durant on oden "Once I heard he was having surgery, to be honest with you I almost drew a tear for...

durant on oden
"Once I heard he was having surgery, to be honest with you I almost drew a tear for him," said Durant, who became the no-brainer No. 2 pick behind Oden in one of the most highly-debated decisions in the draft’s history.
"It’s unfair to him because people don’t know how hard he works every day," Durant said.

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It's a good read.

Durant comes off as really sincere.

by Bskey on Dec 10, 2009 8:44 AM PST reply actions

It looks like Oden is giving the "Double Birdy" in the pic

I didn't mean to turn you on

by dukedee on Dec 10, 2009 9:50 AM PST reply actions

What a BAMF.

Portland > Tacoma

by CaptainSexyJacob on Dec 10, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions

greg looks so young!

what is he in this pic? 27?

by pdxlifer on Dec 10, 2009 9:56 AM PST reply actions

Durant is a good kid

To me, from a basketball perspective, Greg was the obvious pick, but from a character/culture standpoint, I think either would have been great.

#52

by jscot on Dec 10, 2009 10:51 AM PST reply actions

The thing that makes me mad is

when people all of a sudden come out of the woodwork and announce “I said the Blazers should have taken Durant. It was me” Wow, we’re all so impressed with you amazingness. Sounds good on the internet, but in real life there wasn’t a lot of debate. Every team was taking Oden. Sports radio and sports writers made up this mysterious “debate” when there wasn’t really one. Oden was the guy. There was like 0.1% chance of Blazers taking Durant., and maybe a little bit higher if Orlando or Houston got the pick(don’t think either was in the lottery anyway) So Blazers didn’t “mess up”. Blazers were unlucky. Oden is unlucky. And Durant can ball. Period.

Roy, Aldridge, Oden, Rudy, Batum, Outlaw, Webster, Bayless, Blake, Miller, Joel... Holy crap!

by axel360 on Dec 10, 2009 11:28 AM PST reply actions