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I hope he doesn't end up a Candyman types.

Kandi-man

The era of dominance for Portland is about to begin.

Take note NBA, and Stern better NOT pull that fixed officiating crap on Portland again when they start kicking ****. =)

ESPN,

Hate all you want, but Portland sort of have bigger expectations for Oden than your Kandiman.

Olawikandi

Is he related to Ewing by chance?? Dude is going to take over the role as the "Ugliest person in the NBA"

Portland has an opportunity here, but I would not start counting rings just yet

if they want to be better in the west they need to trade outlaw for ford so they line up look like this

Ford
Roy
love
Aldrige
Oden

LF,

Is that a bird or deer's ears in your avitar's mouth?

trade oden to miami for #2 pick

He could be the greatest that never was... his injury is huge and though he will recover he might have issues through his playing time...kinda reminds me of G. Sayers in football.. of course he played a few years. It will be interested to see if he can stay healthy at least a full year. He can play and has the potential for great things but sometimes injuries early erase everything. Hope he can stay healthy.

He was never and IS NEVER going to score 20 pts in this league-
he will be more of a Dikembe type-
will get you some pts off O rebounds & garbage buckets-
but will be more of a defender.

I can agree with the Dikembe type

He's way more athletic than Mutombo ever was. I'm thinking more like a Zo Mourning

As long as he's not a LaRue Martin type ...

lol here come the blazer fans calling him alonzo. alonzo has stayed relevant for years and years and years. this dude already has a crazy injury that may or may not effect the rest of his career, and you want to call him zo? yea maybe he will develop into shaq while hes at it

um, yeah, maybe he will. there's a reason he was the number 1 pick

Heartwarming to see a 53-year old making a comeback from injury!

oden can score at ohio state he didnt have a right hand so he used his left. he was still very dangerous. Oden will be more of a 15 pt 10 rebound type guy his career.

oden looks overweight in that picture. By the way, he wouldn't have won ROY against Durant and he won't win this year due to Beasley.