Daily Nickel Oct. 29, 2008: Recapping Opening Night

Well, opening night is dead and gone, and the NBA season is officially underway with twelve games on slate on this Thursday night. I will be here once again to give you five thoughts about opening night and tonight's action:   1. Greg Oden Is Officially the Next Sam Bowie Yesterday, in my opening-night preview , I spoke of great hopes for the redshirt rookie Greg Oden, and said that he will erase all those next Sam Bowie comparisons. Well, that was not the case, as he injured his foot two and a half minutes into play and played throughout the rest of the half before leaving and undergoing an x-ray. Results were inconclusive and he is set to undergo an MRI.  I will keep you posted.   2. The Celtics are Definitely the Same Team Going into the season, we all talked about the Western Conference we forgot the beasts of the East—the Celtics. They've returned most of their core roster (minus James Posey) and are still hungry for another NBA title. While ... (link)