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Greg Oden 'Topps' with kids – and 'getting there' as he trains for rookie season
Ready or not, here comes Greg Oden. The start of training camp for the Trail Blazers is less than two weeks away, and the 7-foot rookie is taking sort of a veteran’s approach to what will be his first camp. “I’m ready,” says Oden, who missed the entire 2007-08 season ...
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First Cup: Tuesday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Kerry Eggers of The Portland Tribune: "Greg Oden seems like a full-fledged Portlander these days. He has moved from a home in Tualatin to a condo near downtown Portland. 'It's just a new look for me -- in a nice area with a good view,' he says. 'I like Portland. It's a good city. Very beautiful. There's a lot of stuff to do that I can't do because of my contract.' Such as? 'Going skiing on Mount Hood,' he says. 'I'd love to do that. It'd be fun.' And skydiving, perhaps? 'I would love to sky dive, I really would,' he says dreamily. 'I think I will at one ...

Another Oden article
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog — Nothing too new besides recent quotes talking about most of the things we expect by now, but it's a reassuring article nonetheless. I don't mean to hold the guy down, but I sort of hope he doesn't accomplish his dream of skydiving for 15 years or so. ...

Greg Oden Looks Quick, Fit
SLAM Online — The guy has reportedly dropped - wait for it - 15 pounds.

Thursday Burn: Blazers blogs, Greg Oden and fantasy hoops
Blazers Blog — ... How anxious and excited are you to start this season? Oden: I am very excited. My trainer is getting a little mad at me. I'm supposed to be playing every other game but yesterday I was so excited that I just played all the games in a row without taking any rest. I'm anxious to get out there and start playing. I'm getting in shape right now and that's the hardest thing for me. (Thanks to Matt for the link) This is a few days old, but there's some good quotes from Oden in this interview with Kerry Eggers: Oden is just like every Blazer fan in one respect when it comes to the ...

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