larue on Sep 16, 2008 11:05 AM PDT reply actions  

yeah remember charlie weise

"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 16, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

And DDR gives you a tight end.

It's officially been coined: "Decade of Dominance" (D.O.D.)

by LaoTzu on Sep 16, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey-oh!

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 16, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

And "We're ready" to see him.

G.O.!

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Sep 16, 2008 3:41 PM PDT reply actions  

back in the day...

…many seven-footers claimed to be 6-11". They thought being a 7-footer make them a “freak.” (Wilt knew no one would believe he was just 6-11, but he made the best of it by saying he was 7-1. But in reality, he was inches taller.

Then there were the 6’10 guys who wanted to be listed as seven-footers (e.g., Hakeem). Changing times—and pre-draft measurements—took all the mystery away.

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

by hurryup09 on Sep 16, 2008 3:56 PM PDT reply actions  

…many seven-footers claimed to be 6-11

I read somewhere that was true of Bill Walton. Maybe he coulda said he was 6-12.

"Screw the chalupa – it’s the victory I want." --timg56

by MiledAnimal on Sep 16, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why must every local article about Oden

Start out by reminding us that he missed the entire 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture knee surgery?

by DarthBlazer on Sep 16, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Hey, yeah.

I never really thought about that until now, but . . . yeah!

I’m gonna be on the lookout for an article, ANY article, about Oden that just doesn’t repeat that.

"Mister Oden is a very, very big human being." - Jerryd Bayless

by QualityPie on Sep 16, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oden missed the entire 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture knee surgery.

Incase you forgot, Oden missed the entire 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture knee surgery! I just want to remind everybody that Oden missed the entire 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture knee surgery!

by DarthBlazer on Sep 16, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe they need to make sure nobody who comes out of his cave or from under his rock right now gets surprised

“Hey, that Oden guy didn’t play at all last season? Wasn’t he the #1 pick? What’s going on?”

St. Bayno's 120 Haiku Prospects: Nicolas Batum in the paint—prairie grass, blown by wind.

by Norsktroll on Sep 17, 2008 3:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

I heard he didn't make the team

That’s what my cousin, who brings delivery to the Blazers practice facility, sez.

The injury was a cover up to save face and hope he actually develops in the last year. Word is, he was so awful KP could be heard screaming through locked doors the need to make a move before everyone realizes that he “makes Sam Bowie look like Kareem”… those were the exact words I believe.

So yeah… it was an “injury”, if you’re a sheeple who believes anything. What, an injury that keeps him out an entire season, and now he’s fine?!? The Blazers must think we was born yesterday.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Sep 17, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Link?

Otherwise bogus, I don’t believe you!

by DarthBlazer on Sep 17, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

You're a newbie

But everyone here knows that you are supposed to believe absolutely every word, no, every letter, that flows from the golden fingers of Mortimer.

Well, unless I disagree with him. If I disagree with him, that of course tops everything.

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.

by jscot on Sep 17, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah...

I believed all of it except for the h in “anything:.”

Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.

"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum

by rockingharder on Sep 17, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

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