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Regarding Greg Oden...
OK. Let me say a few things about my comments on Greg Oden that aired on The Fan last week. First off, I listened to them and was, quite frankly, embarrassed. I didn't intend to come across so abrasive, but...
TBJ Ep. 358: Jazz, Oden, Quick, t-shirts and more ...
TBJ Ep. 358: Jazz, Oden, Quick, t-shirts and more ...
sports.yahoo.com — Another great episode by The Basketball Jones crew. It will make you laugh along with giving you great insight into the NBA at the same time. (more) TBJ Ep. 358: Jazz, Oden, Quick, t-shirts and more ...
What's Wrong?
blazersedge.com — Over the last couple of days I’ve gotten plenty of e-mails with questions, comments, and theories about the same topic:   What’s wrong with the Blazers?   My initial, instinctive reaction (almost certainly the most correct ... (more) What's Wrong?
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Why Quick Matters
Blazersedge — ... There has been a lot of criticism of Quick for his comments.  I exchanged emails with him yesterday looking for his reaction to the delayed attention his comments have received.  This afternoon, he has posted a must-read public response to the criticism. ...

Ballin’: No Boozer, No Problem: Jazz Top Blazers
The Big Lead — ... yesterday kind of blew up nationally, and was discussed all over the radio, on PTI, TNT, etc. Jason Quick, the Oregonian reporter who made the comments, responded on his blog today, and said he felt “embarrassed” for being so “abrasive.” However … ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... Jason Quick of The Oregonian:  “There is one line I would like to take back, where I said ‘I can’t stand to be around’ Oden. I think a more accurate reflection of my feelings would have been to say ‘I’m sick of dealing with the entity of Greg Oden.’ The entity of Oden is the media mosh pits around him. It’s hearing stupid questions, like ones about his beard. It’s the incessant questions on the radio, and in internet chats, about him. And yes, it’s the actual dealing with Greg himself. I totally stand by my comments ...

Friday Catch-me-up
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog — ... About that Jason Quick-Greg Oden thing, I was going to say something about it today but Quick answered for what he said at OregonLive last night, and that's really where it should end. It's just beating a dead horse to keep talking about it right now, but if something else comes up between Quick and Oden, this will obviously be revisited by just about everybody. ...

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Oden
blazersedge.com 11/19/2008 — Read Henry's post first . I just emailed in the following response and then realized, "Dude, what are you doing, you should just post it on BlazersEdge." I guess messing with Adobe Premier into the wee hours has me thrown off my game this morning. ...
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redsarmy.wordpress.com 12/6/2008 — It was one of the most peculiar things I’ve seen in a while at the Garden. I was sitting in the section directly behind the basket near the Blazers’ bench. And when Oden was introduced - he was booed. Then we he sat after fouling out, he got razzed with the “OOOO- DEN… OOOOO - DEN” chants. But why?
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Okur, Jazz orchestrate comfy win over BlazersESPN.com - NBA 12/12/2008
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Mehment Okur leads Utah past PortlandCeltics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 12/12/2008
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