I'm bumping this post to point out I was right about Oden's psychology. I honestly believe Oden has the heart of a winner, he's just gotten so fucked by fate that he is in a funk about it. Instead of being someone who doesn't give a shit as is so commonly said around here, his problem is the opposite. He cares TOO MUCH about what idiotic fans think, about what Barkley thinks, what peers think and on and on. Most of all he wants desperately DESPERATELY to dominate the way everyone thought he would. The kind of domination he enjoyed for YEARS before his MF surgery.
I expect Oden to surprise everyone (again) this summer by busting his ass. I also expect him to come in next year and shrug off the haters. The most important things for Oden are conditioning, changing his diet and starting a consistent Yoga and/or Pilates regimen. I expect that all the experts he will see over this summer will recommend the same. As long as Portland's horrible training staff don't reject stuff that works because they are too damn conservative (not politically I mean with accepting new treatments/techniques) to listen to the newest info we should be fine.
Oh yes, I also want to mention we definitely need to fire the a significant number of the training/medical staff and weed out the ones who are holding this team back as part of this summers (expected) shakeup.
EDIT: Man, after seeing some of those pictures this whole thread's name is rather ironic. Disappointing to see that amount of weight, they ought to have a clause in any future contract about diet and exercise cause that's ridiculous. Someone mentioned an arm bike, they ought to get him one of those ASAP and a dietician. Ridiculous, I know he's depressed but food? Come on you're rich! Drown your sadness in endless waves of pussy!
