Still Waiting On Blazers C Greg Oden

when a blood clot becomes a minor issue. i really hope he plays again though

…there is nothing new here.

We know nothing more or less then we did preciously.

I am hungry…maybe even starving… for good news regarding GO so let’s all hope for something good soon!

sigh

and he will BEAST in the playoffs

Who is still waiting on Greg Oden’s progress? I played the “cautious optimism” card all the way up to the announcement of the new round of scopes.

There’s been a lot of theories about what the cause is. Genetics, body mechanics, alcohol. All three or maybe just those hard years of time traveling with Dr. Who. The moment the team used the “setback” as grounds to bargain him down to 1.5M, that was proof they stopped waiting even before I did. In WARP terms, that puts his projected value somewhere around Chris Johnson territory. 8 times the talent, 1/8th the minutes played. He’s probably completely capable of living a normal life, but professional athletics are basically off the table.

I don’t blame Greg. I’m really sad it’s played out this way. No hard feelings, but I think he’s gonna be allright sooner than we are.

: )

Very unfortunately the parameters of Blazer basketball reality in relationship to Greg Oden are…still rehabbing….no return in sight…on a rapidly expiring 1 year qualifying offer that will leave Oden an unrestricted free agent.

I don’t mean to be cold or callous, but everything else really doesn’t seem like news. Tell me if for some reason it sounds like Oden might actually play. ( I doubt it, at least this season). And this summer? However the Oden situation plays out, will be news. But mid-season athroscopic procedures? I hope and expect they will go well. But we aren’t going to get much news beyond that. Sarcastically I think they could accidently amputate Odens leg…sew it back…and we would get the usual “The Surgery Was A Success” press release.

“There is no update yet”.

Oden rehabilitation news is like a creepy old girlfriend who you broke up with two years ago but won’t stop texting for “one more chance.” Whenever I read it I think, “Oh god, this again? What now?”

..it is unclear when exactly he will or will not have a procedure, that will render his status for the remainder of the year up in the air. This is a minor setback from him being “on schedule” for a return sometime this season (possibly) to be re-evaluated on a week-to-week basis.

1. He is suiting up tonight and is expected to play limited minutes in his first game back in 2.5 years (or whatever it’s been) or
2. He has been traded as part of a package for Steve Nash or (fill in the blank)….

This includes weird pictures of him or his bizarro female friends—not interested.

It would be glorious if he plays for us one day, but I spend zero time thinking about it until one of these non-informational posts pops up.

Why update us on this? So the point of this article is to tell us that he is “day to day” on a date for a potential surgery?
Is this guy still a basketball player?
Seeing Greg up here is like seeing a picture of my ex-girlfriend who dumped me posted on my best friend’s facebook wall.

The realities of living with Ray Felton have made Oden “updates” feel much less depressing!

Can someone explain to me why it is taking so long to deal with those blood clots? Isn’t that something they can do right away?

Look, I understand the Blazers can’t really tell us the situation, and Oden and his agent can’t tell us the real situation. There’s a multi-million dollar contract this summer in the balance, so of course they can’t be honest with the public. And the doctors are blocked by medical privacy laws blah blah blah. But I want the truth. I feel like Oden, or some writer, owes it to Portland for a full honest explanation. It should be in a book, Oden’s biography (authorized or not), that comes out in 10 or 15 years. Is anyone currently working on an Oden book? Or maybe an ESPN 30 for 30, but that might not contain enough detail. But I want someone to explain what was discussed behind closed doors to me, in a series of interviews with now-retired Oden, all the Blazer GMs (KP, Cho, Chad, 2012 GM, etc.), Allen, Larry Miller, McMillan, etc. Just lay it out for us. I’ll pay full price for the hardcover, I just want to know the truth. And don’t give me too many “you can’t handle the truth” responses, they are overplayed. Are we clear?

I like Greg and had/have high hopes for what he could provide us but the “timeline” seems to have stopped before the season started. When will the next announcement of a setback that will keep him out NEXT season come?