What's With Greg Oden?

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The August 14 Hot Link Orgy
Published 8/14/2007 at Blog of Hilarity
The hottest orgy with Greg Oden since the NBA Draft had a backstage celebration in which size and length were all greatly appreciated. --Greg Oden's has tonsillitis that functions like the Neverending Story. [Lion in Oil] --The hottest wife/girlfriend in sports rages to a conclusion. Of sexy. [ ...

Greg Oden Bows Out of Team USA Training
Published 8/14/2007 by Bethlehem Shoals at FanHouse
... As Lion in Oil observes, there seems to be a pattern developing here with Oden: Since being drafted number 1 by the Portland Trail Blazers in June Greg Oden has been a busy guy. He's had multiple trips to New York and Oregon, and well as trips to Orlando and Las Vegas. He's also been to Los Angeles and partied at the ESPY's. But there's something he doesn't seem to have been doing much of, and it should scare Trail Blazer fans. There hasn't seemed to be much basketball playing in the big man's itinerary. They go on to speculate, as ...

Tuesday Bullets
Published 8/14/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Speculation about what's up with Greg Oden. Is there something more than a tonsillectomy? I'll add two thoughts to the mix: Thought one is that Oden was on a crash course with major league exhaustion even before the draft. You remember him greeting reporters at the Portland airport when he showed up for his workout? He was still groggy from the Nyquil. Since then he has traveled 350 million miles and shook 30 million hands. Or something like that. And everywhere he has gone, he has been surrounded by crowds wanting this or that from him. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if plenty of those eager to see him succeed have been eager for him to say no to some stuff, and just take it easy for a while. Thought two is that he has been playing basketball. You can ...

People are already doubting Greg Oden's toughness
Published 8/14/2007 by choldahl at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... ) wonder why Greg isn't playing much basketball , trotting out the "Greg Oden has mononucleosis" accusation from the ...

Blogdome: Those Must Have Been Some Valuable Tonsils
Published 8/14/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... • Hey, why hasn't Greg Oden been playing any basketball? [Lion In Oil] ...