Another knee jerk , thoughtless, meaningless “article” I mean … what passes for journalism these days is just sad. Good thing we got rid of Roy after he missed extended games his rookie and 2nd seasons. It is really too bad we chose LA I mean he obviously has a bad heart and a bum shoulder. Its a good thing we didn’t sign Joel to a long term deal cause he has only played 60% of his games so far in his career. If it weren’t for the patience and foresight of KP, who would we have on this team? Oden is going to be the MAN in the middle. He has the talent and the drive. Their are a whole lot of chirpers out there who don’t want portland to be as good as they are. They see us climbing the standings with Oden still playing a limited role. The writing is on the wall. As Oden is developes the rest of the league is in for it!

All he’s saying is why he’s dropping Oden from the list of top 20 rookie contributors, basically because of the combination of underwhelming stats and the many many games missed.

But before Oden is labeled a bust, let’s all catch our breath for a second. He is just 21 years old. He may be injury prone so far, but nobody is immune….

Injuries happen in the game of basketball….

Who’s to say Oden has just been unlucky, rather than injury-prone?

Not sure what’s so objectionable about that.

I do think it’s pretty funny that Mcmenamin was popular around here when he was consistently pointing out how well Roy was playing two years ago in his rookie report, but is a villain now since he’s been down on Oden.

could not agree more. Even this year people are looking from afar at the stats ..9pt 7boards 1 block and not seeing the impact he has had. From my observations his impact is greater than realized …