legendofnil

The Oden mystery

11:30 AM ET 02.23

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I'm not a doctor. I do not have inside access to the Trail Blazers medical staff. I have experienced a torn MCL, and I can vouch for the fact that it is very painful and takes a long time to recover from... and I don't even play basketball 82 times a year.Greg Oden's current injury is being referred to as a chipped bone in his knee. You do not need an education in medicine or experience with knee injuries to know that this must be very painful.The Blazers have scheduled Oden for a more thorough examination this morning. As usual, I'm sure the team will err on the side of…

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Notice to NBA, Lebron is pissed off

07:43 PM ET 02.06

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As if Lebron James had not been playing out of his mind enough, the NBA this week fueled his fire with a little good old fashioned angst. First, the NBA snubbed Lebron's teammate -point guard Mo Williams- leaving him off the All-Star team. Then, when Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson had to withdraw from the All-Star due to a season ending injury, the league again snubbed Williams in selecting Ray Allen as Nelson's replacement. James, a true team oriented guy, was truly offended that the league's coaches would overlook the point guard who has been so instrumental in…

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In hindsight... and a guess or two

02:59 PM ET 12.29

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Hindsight is 20/20As we prepare to enter a new year, I want to spend a little time looking at some popular Trail Blazers' predictions made before the season.Greg Oden: I think it's fair to say that Oden has not quite lived up to the lofty expectations so many people had set for him. But a lot of people also predicted that Oden would never be able to play more than 2 games in a row without getting injured, and so far he has stayed injury free (despite an early foot sprain that the team may or may not have overreacted to). Clearly, Oden has not fully regained the explosiveness…

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