Oden Plays Pick-up, Gets Busted
FanHouse —
Filed under: Trail Blazers, NBA Fans, NBA InjuriesWho said Greg Oden wouldn't play in any games this season? It appears G.O.D.E. spent Wednesday night at Portland gym, likely getting picked first. One of the guys Oden played with (luckysonofaNutterButter) posted about the experience at BasketballForum.com; Jason Quick of The Oregonian caught wind and checked with the team, who confirmed. Coach Nate McMillan did not seem pleased. "Young guys," McMillan said, shaking his head. "Right now, these young guys ...
Message Board Shuts Down Oden’s *Comeback*
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... . Lest you think it’s isn’t true, the Blazers apparently were alerted to the internet rumor, and it turned out to be correct. Now Greg Oden is, as you might expect, in some hot water with the team. The PORTLAND OREGONIAN reports that the Blazers were alerted to the web forum post Wednesday, checked it out, and found it to be true. Coach ...
Greg Oden Plays Pick-Up Ball; Blazers Upset
SLAM Online —
... The organization got wind of a rumor that their prized big man had played at some sports club, and they were understandably upset. Head coach Nate McMillan was beside himself. ...
Greg Oden Plays Basketball
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... 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. Yesterday, the Oregonian's Jason Quick confirmed the news, and reports. ...
Greg Oden returns, dominates
Randball —
... Greg Oden made his triumphant return to the court recently. Unfortunately for Greg and the Blazers, it was a pick-up game at a fitness club. Whoops. It started as an Internet rumor, and by gosh the Interwebs were right. The Oregonian confirmed it with real sources and everything: ...
Oden playing pickup games: Blazers are pissed
Hail Mary Jane —
So recently there have been a lot of rumors that Greg Oden played two pick up games at a local 24 hour fitness center.
Well yesterday Greg Oden admited that he not only played but he dominated the game, that shouldn’t come as a surprise.
The Blazers weren’t impressed though. “We heard about that, and I talked to him today,” coach Nate McMillan said. “I let him know he can’t do that.”
I love Greg Oden so far and he hasn’t even played a game in the league yet, but this was just stupid. He ...
Rucker & The Cage Can Fuck Off : Oden Knows If You Want A Real Game, 24 Hour Fitness Is The Place To Be
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
Ripping mad in Rip City might be one way of describing (oh, thank god I didn’t employ that headline) for either the reaction of Blazers execs to the following item, or perhaps the questionable actions of one Greg Oden. Way to knock last night’s loss to Golden State off the front page, Greg. From the Oregonian’s Jason Quick.
The Trail Blazers on Thursday were alerted to an internet rumor that Greg Oden had participated in a pickup basketball game at a 24 Hour Fitness facility in Tualatin on Wednesday night. ...
Josh Boone's Numbers BLINK Boldly
Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog —
... Laird is noticeably more confident in the squad. Toronto is smack in the middle of controversies 1 and 1A . Claw Prints sees the sinking, and wonders wonders how far they'll fall. Michael Lee wrestles with the KG for MVP campaign . Josh Boone 's quietly having a breakout second season , and targeted some choice words , as did Richard Jefferson though in a decidedly different direction . Greg Oden got busted playing pickup . Coaching seems to be a new ballgame for former players. Marc ...
Side By Side, It Sure Looks Bad
The Big Lead —
... . And you must read about the outrage in Blazer-land about Oden playing pick-up ball with the general public Wednesday night. But seriously, the imagery here is somewhat startling. ...
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Empty the Bench —
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Pickaxe and ...
Maybe we should chill out on this Oden thing
Deceptively Quick —
... here, Greg Oden was feeling good, succumbed to peer pressure, and ended up running with some civilians in a 24 Hour Fitness pickup game. Greg Oden: Man of the People. He reportedly took it pretty easy and wasn't about to push his rehabbing knee near any limits. Even so, of course it was a bad choice that could have had horrible consequences. It didn't. Oden likely learned his lesson. So please, stop freaking out. All is well. Seriously. (See also: OregonLive, SLAM, BlazersEdge)
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SportSayers.com —
... Greg Oden can’t play with his Professional team, so he thought he would get some playing time in with the locals. ...
Ahnungslos
NBA-Blog —
Vor drei Tagen hat Greg Oden an einem Basketballspiel teilgenommen. Dafür wird er bezahlt, könnte man meinen. Trotzdem sorgte dieses Spiel Odens auf dem Gelände eines Fitnessclubs in Tualatin, Oregon für große Aufregung, insbesondere bei Nate McMillan: der Head Coach der Portland Trailblazers habe sein Youngster wissen lassen, dass er das nicht tun dürfe: I know he is excited to be moving again, but as I talked to him about it, he said 'Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...'. And I was like - 'I really don't care','. The thing is, we were surprised. So we let him know ...
