Casey is over there at One Center Court now. I know that he scans all of these sites and blogs. It would not surprise me if he was the one that brought it to somebodys attention in management. Not saying that is a bad thing, but Casey knows who his meal ticket is and he would be a fool to ignore that. Or it might not have been Casey who read the posts here.
He did him a big favor. I posted a few days ago in another thread that Oden says he is going to play pick-up ball in Columbus and Indy as well.
It's just a bad idea, and I can't believe the people in this thread who jumped all over Talkhard just because he was the only one who got it right.
__________________ ...it's largely an anonymous bunch. After the 21-year-old Webster torched the Jazz for 24 third-quarter points on Jan. 5, Utah reserve Matt Harpring observed, "It was tough when what's-his-face got hot."
I know he is excited to be moving again, but as I talked to him about it, he said 'Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...'. And I was like - 'I really don't care','' McMillan said. "The thing is, we were surprised. So we let him know that he doesn't need to be there. We have plenty of workout equipment and gym space at our facility.''
Why would you be surprised? I read Oden's quote about playing pick-up ball whether the Blazers wanted him to or not a few days ago.
__________________ ...it's largely an anonymous bunch. After the 21-year-old Webster torched the Jazz for 24 third-quarter points on Jan. 5, Utah reserve Matt Harpring observed, "It was tough when what's-his-face got hot."
The Oregonian writer directly linked to this thread.
__________________ ...it's largely an anonymous bunch. After the 21-year-old Webster torched the Jazz for 24 third-quarter points on Jan. 5, Utah reserve Matt Harpring observed, "It was tough when what's-his-face got hot."
In a 24 hour fitness where the people playing aren't always basketball players, I would be worried. You get weight lifters or football players in there who just aren't coordinated and/or are just out there for cardio, so they are much much more likely to cause an injury than someone who actually plays ball. I mean, I've seen guys get undercut on accident by people who just aren't basketball players and don't know how to position themselves against someone taking off to lay it up or dunk. It's not so much about someone wanting to make a name, it's just a much clumsier game and there is less overall coordination in gym pickup games. Not a sound decision by Greg, but it's understandable. When you love basketball that's what happens. You give yourself the benefit of the doubt that you won't get hurt because you want to play some roundball with your buddies.
Glad nothing happened though, and I hope he has recovered fully as you seem to think he is. Greg Oden is one of my favorites.
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