Greg Oden Summer Workout Photos
by Ben Golliver on Jul 7, 2010 2:16 PM PDT
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PrintIn case you missed it last night, Greg Oden went and got himself a fresh haircut: a box cut with racing stripes. I dub it the "pinewood derby". During this morning's kickoff practice for Las Vegas Summer League, Oden was putting in work in the team's weight room.
Oden -- smiling, dancing, meeting some new teammates, exchanging handshakes and, most importantly, moving freely -- went through a varied workout program with trainer Jay Jensen and other Blazers staffers. He spent some time on a balance ball, lifting a weight ball above his head. He did some knee strengthening exercises, moving forwards and backwards in a crouch. He spent a fair bit of time on a treadmill, alternating speeds and getting up to a quick jog while catching some Orlando Summer League coverage on a nearby television. He did a bunch of stretching too and looked tired at times.
How fit is he? It's difficult to tell with the long sleeve shirt. One thing is for sure: he's still a brick wall, a supersized version of anyone else in the gym today. Past that, it was difficult to make any determination. He closed his workout with a weigh-in and walked with a purposeful, hitch-free stride. The team's Summer League coach, Kaleb Canales, said he thought Oden looked "good" and said he was happy to see him in the gym recently.
Alright, enough of the rundown. Here's a slideshow of images from Oden's workout. Click here for the full size slideshow or check it out below.
So how does he look?
-- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter
PS More from practice coming later today or tomorrow.
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you didn't snap these through the blinds did you?
;-)
I assume they wouldn’t let you take video, which is understandable. Hard to tell much of anything from the pics, especially with that long sleeve baggy shirt on.
That said, it’s good to here is moving normally and he doesn’t look obviously overweight or anything. Count me among those that would like to see him play about 20 pounds lighter than he did last year.
"I want to be traded to a contender" is almost always code-speak for "I'm a loser."
-Dave, 2/5/2010: http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/2/5/1297509/no-amore-for-amare
I say grow it taller througout the season
By the time the playoffs come around he’ll have that old school Kid & Play look
by DephlatorMouse on Jul 7, 2010 2:21 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Is it legal to block shots with your hair?
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
Yes.
And they count in the stat line.
"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010
Oden — smiling, dancing, meeting some new teammates, exchanging handshakes and, most importantly, moving freely
The term “moving freely” makes me think he’s frolicing around the weight room listening to Taylor Swift or something…
Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!
"Turner, at midcourt...inside it, at the buzzer, GOT IT!!!!"
We're the Big Ten, who the F@*# are YOU??!?!?!
by Andrew Tolliver on Jul 7, 2010 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Makes me think he's light on his toes
happy to be a healthy man again, ready to DESTROY ALL IN HIS PATH.
It’s going to be a thrilling season, amigos!
"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010
Truth.
Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!
"Turner, at midcourt...inside it, at the buzzer, GOT IT!!!!"
We're the Big Ten, who the F@*# are YOU??!?!?!
by Andrew Tolliver on Jul 8, 2010 6:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey take it easy. DDRMAX2 was a great game…
Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!
"Turner, at midcourt...inside it, at the buzzer, GOT IT!!!!"
We're the Big Ten, who the F@*# are YOU??!?!?!
by Andrew Tolliver on Jul 8, 2010 6:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Stop that. Right. Now.
If I hear Taylor Swift via Youtube on my girl’s PC one more time I’m gonna pop an eyeball I swear!
She promises me she’s not going to get into C&W music in general… but I still worry.
Like the Whos down in Whoville they did it without boxes or ribbons or bows, they did without centers or posting down low. They won without All-Stars and Spaniards and Frenchmen. They won with old geezers and sub-par defense-men. They won playing rookies from deep off the benches. They won with their grit and their guts in the trenches. And some who observed them have been known to say that their hearts grew three sizes (at least!) on the way. One hopes with their poise and their passion now proven that once they are healthy their game will be groovin'.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!
"Turner, at midcourt...inside it, at the buzzer, GOT IT!!!!"
We're the Big Ten, who the F@*# are YOU??!?!?!
by Andrew Tolliver on Jul 8, 2010 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, be really careful
Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum are like gateway drugs that lead to more CW music.
Ryan Gomes: forever a Blazer in our hearts.
moving freely
sounds like a traffic report to me.
in most of those photos he is just standing around... lol
but it is nice to see he is putting in the time and looking to get better. Maybe Oden should go with a massive fro… it would block the view of the hoop for the smaller guards. Oden effect + fro effect = title.
Oden with a huge fro would be awesome
It’s a whole new marketing scheme.
Portland = Rise with Us to Portland = Fear The Fro
THANK YOU KEVIN PRITCHARD
Blazers fan since '91
"We are the black void. We are the red steel. We are the white sword. With ball in hand shall we reap the sins of this NBA and cleanse it in the fires of destruction. We are the Trail Blazers. The end has come!"
by rise_stand_resist on Jul 7, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
Nice!
Rec for juiciness.
"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010
Fro would be nice... KNEE PADS is what needs to happen.
I have been saying it and i will keep on saying it… Greg Oden needs to rock those Classic NBA Center bulky knee pads like Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, young Shaq and all the other great centers of NBA lore.
On a different note, I have a gut feeling that Greg Oden is going to make a statement this year… ON THE COURT!
by Portland Dynasty on Jul 7, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
where's the photoshop from last year
Oden with a fro, glasses, and knee-socks (I think)?
You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.
Artis Gilmore retro look
“when I dunk, I want the ball to stick to the floor’
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
by two4larue on Jul 7, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks, Ben
he looks a little ‘beefy’ but nothing for concern at this stage, IMO.
Let’s hope his Pinewood Derby works out better for him than my cars did for me as a kid….
He still looks like an Oaf
Hopefully someone will P*ss him off, and he wil get serious about kicking a**!
I have held on to my high hopes for Greg, but this is it. Make it or break it time. You got one more rep in you, don’t you Greg! Push yourself baby!
by TrailBlazer4Life on Jul 7, 2010 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
He needs to do his Oden Minutes.
CKTK: A music blog. We write about what we want to write about.
#14
I think we've all been slacking off
on our Oden Minutes. Today, I will add mine to the end of my workout in honor of your suggestion.
"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010
Oh yes.
Where would we be without the Oden haters around here? Never mind his manly numbers when healthy—somehow having a likable personality and/or shattering his patella makes him a weenie?
IDGI
I'm just not crazy about player nick names...
by Hipster Olympic Team! on Jul 7, 2010 2:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't see how TB4L is hating here
He just said Oden needs to get more aggressive. It’s true…Oden looks timid a LOT of the time.
I would be timid, too, if my bones were made of
glass. I truly wish him the best, I don’t think he could emotionally handle another long-term injury.
Thank yo GMan!
I’m not hating on Oden, in fact he is my second fav player on he team, behind Batum. I love Greg when he is healthy. I want him to become a man, because he will has the ability to dominate this league if he does.
If he remains flacid, he will have a mediocre career at best. :-(
by TrailBlazer4Life on Jul 7, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Geeze
I need to slow down a little. Meant to say:
Thank you GMan!
&
because he has the ability to dominate this league
by TrailBlazer4Life on Jul 7, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe it's just your word choices
I mean really… flacid? Mediocre?
I’m told there are pics to refute this.
hahaha
Odong
I'm just not crazy about player nick names...
by Hipster Olympic Team! on Jul 7, 2010 5:58 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
looks good..
I want to see photos of Greg (fully clothed) on the the court. Hopefully, we’ll see those soon..
"closed his workout with a weigh-in and walked with a purposeful, hitch-free stride."
So, do we know the results of the weigh-in and did he RUN with a purposeful, hitch-free stride?
Good news that he is here and training. I still long for the days when there was the “big man’s camp” rather than the scattershot approach of today.
Anyway, he looks good — hopefully he’ll move well and stay healthy.
Better hoping he'll turn to
All Star, 1st team defense, career average 15pts/13rbs and 3 blks per game….
I wonder if he's still sweating out the liquor he
Consumed last weekend in Vegas . Smh.
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by BlazerFan1 on Jul 7, 2010 2:59 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Gasp!
A legal-aged young man DRINKING ALCOHOL IN LAS VEGAS!!! In the summertime no less! This is truly a character flaw that MUST BE RECTIFIED!
by GMan83201 on Jul 7, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
Yeah smh at anyone who missed the dripping
Sarcasm.lol dude is busting his butt in the gym I’m happy/proud and was (attempting to) mocking Greg oden haters .
S
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by BlazerFan1 on Jul 7, 2010 4:38 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
haha.
These guys would disagree. Soccer has some of the most gruesome injuries in all of the major sports.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Jul 7, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Out of the dull-drums of summer...
Lookin good big fella! Can’t wait to see you smash once again!
Check out J-Xile Portland's hottest up and coming hip hop artist
Oden rocking the huge stogie
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by pualo on Jul 7, 2010 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
just what we need more trail blazers with an addiction to blunts and broads. We’ve already got the naked pic, the lewd dancing pic, now we have the National inquirer front pager… “Trail Blazers let Greg Oden smoke marijuana blunts in the practice facility for pain relief of his chronic injuries.”
by smoothbeans on Jul 7, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
uh dude it's the weight bar, not a cigar, calm down
by rip_city_swagger on Jul 7, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Those injuries...
musta been hella chronic!!!
There exists a quality which is nameless.
by 500dogs on Jul 7, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
don't want any freudian implications around Oden, please
You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.
Looks Like Arnold Shwartzenegger in "Raw Deal"
Awesome!
"im ready for a fight..." -Joel Przybilla
by KillaPrzydollaBILLA on Jul 7, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome I was just gonna say that!
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Jul 7, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Has there been any indication of discussions between Oden and the team about a contract extension or lack thereof?
I wouldn't expect anything concrete until a GM is hired.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Ben. said on twitter he expects Oden to become RFA
But I think that’s just his opinion.
You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.
he needs an old Clifford Ray
to be his big man’s coach
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
How does he look?
That haircut IMMEDIATELY brought to mind an old Mark Bryant HOOPS card I had as a kid!
Throwback = Awesome!
http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/Portals/iama/images/mark_bryant.jpg
That's what I'm talking about.
Greg’s got the “low-rise” version.
facebook.com/year5000
by Y5k on Jul 7, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember Armon Gilliam had one of those crooked Gumby box cuts for awhile
and Pat Lafferty was trying to make a funny re: if you set AG down on his head he’d tip over
but the Snapper was having none of it
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
That was the first thing I thought of!
Mark Bryant throwback!
Great pics! Thank you. His hair looks nice.
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
Love
Greg! Always have since the day we drafted him. Wish him the best this season!
by NorthWest Connection on Jul 7, 2010 4:43 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks for being on top of things and getting this info, Ben.
I’d be curious what weight he’s shooting to come into training camp and play at.
You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.
Always loved Greg fearless hairdo action.
I was even down with the fauxhawk… but I think this look is especially good on him. Hope he hangs onto it through the full season.
Like the Whos down in Whoville they did it without boxes or ribbons or bows, they did without centers or posting down low. They won without All-Stars and Spaniards and Frenchmen. They won with old geezers and sub-par defense-men. They won playing rookies from deep off the benches. They won with their grit and their guts in the trenches. And some who observed them have been known to say that their hearts grew three sizes (at least!) on the way. One hopes with their poise and their passion now proven that once they are healthy their game will be groovin'.
Well,
Glad to see the big guy with some clothes on.
I hope he’s ready to crush the League by playing 30mpg next season.
When I see him throwing shots back at guys during training camp I’ll be a lot more happy.
"You know, when you are in the game, you hear 20,000 people behind you, you don't feel anything."
- Nicolas Batum on playing through his shoulder injury during the 2010 playoffs.
by halo_on on Jul 7, 2010 5:37 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I've said it before
and I’ll say it again..
Greg Oden is the Blazer’sEdge!
This year you will see why he was the #1 pick.
Greg Oden changes the game on both offense and defense. How many other players can do that?
How does 12 points/12 rebounds/ 3 blocks in 30 minutes for 68 games sound for a 3rd wheel? [I hereby predict]
Greg Oden is the Blazer’sEdge!
Thank you for the post Ben!
Best news I’ve heard from the Blazers this summer. I don’t care if I’m hopelessly optimistic, but I’m always willing to support Greg Oden. It’s great to see him making progress. Compared to previous pictures, it looks like he still has some work to do in slimming down.
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
Hmm, that haircut has me imagining Greg as Frankenstein.....
I do believe he could “channel” a seriously intimidating rendition.
"You be realistic," Oden said. "I’m going to stay happy. All right?"
If that high top fade unleashes his inner Hoya Destroya era Patick Ewing
I’m on board!
Speaking of cruel, Portland fired GM Kevin Pritchard an hour before the draft. Hey, he's only a top-seven GM -- there are plenty of those. Does anyone else think Al Davis died a year ago and took over Paul Allen's body? - Bill Simmons
Can't get over the fact that Pritchard -- fired earlier in the day -- is still running Portland's draft. If I were him, I'd be in Portland's war room loudly calling other GMs and saying things like, "I have an offer for you: I'll trade you our No. 23 pick, and in return, YOU HELP ME PULL THE F****** KNIFE OUT OF MY BACK!!!!! Do we have a deal????" - Bill Simmons
yes!!!
Love it, if Oden is happy, smiling, having a good time, being positive, I just can’t help but think that everything is going to be alright for blazer nation. I mean c’mon, all those serious frowny looks we’ve seen from him over the last few years, and all the injuries that went along with them? I’m not saying he should have been happy about the injuries, just saying, a positive attitude and a sunny outlook on life can go a long way.
#52
"Parting ways is not the end of the world. Ultimately, it may not be a bad thing at all, but right now I know the emotions are pretty raw. But it doesn't serve anyone to bash the Trail Blazers or Paul. It is after all a business of tough decisions. So, for the sake of the players, coaches and everyone who believes in Trail Blazers basketball, let's turn the page, move on and keep our eye on the prize." -KP
by The Cactus Leaguer on Jul 7, 2010 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
#52
I still believe.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
Great to see the big guy working out
great to see him smiling, and great to see him rocking the fade. Keep on keeping on #52
"Bof teemz play hahd"
just get the weight right
Joel lost weight and recovered from his early-career plague of injuries.
If you want to stay healthy, just make sure your weight is dead on what it should be.
You don’t want to trade a future as one of the great NBA centers of all time for a couple of big macs.
Wait... What???
I know some of Joel’s early career injuries are reportedly due to carrying too much weight, but you can’t exactly say he “recovered from his early-career plague of injuries.”
In his 11 year career, Przy played more than 70 games in years 2, 6, 9 and 10. Less than 70 games in years 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 11. In his six years as a Blazer, he has played in 70 games precisely half of them.
I don’t expect big men to play in all 82 games. 70 to me is the mark to try and surpass. I wouldn’t exactly say Joel has been anything close to injury free just because he played in 77 and 82 games in back to back seasons. That was averaged out by his 30 games last year.
by Rodney Gustafson on Jul 8, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
sure glad Camby is on the squad
Camby ought to be able to serve as an incredible role model for Oden.
When can we stop talking about this guy?
Wake me when he does something remotely good.
Looks too much like...
KEVIN DUCKWORTH to me. He needs to strengthen his lower back.
Seeing this haircut gives me the urge to watch some sweet 90s basketball…
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl_blz_on=xl_blz_on&client=mv-google&v=YcSvf01pdio
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