Abbott: Interview With Blazers C Greg Oden's Media Coach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icyOTQUoA8c

And not just because of the injuries.

Dude had to grow up being seen as a freak of nature due to his size and his aged look. One of my friends went to a club once and saw Greg there trying to hit on a woman and she shot him down and said “ewww, gross.”

All the guy really had going for him was basketball and that is constantly being taken away from him, so I get why he’s so self-deprecating. Cut the guy some slack.

and thats why there are more nude pics of oden than full seasons played.

and am done being mad at him as a fan. Admittedly he and Roy are one of the most frustrating players to be die-hard fans of, but I think and want all Blazer fans to be at a point to support him no matter what happens. There’s only so long you can beat a dead horse while waiting for it to come back to life, before you’re tired of crying and screaming in anger, to the point of exhaustion. Get well big fella, redeem yourself!

After watching us recently slog our way to loss after loss, I can’t help but remember the intensity that Greg brings when he actually is on the court. I doubt Oden will be watching rebounds hit the floor, or flubbing layups that should be dunked.

With Greg, I’ve come to understand that no news is generally bad news. My assumption that he won’t play professional basketball (or not for the Blazers, at least) will have to be soundly disproven before I give it much thought. In fact, I’m burnt out on the distraction and ready to move on at this point. Between Greg and Brandon, I’m all stocked up on limbo (and no, I’m not talking about the party game “limbo.” We all know Greg isn’t cleared to play that any more than he is basketball or Dance Dance Revolution).

I am assuming he is now targeting his recovery for next year. Took the lower offer so he could feel good about moving on. Having missed four out of five years here, I am thinking he just wants to start new somewhere else. As a fan, I am not bitter about the money the organization has paid him. Just regret we never got to see him play to his ability. Seems odd (or is it unfair?) that other players have MF, or season ending injuries, like Zbo and Blake Grififn, and are able to pick up right away. Too bad, as he would be such a good fit for this team. We are so weak in the post.

Oden can still come back and have a fantastic career. Micro-fracture surgery normally has a 12- to 18-month recovery time; his surgery was in Nov. 2010, so if it took him until May 2012 to be ready, then that would not be unexpected.

As a true Blazers fan, I am rooting for Greg, and praying for him. I hope he comes back and plays 800 games straight with no injuries, which is fully possible.

“When it rains, it pours,” the saying goes. But to quote the late, great Brandon Lee: “It can’t rain all the time.”

Let us keep a good perspective on Greg’s recovery. A gun accidentally loaded with real bullets killed Brandon Lee during the filming of The Crow. In the film his character dies and comes back to exact revenge on all his doubters. In real life, however, Brandon cannot come back and will not come back.

Unlike Brandon however, Greg can still come back. And when he does, I hope that he becomes The Crow, and returns with a vengeance. I hope he hires Trent Reznor to do his Greg Oden Returns soundtrack that plays with the lights off in the Rose Garden before he storms back, and after every monster block.

I know that Greg will appreciate every second he is on the floor 100 times more than any other player. And I hope that when he returns, he terrorizes opponents, destroys them on their own floor, then makes a gasoline pattern in the arena parking lot that spells G.O. and lights it on fire.