First practice scare: Oden rolls ankle, but says he is "all right"
blog.oregonlive.com 9/30/2008 — There was a bit of a scare for Greg Oden and the Trail Blazers on Tuesday when the prized center withdrew from the last 30 minutes of the team's first practice because of an slight injury to his right ankle....

Video: Day 2 of Blazers practice
blog.oregonlive.com 10/2/2008 — The Blazers kicked off their second-full day of doubles this morning in Tualatin. For us media types, they ramped up the action we were able to see going full court, 5-on-5. Oden was held out of his second-straight practice....

Portland Trail Blazers
mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com 10/2/2008 — 9 Comments: Blogger Kevin said... MB, you know why Oden always wear long sleaves when practicing? 11:02 PM Blogger Hien said... YESS! great news thank you for the update!!! :) 11:40 PM Blogger naybobjoe said... Mike! >Your writing is greatly ...

NBA Weekly: Houston Rockets, Lamar Odom, and More
allhiphopsports.blogspot.com 10/2/2008 — Houston Rockets, Lamar Odom, and More

An Evening with Lakers Nation
ripcityproject.com 10/2/2008 — Jonathan Somers-Harris of thelakersnation.com was good enough to answer some questions for us on the upcoming season, L.A.'s history with the Blazers and those lovely Laker forum-trolls. We answered some questions for him on their site, so be sure to ...

McMillan: Oden's Ankle OK After Rolling It In Practice — NBA.com: News 10/1/2008
Portland center Greg Oden is OK after rolling his right ankle during the first day of training camp.

Oden OK after rolling ankle at practice — FOXSports.com News for NBA 10/1/2008
Portland center Greg Oden is OK after rolling his right ankle during the first day of training camp. "He's fine," Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan said Wednesday. "Everybody, he's fine. He's OK." Oden, who missed all of his rookie season because of ...

Greg Oden rolls ankle as Blazers begin practice — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/1/2008
Portland center Greg Oden is OK after rolling his right ankle during the first day of training camp. "He's fine," Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan said Wednesday. "Everybody, he's fine. He's OK."

Can Jazz fend off Blazers in Northwest? — FOXSports.com News for NBA 10/2/2008
With all their key players back, the Jazz should win the Northwest again. But the division is full of young talent, Sean Stancill says.

2008-2009 NBA Rookie Of The Year Prediction — Bleacher Report - NBA 10/2/2008
Although we've had our fair share of Sam Bowies, Pervis Ellisons, Danny Ferrys, and Joe Smiths, more often than not teams with either the first or second overall pick will get a Rookie of the Year winner. In fact, it's been 20 years since the last ...