Greg big interview on local sports radio in Indiana

Via our friends at Indy Cornrows. Really relaxed and long interview (15 minutes)! Covering everything from how he likes it in Portland, dealing with the media, his health state, what plans he has for the summer, Roy and Rudy, former teammates, etc.

You can also download it here.

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Thank you!

The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.

Kings fan

by dyshooter182 on May 18, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks!

The NBA: Where Amazingly Bad Officiating Happens.

by The Roybot on May 18, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks!

Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.

by johnv59 on May 18, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions

that was cool

I like the Multnomah Falls shout out.

by jksnake99 on May 18, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions

Too choppy, would love to read the trancript

by southern oregon on May 18, 2009 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

Crystal clear on my Mac.

He sounded so much more comfortable talking with them, which makes sense. I liked how he talked about improving his quickness and “getting back” his athleticism from a year ago. Sounds like his legs were just dead all year and he never got them back. Encouraging and exciting. Let’s go Blazers!!!

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

by GonzoFan on May 18, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah it sounded fine on my Mac too. Mac props. It is definitely encouraging to just hear the tone in his voice. You can tell that he is coming down a bit from the season, which is probably the best thing for him. A lot of people complained that he showed a lack of commitment by going back to school, but honestly I wouldn’t want him to be anywhere else. Just clear your head and come back focused and ready to win. Indeed, GO BLAZERS.

by resurrect_ha28 on May 18, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Ohh...

A Mac eh.. (mocking voice).

The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.

Kings fan

by dyshooter182 on May 18, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Mac > PC

The NBA: Where Amazingly Bad Officiating Happens.

by The Roybot on May 18, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Come on guys.

No need to start the operating system holy wars in an Oden interview thread.

by Timmay! on May 18, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Too bad for Mac Fans:

http://sportsperformance.stvincent.org/Gallery/oden.htm

Oden, multiple videos talking about the benefits of St Vincents.

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I can watch those on my Mac...

The NBA: Where Amazingly Bad Officiating Happens.

by The Roybot on May 18, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions

You mean that plastic box that Steve Jobs overprices?

Oh I can go on.

Bring it.

The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.

Kings fan

by dyshooter182 on May 19, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

If you have a mac, it basically means you're not doing anything important

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

by hobobob on May 20, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

How

are you listening to it on Coach Nate’s (Mac) PC? :-)

Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.

by johnv59 on May 18, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

i’m a pc. i’m a mac.

dinasour type of guys choir boys

by mittsabishy on May 18, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Is that a belt? Or are you happy to see me Kevin?

by Sabonis4Ever on May 18, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

LOL

"Whatever...I heard Bayless uses a pillowcase as a wallet." --TiH

by prezofdeath on May 18, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow. That pic makes Durant look beefy next to Greg.

"Aneurysm".

When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie

by annthefan on May 19, 2009 2:42 AM PDT up reply actions

it was clear on my

"Howard, he know me" Rudy

by phillyduck23 on May 18, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions

was perfect on my PC as well.

COMCAST SUCKS!!
"Let's win the playoffs!!!!!"- Rudy Fernandez

by shamman on May 21, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the blog Greg mentions is this one, by his former Ohio (end of bench) teammate Mark Titus

http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/2009/04/to-whom-it-may-com-stern.html

He gets briefly mentioned in this post

by Norsktroll on May 18, 2009 9:49 PM PDT reply actions

I love Club Trillion. Titus is a really talented writer.. he’ll end up working for a media outlet in his post-OSU days, I think.

draft rodrigue beaubois

by Cablinasian on May 18, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks a lot man ! rec it green !

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:16 PM PDT reply actions

Whoops

Already at the top ma bad :)

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I like greg

he’s a solid bro, brah.

"The problem with tweeners is that sometimes they’re exactly what you need to plug the hole and sometimes they are the hole."

-LaughingJon

by appel82 on May 18, 2009 10:17 PM PDT reply actions

Drinking brewheims with your broheims?

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions

And he's working out at St Vincents because

it’s a program that specializes in developing quickness.

It would be nice if all the folks who got bent out of shape over Greg going to summer school would acknowledge that maybe he does care and work hard.

by raoulduke on May 18, 2009 10:21 PM PDT reply actions

Greg At St Vincents

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

NO

GREG SHOULD SPEND HIS 16 WAKING HOURS IN THE GYM!

by Zaig on May 21, 2009 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Missing some great weather Greg

Come back quick and happy. Domination starts this season.

by Sabonis4Ever on May 18, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions

"Great Weather"

We have a storm front coming in :(

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

(dude shut up Greg can hear you)

by Sabonis4Ever on May 18, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs

Hot damn you must be on a roll today

Rec again.

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

BTW

We all know, Greg brings the thunder :)

Offseason:
Trade For Mike Conley Jr
Sign Antonio McDyess & Othello Hunter
Draft Kevin Seraphin/Edwin Jackson(Eurostash)

by TheGreatDane17 on May 18, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Indy weather sucks

Cold as hell during winter, bizzards season. Summer time is Humidity, thunder storms and tornadoes.

by svlittle on May 18, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Great interview

he sounds good.. I’m sure if he loses about 15 pounds and gets his explosiveness back, watch out…

This year is NOT a building season!!

by collectiveshane on May 18, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions

i can't wait for

GO year 2, i think its gonna be a lot of fun

"Howard, he know me" Rudy

by phillyduck23 on May 18, 2009 11:14 PM PDT reply actions

next season cannot come soon enough

I want to see this Greg Oden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz5CkALMlNM

OH YEAH!!!

Sounds that he is well on his way, have a good offseason, get his mind right, get his basketball sense back playing against lesser opponents. It is just so hard stepping in against NBA players after being out like he has been and you could see his confidence was shot.

Coming into the NBA he had confidence and you can see it in that video, but I cannot wait until he has his confidence back and what he can do.

But first lets enjoy this glorious Portland summer (coming soon……hopefully……..maybe in a month or so……..maybe not……….perhaps by September?………but it is Portland)

"Damn the Blazers. Damn them to hell. They are working the rest of the league like a speed bag." - Bill Simmons 6/26/08

by SpyderRyder on May 18, 2009 11:18 PM PDT reply actions

that cornrow page seems pretty dead

by svlittle on May 18, 2009 11:29 PM PDT reply actions

lol it's all bedgers

"Whatever...I heard Bayless uses a pillowcase as a wallet." --TiH

by prezofdeath on May 18, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions

did you see their recent posts still had one from two months ago

by svlittle on May 18, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions

you think that's bad....

http://www.peninsulaismightier.com/2008/11/25/670751/what-you-guys-think-about

i posted this back in november on the heat blog and it’s still in their top 50 of most recent posts.

hehehe

"Whatever...I heard Bayless uses a pillowcase as a wallet." --TiH

by prezofdeath on May 19, 2009 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions

good interview...greg doesn't seem to be a big fan of the city though ahhahah

not an outdoorsman and not a fan of the weather.

"Whatever...I heard Bayless uses a pillowcase as a wallet." --TiH

by prezofdeath on May 18, 2009 11:51 PM PDT reply actions

TRADE HIM!!

The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.

Kings fan

by dyshooter182 on May 19, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Let's just hope that Oden's career path doesn't mirror Shaq's entirely....

Although the stats would be nice, the city hopping….not so much. At least LA and Miami were delivered titles, Orlando drafted the guy and got no hardware out of him.

"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"

-Ron Artest

If Artest can say it, so can I. Broy>Kobe.

by premthegrem on May 19, 2009 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe he could go hiking, although going down for several hours is probably not the best for the knees of a 7 footer even using sticks

Snowboarding, skiing and climbing should be contractually forbidden in his contract. The outcry would be big if he pulled a Vlad Rad.

by Norsktroll on May 19, 2009 3:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Mountain biking on a trail is allowed though. Roy and Webster did it last year.

by Norsktroll on May 19, 2009 3:40 AM PDT up reply actions

Also contractually forbidden: DDR

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on May 19, 2009 5:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Gotta blame the coaching staff

He was rehabbing and need to run to the hills, and they took him to a residential neighborhood. Why hasn’t the visitors association reached out to him?

;-o

by tominhawaii on May 19, 2009 4:09 AM PDT up reply actions

exactly - he obviously needs a Made in Oregon tote bag to fully acclimate himself

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on May 19, 2009 6:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Really nice to hear him so relaxed.

You can tell he was a little homesick this season and I think it sounds like it’s doing wonders for his mental state to not have to think so much about basketball for a while. I’m in the group that thinks most of Greg’s issues have been mental. I think some time away from the pressure to perform can only help him. Once everyone comes back, he should be ready to go. This is really encouraging.

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on May 19, 2009 12:18 AM PDT reply actions