Alphakronik: Nobody believed me when he was drafted by the Blazers that he was going to be the next Sam Bowie.


I stand proud with my prediction.

Sam Bowie had a half-way decent career when he was actually playing.

Greg Oden was one of the worst NBA basketball players I have ever seen in my life, and I say that as someone who was excited when the Blazers drafted him.

He often played smaller than his size... minus, of course, shooting, ball-handling, or any other ability. He was pretty good on defense, but he committed more fouls (some of which were due to reputation, or lack thereof, it seemed) than he had decent offensive possessions in his career. Literally, he could have stood wide open under a basket and, for good reason, Blazers players would pass the ball elsewhere or hold onto the thing.

Faddy: There was little doubting his ability to play basketball other than his fitness.

Actually, his DESIRE to play basketball was, and in my opinion still is, a bigger hindrance. He wants the paycheck, but he doesn't want to f*cking earn it. And when things don't go his way, he'll blame everyone else.

He honestly never gave a shiat until he was run out of Portland with his millions of dollars. And even then, it's now a significant amount of time later and we're only finally discussing him possibly joining a team.