A Conflicting Statement To Me

[ABM]

Why not quit picking about what he said in a blog post and just see how it all plays out. I know you're a big fan and a really nice guy but you constantly picking apart Oden in multiple forums is getting old.

So, don't read them, then. Yes, I'm a fan, and a really nice guy. I also think Oden needs to put his money where his mouth is. Frankly, I think his blog is where he's the sincerest.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

So, don't read them, then.

LMAO, wow dude, you're not nearly as touchy in person.

Oden did suck it up and practiced. Nate, the coach, saw him trying running up and down the court and shut it down. Even if he wanted to "suck it up" and play it sounds like the coach of the team doesn't want him to play against the Spurs.

 

[ABM]

LMAO, wow dude, you're not nearly as touchy in person.

Oden did suck it up and practiced. Nate, the coach, saw him trying running up and down the court and shut it down. Even if he wanted to "suck it up" and play it sounds like the coach of the team doesn't want him to play against the Spurs.

I find it at least curious that Nate would "shut him down." I sincerely wonder what all went into that chain of events.

 

[Spud147]

So, don't read them, then. Yes, I'm a fan, and a really nice guy. I also think Oden needs to put his money where his mouth is. Frankly, I think his blog is where he's the sincerest.

I totally get what you're saying and it might be wishful thinking on my part but I think he meant he was going to have to suck it up and play when he's still in a lot of pain. I'm sure he's especially gun shy about his knees after the micro fracture experience and part of his hesitation is fear of injury. He's a very young man and the Blazers have probably babied him a little too much. I think he'll learn to play in pain and understand when it's an injury and when it's just an ache. There couldn't be a better role model for him playing through injuries than Joel. I really think he'll come around and grow into the center we're all hoping for. He just needs more than one season to get there.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I find it at least curious that Nate would "shut him down." I sincerely wonder what all went into that chain of events.

Chain of events? Again I think it's much simpler than you're making it, he sees Oden gimping up and down the court. It's painful to watch. He tells him to please stop.

 

[ABM]

I totally get what you're saying and it might be wishful thinking on my part but I think he meant he was going to have to suck it up and play when he's still in a lot of pain. I'm sure he's especially gun shy about his knees after the micro fracture experience and part of his hesitation is fear of injury. He's a very young man and the Blazers have probably babied him a little too much. I think he'll learn to play in pain and understand when it's an injury and when it's just an ache. There couldn't be a better role model for him playing through injuries than Joel. I really think he'll come around and grow into the center we're all hoping for. He just needs more than one season to get there.

Exactly. You're saying it much better than me.

 

[anonymous gambler]

Im gonna have to suck it up quick cause the end of the reagular season is coming to a end quick. On another note im watching MTV's America's Best Dance Crew and Qwest Crew better win they're sick!

~Greg Oden

Translation:

I'm going to have to recover quickly to be ready for the playoffs. On another note, I like Qwest crew on this TV show.


I don't get this over analysis. Somehow, you get from this that Oden isn't committed? You have no patience- it's his first season back from Microfracture and he's young- give him time. As I've mentioned before, the picks that didn't pan out, never showed the flashes that Greg has shown in this season. His per minute averages (except fouls) are very very promising.

 

[STOMP]

I want to see him play...so does Nate, so do many others. Like I had indicated, when he says, "I'm gonna have to suck it up", then we hear he's not playing......yet again (see: Spurs @ RG)......what am I supposed to conclude?...especially since (it appears to me) he's more than focused on the dance stuff.

bright people often have more then one interest in life... and Greg happens to like a TV show.

Concern here seems very misplaced

STOMP

 

[maxiep]

ABM, you're trying to read too much into what he's saying. I know we're all anxious to see him play, but the body is on its own schedule.

 

[ABM]

bright people often have more then one interest in life... and Greg happens to like a TV show.

Concern here seems very misplaced

STOMP

Sorry, but I don't really equate Greg as being necessarily bright. Funny and fun, but certainly not the brightest bulb on the porch. My opinion only. Strictly based upon the number of blog entries I've read over the past couple of years.

OK, I'm done with all this. I'm sure I've pursued this folly far enough.

Cheers.

 

[ABM]

ABM, you're trying to read too much into what he's saying. I know we're all anxious to see him play, but the body is on its own schedule.

Perhaps. We shall see.

 

[STOMP]

Sorry, but I don't really equate Greg as being necessarily bright. Funny and fun, but certainly not the brightest bulb on the porch. My opinion only. Strictly based upon the number of blog entries I've read over the past couple of years.

Do dull bulbs excel in academics? On top of being "funny and fun" dude had a 3.9 GPA in HS.

You're welcome to your opinion, but I think your speculation here is a huge reach based on pretty much nothing

STOMP

 

[toutlaw25]

Do dull bulbs excel in academics? On top of being "funny and fun" dude had a 3.9 GPA in HS.

You're welcome to your opinion, but I think your speculation here is a huge reach based on pretty much nothing

STOMP

I think he's referring to the grammar Greg decided to use in his blog. He may have used the same grammar in college, but that doesn't make him dumb. If you couldn't get past pre-cal in high school, would it be valid for me to call you dumb? Most certainly not, and the logic used here to insinuate Greg is a moron, is really quite ironic. Please find something more valid to gripe about ABM.

 

[Spud147]

I think he's referring to the grammar Greg decided to use in his blog. He may have used the same grammar in college, but that doesn't make him dumb. If you couldn't get past pre-cal in high school, would it be valid for me to call you dumb? Most certainly not, and the logic used here to insinuate Greg is a moron, is really quite ironic. Please find something more valid to gripe about ABM.

They didn't have pre cal when I was in high school. Where does that leave me?!?

 

[ABM]

Please find something more valid to gripe about ABM.

I'm not griping, I'm merely responding to the poster who called Greg bright. Getting a 3.9 in High School doesn't necessarily mean he's bright. That said, I've seen plenty of situations whereas athletes (especially gifted ones), unfortunately for them, receive free academic rides/passes.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Wow. Really? Welcome to the Y generation which has a large population that types like shit on the internet not because they're all dumb but because they're lazy when typing and it is faster for them not to make sure everything is correct. Or maybe he just isn't too bright with the English language - that doesn't mean he's stupid elsewhere or not bright overall. I know a structural engineer who has the worst spelling I've ever seen (he spelled Minnesota as minisoda as a serious spelling) but you know considering he is a structural engineer I doubt he's all that dumb.

There are several people on this board that have lazy writing styles but I wouldn't call them dumb because they can form articulate thoughts and present them in conversation. Considering we've all seen Greg do that in interviews and in his blog (although perhaps not spelled the best for whatever reasons) I'm pretty sure we can assess he isn't dumb.

Next thing you know we'll get a transcript of Greg's cell phone texting and see he texts messages as "how r u wanna go 2 the game 2night?" because it is faster and we'll come to the conclusion that it isn't because he's a 21 year-old but because he's just plain stupid. Because that is the most logical conclusion you see.

 

[ABM]

There are several people on this board that have lazy writing styles but I wouldn't call them dumb because they can form articulate thoughts and present them in conversation. Considering we've all seen Greg do that in interviews and in his blog (although perhaps not spelled the best for whatever reasons) I'm pretty sure we can assess he isn't dumb..

For the record, I never called Greg dumb. I merely responded that he wasn''t necessarily bright. There's a distinct difference between what you've apparenty implied, above, and what I had attempting to convey.

 

[STOMP]

For the record, I never called Greg dumb. I merely responded that he wasn''t necessarily bright. There's a distinct difference between what you've apparenty implied, above, and what I had attempting to convey.

it's obvious why a reader would get that impression, thats what you wrote.

Funny and fun, but certainly not the brightest bulb on the porch

thats pretty clearly calling him stupid.

you make quantum leaps that the random notes in his blog (which he claims to crank out in the wee hours) equate to him being dumb and blow off an outstanding HS GPA as a reasonable counter. Okaly dokaly neighborino...

STOMP

 

[ABM]

wrong. you said...

thats pretty clearly calling him stupid.

you make quantum leaps that the random notes in his blog (which he claims to write in the wee hours) equate to him being dumb and blow off an outstanding HS GPA as a reasonable counter. Okaly dokaly neighborino...

STOMP

Sorry to strike a nerve w/y'all.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Sorry to strike a nerve w/y'all.

Perhaps the nerve is drawing ridiculous conclusions from random notes in a blog written by a 21 year-old. We often decry professional athletes for being out-of-touch with reality and not being enough of a 'normal' person - yet here we have one of the best known names in basketball being very real and very human in his blog that he updates about random things everyday fans do themselves - like watching trashy reality shows on TV.

And what do some of us do when he does that? Suggest he doesn't have his priorities straight because he ended a blog entry dedicated to an injury update and his rehab by saying he's watching a dance competition show on MTV and says he wants a certain team to win. Speculate that he may be dumb because of how he writes blog entries - the same way so many people his age write on the internet in casual settings these days.

Have we really reached the point where not only do we put their every move on a basketball court under a microscope, every move off the court (are they going to a strip club, oh my god are they drinking, oh my god did they go five miles over the speed limit, did they just buy two packs of smokes at the grocery store, did they really just order hashbrowns with that much gravy god they're going to get out of shape and fat!!!), but we're putting how they write as some sort of assessment of their overall intelligence and if at the end of a blog entry dedicated to their injury they mention something unrelated to basketball that they enjoy it means their priorities aren't straight?

I don't think that indicates their priorities aren't straight, but maybe it indicates that ours aren't.

 

[ABM]

I don't think that indicates their priorities aren't straight, but maybe it indicates that ours aren't.

My priorities are fine, thanks.

I simply stated my opinions on a relatively obscure internet basketball forum........and, if Greg happens to call me out on his blog for saying such, I'm fine with that.