Oden interview on NBA.com

[Reep]

NBA.com

NBA.com: How would you rate your health: Is the right knee 100 percent?
Greg Oden: It feels like it. I have no problems with it, but I’m not going to give percentages. I just know that there’s really no problems with it every time I play.

NBA.com: Growing up, who was your basketball hero and why?
Greg Oden: My favorite player growing up was David Robinson. He was really the first person that I actually knew about and actually watched.

 

[Tortimer]

NBA.com

I'm sure he is smart enough not to give percentages on his knee anymore. After the last time he got a lot of grief for his 80-85% comment.

 

[dreamcloud]

I liked this the best:

Just to win. To try to get out there and help my team win as much as possible. I’m not really worried about individual stats. For me, if my team can make the playoffs or we can win a lot more games than we did last year, then that will satisfy me

 

[Reep]

I liked this the best:

Somehow I don't think we will have to worry about his stats. The only stat I'm worried about with Oden is the number in the PF column.

 

[julius]

anyone else confused by this answer?

NBA.com: You performed with Justin Timberlake at the ESPYs and the video of you singing karaoke of N’Sync’s “It’s Gonna Be Me” is all over the Internet. Are you trying to get the band back together or something?
Greg Oden: No, no (laughing). I’m just a fan. Somebody told me that that they said on the radio that I have a man crush on Justin Timberlake. It was kind of funny. I’m just a fan and it came up and it was for kids so I had no problem about people putting it on the Internet and saying I sucked. It was a fun time for organ mentors, this thing I had going on last Saturday.
And no, I do not have that big of a man crush on Justin Timberlake. I’ll put it like that.

 

[Reep]

anyone else confused by this answer?

That's 'cause you don't live in Organ--you live in Warshington.

Either that or GO is taking is piano skills to a new level and trying to help kids learn how to play the pipe organ.

 

[maxiep]

anyone else confused by this answer?

It's clear the person who transcribed the interview doesn't know what the group Oregon Mentors is. I look at this as a good sign, however. If it was transcribed as "organ" that means GO knows better than to pronounce our state "orygun" or "aragone". For that, GO gets two thumbs up in my book.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

He and Fernandez could very well end up being great "complimentary stars". Guys that don't need all the stats, do what their coaches ask of them, but play at a very high clip without having to put up big numbers.

I friggin' love this team.

 

[The Professional Fan]

I friggin' love this team.

+1

The message board told me that my "+1" was too short of a message, so I typed what you're currently reading.

 

[maxiep]

He and Fernandez could very well end up being great "complimentary stars". Guys that don't need all the stats, do what their coaches ask of them, but play at a very high clip without having to put up big numbers.

I friggin' love this team.

SSN, you've hit the nail on the head as to why the vote-off game is so hard. There's not a single player on this roster I don't like.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

I'm scared to be excited because I don't want to jinx things. Oden's first rim rattler I'm going ballistic though.

 

[maxiep]

I'm scared to be excited because I don't want to jinx things. Oden's first rim rattler I'm going ballistic though.

I have a boy who is three months old today. The one thing we will have in common October 28th is we will both be wearing diapers. Yes, I am concerned about shitting myself seeing GO in a Blazer uniform.

 

[Ed O]

He and Fernandez could very well end up being great "complimentary stars". Guys that don't need all the stats, do what their coaches ask of them, but play at a very high clip without having to put up big numbers.

Hmm... MAYBE.

But would the Knicks or Rockets or Spurs or Lakers have been best served to have Ewing/Hakeem/Robinson/Shaq as complimentary stars?

Oden is a potentially dominating player and much more of a matchup asset at the 5 spot than any other Blazer. I would argue that it's smarter--and more likely--that Roy and Aldridge become complimentary to Oden.

I friggin' love this team.

I do, too.

Ed O.

 

[THE HCP]

He may think he will just go out there and help the team, but he is too big and too good to NOT dominate the game. It may take a month or so, but he will soon be this team's main weapon.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Hmm... MAYBE.

But would the Knicks or Rockets or Spurs or Lakers have been best served to have Ewing/Hakeem/Robinson/Shaq as complimentary stars?

Oden is a potentially dominating player and much more of a matchup asset at the 5 spot than any other Blazer. I would argue that it's smarter--and more likely--that Roy and Aldridge become complimentary to Oden.



I do, too.

Ed O.

I agree that Oden will probably end up being our most dominant player at any position. I guess my view of "complimentary star" is more about attitude than production. Granted that Oden will also come along with a superstar type personality, I don't think demand it.