Greg Oden Has "No Hard Timeline" For Return

[Nikolokolus]

Maybe your opinion's would be taken as that, if you didn't incessantly drive them all home as if they were fact.

Oden will be Back , and everyone will either be sold or not. IMO until then it's pretty much gossip based speculation to berate the Blazers MGMT like that.

Who berated the front-office here? PapaG said that the "Blazers had signaled that they weren't sold on Oden's future as a Blazer." The facts are that they didn't extend him. Is it such a leap of logic to surmise that they aren't "all-in" with Oden? Is drawing that conclusion based on evidence really "berating" Paul Allen, Bert Kolde, Larry Miller, et al.?

 

[PapaG]

Who is this Oden guy? lol

He's the dour-looking chap in this photo who appeared to be sucking down Rum and Cokes on 10/28/11.

 

[Minstrel]

He's the dour-looking chap in this photo who appeared to be sucking down Rum and Cokes on 10/28/11.

Guy looks obese. He's clearly out of shape...for a dentist.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Could you imagine Oden the dentist trying to fiddle with the little mirrors and drills and such? No thanks.

 

[PapaG]

Could you imagine Oden the dentist trying to fiddle with the little mirrors and drills and such? No thanks.

Forget the tools. I'm trying to figure out how Greg could get those banana fingers inside of the average person's mouth.

 

[HailBlazers]

He's the dour-looking chap in this photo who appeared to be sucking down Rum and Cokes on 10/28/11.

If others disagree, and that there was some conspiracy to not embarrass Greg or the Blazers in summer 2010, I'm fine with that. I think it's a silly premise, though.

perfect timing papa

Oden has gone through the media ringer, slandered and hated on to the max. Of-course, the Blazers MGMT are going to do whatever they can to protect him, because in their Eyes, believe it or not, he's still a long term solution. I don't see much of an conspiracy, nor do I think that's the whole premise...

IMHO, the Blazers and Conley/G.O. have an understanding, Oden will be payed based on what they know he can healthily contribute on the court, largely YTD. Both sides agree its best to wait and see with the best available information, what his outlook will be. After all they've been through together, they owe it to each other.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I have some advice Hailblazers. Don't ever go into criminology or become a private investigator.

 

[HailBlazers]

I have some advice Hailblazers. Don't ever go into criminology or become a private investigator.

Sure thing.

Since were advising each other. Don't go into psychology or become a psychiatrist, your outlook is pretty dim on life.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Sure thing.

Since were advising each other. Don't go into psychology or become a psychiatrist, your outlook is pretty dim on life.

I don't believe in hokey voodoo sciences like psychology so we're safe.

 

[HailBlazers]

I don't believe in hokey voodoo sciences like psychology so we're safe.

you make sense to me now

 

[PapaG]

perfect timing papa

Oden has gone through the media ringer, slandered and hated on to the max. Of-course, the Blazers MGMT are going to do whatever they can to protect him, because in their Eyes, believe it or not, he's still a long term solution. I don't see much of an conspiracy, nor do I think that's the whole premise...

Oh please. Oden has been treated better in Portland than he would be in a major media market. I also find it funny that you're so sure that Oden is a 'long-term' solution, when the reality shows that the Blazers didn't consider him 'long-term' enough to extend him in summer 2010.

IMHO, the Blazers and Conley/G.O. have an understanding, Oden will be payed based on what they know he can healthily contribute on the court, largely YTD. Both sides agree its best to wait and see with the best available information, what his outlook will be. After all they've been through together, they owe it to each other.

That's just naive and wishful thinking right there, IMO. Why on earth would Conley agree to any scenario that doesn't protect his client's long-term financial status? The Blazers didn't think enough of Oden to make him a decent offer, IMO. That seems more likely than some handshake agreement that puts all of the risk on Oden, and none on the Blazers.

 

[tlongII]

Dude, Oden is our best chance at a deep run in the playoffs. It might be sad, but it's damn true! I'm riding that bandwagon until the wheels fall off and they can't be put back on again!

 

[THE HCP]

I'm riding that bandwagon until the wheels fall off and they can't be put back on again!

That's what I say when people ask me about Mrs. BeerBoy and my sex life!

 

[PapaG]

Dude, Oden is our best chance at a deep run in the playoffs. It might be sad, but it's damn true! I'm riding that bandwagon until the wheels fall off and they can't be put back on again!

An injured Oden who eats up cap space and never gets on the court may hinder the franchise for years. I keep reading about cutting Roy and resigning Oden with the savings, but at this point, the risk of a long-term contract worth anything higher than the MLE seems foolish to me.

Is he even going to play at all this season?

 

[BBert]

Dude, Oden is our best chance at a deep run in the playoffs. It might be sad, but it's damn true! I'm riding that bandwagon until the wheels fall off and they can't be put back on again!

That's my position too. Except, I think Oden is our only chance.

 

[mgb]

He's the dour-looking chap in this photo who appeared to be sucking down Rum and Cokes on 10/28/11.

I look at that pic and I think that is nice that Oden is taking a pic with a kid, but I guess it has to be something bad to make it so he's drinking some hard liquor and messing up. Sheesh.

 

[RoyToy]

Maybe Oden is a friendly drunk?

 

[oldmangrouch]

I look at that pic and I think that is nice that Oden is taking a pic with a kid, but I guess it has to be something bad to make it so he's drinking some hard liquor and messing up. Sheesh.

Dude, look at those eyes! Those aren't kids - they are soul-sucking-hell-minions! Oden sold his soul and/or knees to the devil!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Found this -- This was taken this summer (July) and he's walking without his usual limp:

[video=youtube;sMnfmHZqNCY]

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

JohnCanzanoBFT John Canzano
Wesley Matthews on Oden: "I haven't seen Greg, but I keep hearing that he's looking good. I'm excited about that."

 

[PapaG]

JohnCanzanoBFT John Canzano
Wesley Matthews on Oden: "I haven't seen Greg, but I keep hearing that he's looking good. I'm excited about that."

In other news, Shawn Kemp dropped 75 lbs. and is a BEAST!

Hope Wes is right on this one, though.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

For anyone that listen to canzanos interview with wes on 750, wes didnt sound very positive on Oden. He was asked if he or anyone else had seen greg at all during the offseason, and he said he thinks LMA might have. And LMA said he was looking good if he remembered correctly...

 

[PapaG]

For anyone that listen to canzanos interview with wes on 750, wes didnt sound very positive on Oden. He was asked if he or anyone else had seen greg at all during the offseason, and he said he thinks LMA might have. And LMA said he was looking good if he remembered correctly...

Greg was rehabbing at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Indianapolis last month. Look closely at the photo I linked, and you can see a treadmill in the background with a #52 jersey dripping wet from it. Cut the guy some slack. He's 22, and it's legal for him to have some drinks! It's not like he can't afford it.

 

[mgb]

Oden has his own keg to party with. Come on, nothing wrong with that.

 

[Nikolokolus]

JohnCanzanoBFT John Canzano
Wesley Matthews: "I haven't seen Santa, but I keep hearing that he's bringing lots of toys for Christmas. I'm excited about that."

FIFY

 

[SlyPokerDog]

For anyone that listen to canzanos interview with wes on 750, wes didnt sound very positive on Oden. He was asked if he or anyone else had seen greg at all during the offseason, and he said he thinks LMA might have. And LMA said he was looking good if he remembered correctly...

Bull Shit! Wes sounded just fine on Oden. He was being very careful in what he said and how he said it to Canzano. He was well aware that Canzano will take the littlest thing and spin it out of context.

 

[julius]

Bull Shit! Wes sounded just fine on Oden. He was being very careful in what he said and how he said it to Canzano. He was well aware that "fans" will take the littlest thing and spin it out of context.

fifyyla.

 

[PapaG]

Bull Shit! Wes sounded just fine on Oden. He was being very careful in what he said and how he said it to Canzano. He was well aware that Canzano will take the littlest thing and spin it out of context.

Matthews hasn't seen Oden. He's seen Roy, LMA, etc.

Oden is Bigfoot at this point, except Bigfoot has been seen more often in the Northwest this year.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I also don't necessarily see him as a big plan thinker. He seems to have a hard-on for young teams with no big contracts. Anyone can achieve that if they want to suck long enough.

Using "hard-on" and "suck" in the same sentence seems a bit Slypokerdoggish to me.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

Bull Shit! Wes sounded just fine on Oden. He was being very careful in what he said and how he said it to Canzano. He was well aware that Canzano will take the littlest thing and spin it out of context.

Care to prove me wrong? Provide a play by play commentary or the transcript? Better yet, it is prolly podcast on the games website. What did I say that did not occur in the interview? Why would I lie?