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They left out the most important stat of the night!

He had 1 foul! One freaking foul!

Best stat line of the season for him IMO.

I think we are on the verge of a couple 20-12-3 type nights.

oh my... so frustrating...

lol...it's just every night....

He'll come back and still put up 6 pts, 10 reb, 3 blks

Those were some ticky tack fouls too. Gasol wasn't even going at him, he was going sideways and Oden just brushed up against him. I hate some of the fouls that Oden is getting. So lame.

Again, I'll reference Yao. He used to get called for those same kind of fouls.

I'm a Houston fan that used to watch every game and shameless is completely right, expect that for at least another year.
In Yao's first years, he was always on the bench half the games b/c he would always pick up stupid fouls.

The issue of course is that this is Oden's second year, but to me that is why I think he'll probably start to see a big improvement by the all star break.

It's good that McMillian seems dedicated to keeping Oden involved and Portland is looking pretty good, so there isn't going to be an uproar over him. Also, putting Miller in the starting lineup is going to do wonders for Oden.

McMillan has submitted to playing small ball again. Przybilla or Oden should totally be in there. They are getting beat on the boards for no reason... dammit Nate.

How can I keep this miserable bag of puke on my team in a points league?

Unacceptable

Maybe if he doesnt start, he wont pick up as much foul so early

Got robbed of a block just now.. blocked Zach but didn't get credited for it.

Greg Oden completely owned the second half of this game.

I'm encouraged, as he looked pretty good on the offensive side of the ball. However, someone teach this guy to stop picking up those silly fouls!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah.. some of it is him, but also he gets picked on pretty bad. I think he'll start getting the credit a little more often, I just don't know when. His per minute averages are scary.. if he could average 30 minutes he'd be nasty.

This guy is going to be awesome to own as he gets better at avoiding foul trouble.

WOOOOOOOOOO! a whole productive half without a SINGLE FOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also, doesn't greg oden look kind of like he could be lebron's older brother?

Okay, Minnesota sucks, but obviously the numbers are gonna be there if he avoids fouls...

lol....more like his grandpa

I think that summer work with Brian Grant is paying off.. he's using his weight and pushing that big Jawai dude around really well... offense is really way better this year.

everytime oden is doing well, blazers blow out the other team... and then he sits

hes coming around... great game for gregory today, and most impressive stat of the box score: ZERO FOULS!

I know.. :/

Oden's teammates are really good. So when he shows up and gives them inside scoring, defense, and rebounding, they're just a totally different team and they beat up people pretty bad. That's the thing with Oden, if he comes around he's going to give Portland exactly what they need.

I can't wait for Oden's 2nd half numbers....so filthy...

is anyone worried about oden not getting to the line that much this year so far? hes shooting just over 2 free throws so far this season. last year he got to the line almost 4 times per game. should i read anything into this or is it irrelevant?

i need to see this guy play and see why he's getting all these damn fouls. 16 mins 8 boards 3 blocks. Imagine what he can do with 35 minutes on the floor.

He has a really slow side step on defense when I've watched him...and he thinks he doesn't. So when a guard attacks him in the lane...he tries to run up and then slide to the side with his slide step and his problem is he always leans his hip into the guard making it an easy blocking foul call all the time. Then he gets the occasional stupid foul and there you go. It's obvious he's still young and learning. If he ever corrected that....he's got such great length his blocks are so filthy. I'm just glad I'm seeing 8 rebounds in 16 minutes tonight. His rebounds have been down lately. I want 10 reb, and 2.5-3 blks per game by seasons end. I don't care what anything else is.

u want it? he got it

no fouls, no misses? gonna be a good night my friends

Don't speak so soon....

You're gonna jinx him to get 2 fouls in 1 minute when he comes back to close the 2nd quarter. You know as wlel as I do that's a realistic option.

f--- me in the ass...

OMG THANKS A LOT

11:36 POR - J. Przybilla enters game for G. Oden
11:36 GS - A. Randolph hits the first free throw
11:36 POR - Personal foul on G. Oden
11:41 POR - Personal foul on G. Oden
:00.0 End of 1st Quarter

Sorry...he got 2 fouls in 5 SECONDS!! jesus

hahhahahahah this is unbelievable

Like someone mentioned earlier, Oden has very slow legs. Whenever he has to guard someone faster, he side-steps with his hips out and get easily called for a blocking foul. That's what happen on the first foul as Ellis drive in the lane. Then the next play was an iso for Randolph on Oden and well, easy second foul.

That was me who described that....

Yea...just STOP HIP CHECKING ODEN...

Nobody expects you to stop a guard when he's penetrated past the defense. Your job is to stand your ground and just put your hands up and make it a difficult lay in by standing there. If he drives around you like he should...and gets an easy bucket...so be it. It's not worth it to hip check him and then have to leave the game...and we lose your defensive presence on all the other posessions.

How are these things ^^ not said to him during practices!! seriously!

GREG ODEN, THE 90% FT SHOOTER??? SOMEONE TELL ME HE'LL ALWAYS BE THIS GOOD AT THE STRIPE.

Dude...9-10 FT's....

He's at 80% more then 1/8 into the season....

He never had a track record shooting FT's in college cause he was shooting Left Handed with that injury he had. So this may be where his potential was with FT's....

I'm LOVING IT!!

He's been a STUD so far. And with Nate McMillan announcing that he's just gonna play through his foul problems now....he's potentially a 14-12-3 60-80 guy!!!

LET'S GO BOY! Lovin my squad right now... now if Hibbert can mesh with Troy I'll be ecstatic.

10-12 now, but still. CANNOT complain.

The big boy had himself a game tonight!

Although it was a little bittersweet for me, being both a Bulls fan and an Oden owner. But he was a force tonight. They were looking for him on almost every play. And one thing I really liked to see, although it didnt necessarily translate on the boxscore, was his passing ability. They would dump it down to him, and much like Shaq does, he was waiting for a double team or just a help defender leaning towards him and then he was finding an open man and trying to set up his teammates. Not only will this skill usually turn into a couple assists, but it also forces defenders to try to anticipate that pass, or at least respect it, which will allow him a little more room to turn to the basket without being swarmed by defenders.

I know it was only one game, but he did some little things that showed he is moving in the right direction. Glad to see it.

I turned the game on in the second half and saw Oden posting up a Bull. I thought the bulls got caught up in a switch and had a guard on Oden, turns out it was Noah. Oden is so huge he makes a guy like Noah look like a 6'5 guard.

His only problem will be foul trouble. Once he gets passed that the sky is the limit.

So glad i picked up this guy. I was going to pass him up for Hibbert, but i managed to talk myself into getting oden. I also picked up Noah with my last pick, but ended up dropping him for Jonny Flynn before the season started =[

He will be garbage next game. Just saying...

16/8/1/3 so far.

good call.

Another 4-5 night at the FT line....

If he shoots 75%+ at the FT line...we're looking at 14-12-3 with 60%-75% by the end of the year. That's top 30 material!!!

you have been negative and wrong in so many threads lol

im happy hes starting to score more, but his rebounds have been down of late. i expected him to avg 10 rebs this year, cmon greg.

Gobble gobble. Rebound monster!

You were saying?

LOL