Oden Vs. Durant.... Again
SI Discusses..
Greg Oden hasn't had the smoothest of rookie seasons. On the other hand, in his second year, Kevin Durant seems to have emerged as a multidimensional superstar-in-the-making. Looking back on the 2007 draft, should Portland have taken Durant at No. 1 instead of Oden?
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steve aschburner
has a decent response.
All in all im impressed no one really called him a bust…for the national media thats surprising!
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by lanepete on Apr 7, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it still seemed to be the give it time answer which is what I like. That an Durant wouldn’t be a good fit on this blazer team.
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
by mxpx5678 on Apr 7, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
some pretty good responses in that article really.
Even the Durant camp wasn’t all doom and gloom on Oden, just that they think Durant would have been better. I think next year we will pretty much know for sure if we made the right pick.
by dario argento on Apr 7, 2009 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen Durant drop Scola to the floor while dunking (or at least attempting to)
By his third season, no one will doubt KP’s choice. Anyone suspect who makes the Allstar game first. Durant is good but he is a forward in the west. Last I checked Greg only has to wait until shaq retires after next season. Durant may make it next year if the Thunder are close to .500 otherwise Shaq will retire first, thus geting oden in as the other center behind Yao.
by NWfan on Apr 7, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
replacing who?
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
by mxpx5678 on Apr 8, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
David West or someone like that prolly
Lemme check who made it this year… okay, these guys very well may not make it again next season: Shaq, Billups, Dirk, David West, Pau Gasol. Now, any or all COULD make it again, but I bet a few of them won’t either due to old age or their teams faltering.
I’d say Durant is a shoo-in to replace West at the very least.
Both Oden and Durant will make a billion allstar games.
Morty
by Mortimer on Apr 8, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And LaMarcus
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by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 8, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When we're winning 60+
LMA will make it fo’ sho’.
Even if the current strong play is a mirage… bestest team’s stars always get some leeway for allstarmanship.
I don’t think it’s a mirage so he’ll make it a few times.
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by Mortimer on Apr 8, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aschburner nailed it
There isn’t an argument about who was the right pick. Portland chose a player that would help the team, instead of a player that would change the emphasis of the team entirely.
by koyote on Apr 7, 2009 4:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"multidimensional"
Ha!
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by Nick Van Excellent on Apr 7, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Durant's invisible at you view him at a profile
Multidimensional, I think not.
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by blzrfan on Apr 7, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a no brainer
Durant is an awesome scorer. He is not a good defender and is usually a pretty bad one. That wins… nothing.
I have no doubt Durant will lead the league in scoring someday. I seriously doubt he will win MVPS; Lebron is only a few years older after all, and Durant’s defense will come up more than Nash’s did because of the position he plays and the people he’ll be defending.
We are already an awesome offensive team, and I’d describe us as still pretty raw offensively. We’re going to get even better offensively over the next few years, becoming totally dominant. Adding a guy as offensively talented as Durant CLEARLY is, is both not needed and would likely cause more problems than actually help us. We hardly have enough shots to go around as it is!
Now, Durant would deserve all the touches and shots he gets, but the larger point is that offense is not our problem. Defense is, and last year it was rebounding and post play (or lack thereof). Oden directly answers all of our problems, and adds toughness and intimidation that Durant will never be able to have.
Right now, as a raw as cookie dough and sometimes pretty bad dumb rookie, Oden draws nightly double teams and even dominates some games. He is out of shape, always travels, keeps the ball low, fouls stupidly, and has kinda a hook shot. AND HE IS ALREADY EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE. It won’t even be fair once he is in shape, keeps that pivot foot locked, keeps that ball shoulder level, fouls smartly, and has that baby hook refined to go along with more power than anyone else in the NBA has.
It really, really, won’t be fair.
After next season no one will say Durant is the right pick, because we’ll have won 60 games or close to it and Oden will have his first “real” season since he’ll be in shape. I would not be surprised if Oden has some games in the playoffs that erases many doubters doubts about him being the correct pick as well.
Even if all he improves on is being in shape and staying out of foul trouble, allowing him to play around 30 minutes a night, he is a better fit than Durant. I highly doubt those are the only things he’ll improve on… that just never happens.
He is too big, too athletic, too long, too strong, too bound to get the friction on.
Even in a pretty crappy game like against Memphis last night, he changes the game.
Our team will be so good it won’t even be fair.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Apr 8, 2009 6:04 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
i hate rec'ing your post cuz i'm a hater but i rec'ed it anyways
love you too
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by broyposse on Apr 8, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i hate rec'ing your post cuz i'm a hater but i rec'ed it anyways
love you too
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by broyposse on Apr 8, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
oops, this was meant for Morty
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