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Alright, so I haven't seen very many people at talking about this performance tonight by GO, maybe I'm looking in the wrong place... I know we lost, and I know it's really his first real game playing with confidence and he only played 24 minutes... BUT.

3-3 from the field 5-6 from the stripe and NO TURNOVERS! He looked tired, and was breathing hard, but he looked really into the game and not out of place.


I was reallly really stoked. Maybe that's just me and I'm a homer, but I'm freaking excited. Go us. :cheers:



That is all. Your thoughts on his night tonight?
 
According to Real GM, he had an FIC40 score of 28.3. Not quite sure how the hell FIC is measured or if anyone really cares about it, but one of the best FIC40 scores in a single season by a player since 1990 was Michael Jordan's at 23.9 (and David Robinson at 24). Not bad for a second real game.

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wi.../oden_logs_first_double_double_of_nba_career/
http://www.realgm.com/src_fromtherafters/138/20080109/the_reina_value/

Top FIC (Per 40 Minutes) For Each Season Since 1990

89-90: Michael Jordan (23.90)
90-91: David Robinson (24.80)
91-92: David Robinson (24.99)
92-93: Hakeem Olajuwon (24.03)
93-94: Shaquille O’Neal (23.63)
94-95: David Robinson (23.47)
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Anyways, I am super duper excited to see how Oden develops this season. He is going to be redic.
 
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Yeah I thought he played pretty damn good for 24 minutes. 11\11\4 no TO's ??? Not bad. And those blocks were huge.
 
And just the presence on both ends of the floor make him even better. Oden does a lot of things that don't show up on the stats sheet, but really help the team win.
 
Hopefully, this fine performance by Greg silences - or at least hushes - some of the doubters and haters out there. This is a nice confidence-booster for Oden. I hope he does even better tomorrow against the Wolves and help us get the win.
 
I thought he played great and it was really sad that we weren't able to celebrate it with a win. I think he'll play better in the next two games and then he'll have a smashing home debut against Chicago on ESPN. 20 & 10. Just you wait.
 
w00t! Glad it wasn't just me who was thrilled. VERY solid outing for sir gregory.
 
BenDavis503 said:
Except we didn't win...
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We played against one of the best teams in the NBA on their home floor.

That we lost shouldn't really shock anyone nor be counted against Oden's performance.

Ed O.
 
Lopez > Oden!! :P


Great showing by Oden in limited time. Hopefully he doesn't go fracture his patella while making an omelet before next game.
 
Ed O said:
We played against one of the best teams in the NBA on their home floor.
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Hell, we even beat the spread! (7 points was the spread, btw).

Oden's 11/11/4 in 24 is really encouraging to see. Over 40 minutes, that's 18/18/7, which is simply ridiculous.
 
I loved what I saw from Oden last night, but I'm tempering my excitement until hearing that he awoke in one piece...

The best sign, for me, was that he didn't get called for goal tending on that HUGE block. One of the biggest collective concerns was that he wouldn't get much respect from the refs early in his career and would be in constant foul trouble. Getting the benefit of the doubt on a play like that is a sign that his defensive reputation will be established quickly.
 
His EFF for the game was 25 in 24 minutes. That's incredible production - especially considering he only attempted 3 FG.

BNM
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Hell, we even beat the spread! (7 points was the spread, btw).

Oden's 11/11/4 in 24 is really encouraging to see. Over 40 minutes, that's 18/18/7, which is simply ridiculous.
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He would have fouled out at 35 minutes, however, if you carry the fouls into the analysis.
 
Boob-No-More said:
His EFF for the game was 25 in 24 minutes. That's incredible production - especially considering he only attempted 3 FG.

BNM
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That's the best part IMO. Plus he only had one offensive rebound; that won't be the case as he continues to get healthy.
 
handiman said:
I loved what I saw from Oden last night, but I'm tempering my excitement until hearing that he awoke in one piece...

The best sign, for me, was that he didn't get called for goal tending on that HUGE block. One of the biggest collective concerns was that he wouldn't get much respect from the refs early in his career and would be in constant foul trouble. Getting the benefit of the doubt on a play like that is a sign that his defensive reputation will be established quickly.
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Watching it in real time, I thought it was a goal tend and the reply showed that it was indeed on it's way down. I think it totally caught the refs by surprise and they swallowed their whistles. He came from the weak side and it was a high arcing shot. I just don't think the refs were expecting anyone to block that shot and were caught off guard.

BNM
 
Definitely goal tending, but really fun to watch. I guess his hops are still there.
 
PapaG said:
He would have fouled out at 35 minutes, however, if you carry the fouls into the analysis.
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Two of those fouls were very late in the game on Chris Paul. They were good fouls as they stopped the clock and kept Paul from getting easy lay-ups. Prior to that he had 2 fouls in 22.5 minutes. Which is very acceptable for such a physical player - especially a rookie.

BNM
 
Entity said:
Definitely goal tending, but really fun to watch. I guess his hops are still there.
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Yes, and a great big F-you to Gavin Dawson and his idiotic anti-Oden rant yesterday morning.

BNM
 
TBH, if Greg stat line was like that every night i'd be ok with that for a few seasons. 12/10/3 are pretty much in line with Tyson Chandler/Emeka Okafor stats. With the first team he might be the 4th option once Marty comes back.
 
That block shot, goaltending or not, was a thing of beauty.
 
TehChad said:
And just the presence on both ends of the floor make him even better. Oden does a lot of things that don't show up on the stats sheet, but really help the team win.
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Well said. I don't know how many times that guys tried to drive inside (Including Paul) and they just ran into this huge wall named Greg Oden. You could tell by the end of the game, that pretty much about everyone on the Hornets was looking over their shoulders when attempting to go inside, trying to locate Greg. That caused them to miss a lot of shots, which kept Portland in the game.
 
It doesn't matter what anyone says about Oden. I'm sure they are going to twist this like...

"Look how happy people are just because he got 11 points"... etc...

Believe! Greg isn't just going to be good, he is going to be GREAT! He is probably my favorite player right now. Him and Bayless are probably my 2 favorites on the Blazers. I like Batum a lot also.
 
Anyone else getting the feeling, deep inside, that the first time he blocks a shot like that at the Rose Garden, the players ears might start bleeding because the reaction is so loud?
 
Yeah i was surprised they didn't call it goaltending. I thought it was a close one during the game, but in the replay it was def. goaltending. Oh well. :)
 
Boob-No-More said:
Yes, and a great big F-you to Gavin Dawson and his idiotic anti-Oden rant yesterday morning.

BNM
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Here's the quote from Gavin Dawson the morning of that block:

Gavin Dawson said:
Seriously, have you ever seen a player that out of shape and unable to get his feet up off the ground? I haven't, really.
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How's that for getting his feet up of the ground you freakin' idiot. And that block came after Oden had played 22 minutes. So much for Dawson's rant that Oden can't even play 16 minutes and be effective. Everything Dawson said yesterday was thrown right back in his face by Oden's performance last night.

BNM
 
Oden scored 11 points taking only 3 shots and not yet capable of having an offense run through him. Once he refines his post game and starts taking shots within the offense, I think 20 PPG is guaranteed and I'd be extremely surprised if he doesn't average 25 PPG, on one of the best shooting efficiencies in the game, through his prime.
 
Minstrel said:
Oden scored 11 points taking only 3 shots and not yet capable of having an offense run through him. Once he refines his post game and starts taking shots within the offense, I think 20 PPG is guaranteed and I'd be extremely surprised if he doesn't average 25 PPG, on one of the best shooting efficiencies in the game, through his prime.
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Sounds good to me. I am interested in seeing how he does against someone else as big as him. Hopefully we can see him against Shaq when they play Phoenix in a few games.
 
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