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Oden Takes Steep Road to Court

Portland Trail Blazers found this 3/24/2008 on oregonlive.com

In the OREGONIAN, Jason Quick writes "Nate McMillan was huffing. And puffing. And sweating. So when the Trail Blazers coach gave his assessment of a day in the life of Greg Oden, it was with broken and gasping words. ‘This,' McMillan said, catching his breath before continuing. ‘This is the real deal. The kid is going to be all right'. The kid, of course, was Oden, the 20-year-old center for the Blazers who is spending his first NBA season on the sidelines while rehabbing a surgically repaired right ...