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Old 03-27-2008, 12:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Greg Oden pickup game

I've got some exciting... and somewhat disturbing news.

I just got home from the 24 hour fitness in Tualatin where I played in a pickup game with Greg Oden. He played two games, and obviously he dominated.

The good news, Greg looks great. He had at least 8-10 dunks. A couple of them were coast to coast, one was a putback, and the rest were all low post two handers. He also blocked a number of shots. Basically he looks like the Greg of old.

Honestly, I was a little concerned when his friends convinced him to play. Images of Greg hurting himself in a meaningless pickup game swirled through my head, but I'm not going to lie and say I wasn't thrilled to play with him.

Anyway, just thought you guys would like to hear about it.
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Old 03-27-2008, 12:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It seems like he should either be practicing with the Blazers or not playing at all.
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Wow. Are you serious? That's crazy. Cool to know that he's playing but yes, I don't want him to hurt himself in a random pick up game.
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How'd you meet Greg?
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It seems like he should either be practicing with the Blazers or not playing at all.
Agreed.
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He practices a lot with the Blazers.

I remember reading somewhere on the Blazers website in which Martell said Greg always practices with the team, but only one of the practices got out to the public.
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How'd you meet Greg?
I was on the court waiting to get in and he walked into the gym.

I agree that he probably shouldn't be taking these kinds of risks, but I wasn't going to speak up and tell him that it wasn't a good idea.
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Re: Greg Oden pickup game

I hope this is a joke!
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I just got home from the 24 hour fitness in Tualatin where I played in a pickup game with Greg Oden.
Were you on his side, or the opposition?

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Re: Greg Oden pickup game

If this was anyone but you Nate I would call BS on this, which makes me feel ill about him playing. I mean I love that he is out there, but what the hell is he thinking? And what the hell were you thinking by not telling him to sit his *** down? Then again, the surgery is probably all but healed now, and playing a pick up game is probably not that big of a deal. I would imagine he wasn't going at full G.O. speed
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Re: Greg Oden pickup game

A full-speed pickup game is probably 1/3 speed tops for a pro. Knowing this, he's been cleared for half-speed practices for at least an hour. These games last about 20 minutes each, and he played 2, so we have 2 games at 1/3 speed.

It's not like he was playing with 6'5" - 6'10" guys. It was at a 24-Hour Fitness. In Tualatin.
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Re: Greg Oden pickup game

This scares the crap out of me. What in the hell is Oden doing playing pickup games with total strangers at some local gym? What if some 15-year-old kid who wants to make a name for himself tries to take him out at the knees, or trip him up, or foul him hard--and ends up injuring him? There goes the franchise, again . . .

If I were the Blazers I'd make sure he never did anything like this again. In fact, I'd write it into his contract. This is bull****.
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