ot greg oden has 3rd microfracture surgury

[cuseclappy]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...land-trail-blazers-turned-third-microfracture

say what you will bout kwame but hes still in the league, oden may be the biggest bust at #1 ever in the nba draft. still gotta feel bad for him though

 

[RF2044]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...land-trail-blazers-turned-third-microfracture

say what you will bout kwame but hes still in the league, oden may be the biggest bust at #1 ever in the nba draft. still gotta feel bad for him though

I have a tough time labeling someone who's career has been completely derailed by injury a "bust."

 

[stuckinbig11]

Greg Oden = Sam Bowie

 

[cuseclappy]

I have a tough time labeling someone who's career has been completely derailed by injury a "bust."

true, its not like hes in the same grouping as a michael olowokandi who was a major bust at #1..its along the same lines again as the blazers taking bowie over jordan, this time oden over durant

 

[RF2044]

true, its not like hes in the same grouping as a michael olowokandi who was a major bust at #1..its along the same lines again as the blazers taking bowie over jordan, this time oden over durant

I agree with the Jordan / Durant similarity not going #1 their respective years.

 

[orangecuse]

I have a tough time labeling someone who's career has been completely derailed by injury a "bust."

I completely agree. I presume a subsequent poorly titled ESPN documentary is in their future..."The Best that Never Was" part two.

 

[Marsh01]

Feel bad for the kid. He really was a great player in college.

 

[44PRIDE]

That poor dude is made of glass. I'm guessing this ends his career.

 

[KingOtis]

I have a tough time labeling someone who's career has been completely derailed by injury a "bust."

Makes sense, although in this case you could still make the argument because he already had injury concerns heading into the draft.

 

[stuckinbig11]

Feel bad for the kid. He really was a great player in college.

He was a good player in college who got the benefit of a lot of strange calls by the refs.

 

[Marsh01]

He was a good player in college who got the benefit of a lot of strange calls by the refs.

very true

 

[Upstate]

The age we thought we saw on his face was actually in his knees

 

[HyattsCuse]

Hopefully, he can have a Grant Hill type recovery and still play a several decent years. I'm still amazed Hill has had a long career when he was brittle and injury ridden for so many years.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Makes sense, although in this case you could still make the argument because he already had injury concerns heading into the draft.

I don't think so. Didn't he only break his hand/finger/wrist at some point that one year at OSU? Nobody saw all this coming.

 

[Shermthegeneral]

I sometimes feel that the doctors diagnose things that they wouldn't have found years ago and he might have been able to play through

 

[strumpfasaurus]

Marfan's syndrome?

You think Greg Oden's ever been carded at a bar?

 

[MikeSU02]

Makes sense, although in this case you could still make the argument because he already had injury concerns heading into the draft.

I believe it was also known that his legs were of different lengths. Not a big issue for the common man, but for a huge person in a hyper-athletic sport, should have been a bigger red flag.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Hopefully he's smart with the 1.5mil he earned in his 2 seasons. He can be set for life if he lives like an average person.

 

[Knicks411]

Hopefully he's smart with the 1.5mil he earned in his 2 seasons. He can be set for life if he lives like an average person.

Didn't he earn a lot more than that?

 

[PeteCalvin]

Did Oden have an injury in HS? I know he had the wrist injury at OSU, but I could have sworn he had something in HS too.

 

[sufandu]

Wow, he's on his third? The articular cartilage in his knees must be gone at this point. That poor guy is looking at knee replacement someday, it's just a matter of when.

 

[senorpalmer]

When Ohio St faced Georgetown in the 07 Final 4, many people thought they were watching a future NBA All Star center, who knew that Roy Hibbert would be that guy?