Greg Oden goes down again
October 31, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Greg Oden, Portland Trailblazers
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Greg Oden is back to waiting mode and so is the NBA
In our continuing saga about Greg Oden and his injuries,
Greg Oden – Blazer Kiddy Corp part I
Oden sprains ankle, Portland holds breath
another chapter is born. Greg is hurt again. Still no NBA baskets for Greg Oden.
Only 2½ minutes into his NBA debut — which was delayed for a year by knee surgery in 2007 — the Portland Trail Blazers’ center suffered what the team called a sprain in his right foot. He played on it for the rest of the first half in the season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers, but when the third quarter began Oden was back in the trainer’s room, preparing for an X-ray.
Sixteen months of waiting … for less than 13 minutes of play.
The X-ray was inconclusive; Oden will have an MRI exam back in Portland on Wednesday.
Trail Blazers fans already have their own diagnosis: worst-case scenario. They drafted a They-Don’t-Make-’Em-Like-That-Anymore big man, only to find out he can’t play.
With Oden in the Portland lineup, they have the chance to go from being an average NBA team to a good NBA team with chance to be a great NBA team in the future, but when will that happen?
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