Oden's season over
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GAAAAAAAD Damn!
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GAAAAAAAD Damn!
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Section 101
All-Star
It's the other knee too. Which is common from people over compensation for their bad one.
Larry89
Disgruntled Kings Fan
Holy CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arco Thunder
Bench
That's sad...
Kings Faithful
Starter
Odens injuries are going to prevent him from ever becoming anything special. It's really unfortuneate.
Insomniacal Fan
Starter
I thought injuries would be a persistent problem for him, but I had expected a load of minor injuries, and hoped he'd be able to suit up for a majority of games. Very surprising and disappointing if this is the end.
Aenadin
Starter
I flipped it... and it really sent chills down my spine.. i kind of feel his pain.. its so sad that this happened to him... here's to hoping that he gets better and still has a shot to being a great player
Aenadin
Starter
agreed.. especially when he was dubbed to be a "once in a decade" center.. his pride's got to be hurting too.. physical pain can heal but the lost time? the chances...
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Seems like a lot of over 7-foot and hefty guys have problems like this - although this particular injury to Oden presumably could have happened to any basketball player. Yao, Walton, Sabonis, from a few years back on Portland - and there's others. Makes one wonder if playing "smaller" (maybe not exactly Nellie small ball) is not realistic wave of the future in NBA.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
Too bad. He could have been special.
But the tall guys who don't break down dominate. Duncan, Shaq, Howard. Basketball will always be a tall people sport.
I don't want to look, odds are it will be on TV replays here and I'll see anyway. Very sad for the local fanbase here, and as I've said before he seems like a genuinely good guy who loves to play, so I'm very sorry to hear about this.
Double-K
Starter
Hey Shaun Livingston is still only 24 years old... and still trying to come back to the league....
Always sad to see ANY athlete goes down like this.
You misspelled Andre Miller.
Portland's offense was just fine last year, when Oden was playing for them. And there's no chance that Portland's winning a title without him; hell, they're a longshot to make the playoffs without him.
Fear the Putin
Starter
Not for the faint of heart..
More likely a career ender.. he'll never be what could've been
is that what Aaron Brooks' knee causes?
Geez, what does he have in his knee?
Arby's Roast Beef
Starter
Wow. This might be the backbreaker here.
That looks extremely gruesome. He's still extremely young, but unlike Shaun Livingston's case, as a big man he takes more pounding in rebounding, establishing post position, etc. If and when he recovers, I think he'll be a shadow of what he is...right now. I don't think he's the type who will develop a finesse game/develop a jumper either to offset some of the difficulties. Just an unfortunate case--I think it's nearly a 0% chance, now, that he will reach that extremely lofty potential he once held.
That looks extremely gruesome. He's still extremely young, but unlike Shaun Livingston's case, as a big man he takes more pounding in rebounding, establishing post position, etc. If and when he recovers, I think he'll be a shadow of what he is...right now. I don't think he's the type who will develop a finesse game/develop a jumper either to offset some of the difficulties. Just an unfortunate case--I think it's nearly a 0% chance, now, that he will reach that extremely lofty potential he once held.
Entity
Hall of Famer
Yeah with microfrature surgery on his right knee and now basically a broken right knee. Him being 270+ lbs and makes his living running and jumping. I'd say at best could be a Grant Hill type player. All the talent in the begining but these 2 injury's will shorten his career and definatley take away from his talent.
hoopsfan
Starter
Glass, apparently.
Ouch, I feel bad for him because he seems like a nice guy and it's not fair that he consistently gets injured. He could've(and still could be, but it's a longshot) been really good. Right now this is looking like Bowie over Jordan again. Think of Drexler+MJ, and now they have a lesser version where they could've had Roy+Durant, which would be better than what they have now. I hope he recovers though.
