Another Oden injury - AP

[Eggcentric at aol.com]

This poor guy - he is soooo talented.   But the wrist, the tonsillectomy, 
and now the knee.   It doesn't bode well.

It makes Seattle's Durant look more and more like the prize of the 
draft.   And his team's GM, Emerson College's own Sam Presti, is 
looking real good with the courage to make the painful moves to 
immediately rebuild his team... no wishy-washy about it.   And
that includes his gutsy trade of high-salaried stars Ray Allen 
to the Celts and his sign-and-trade of Rashard Lewis (rather than 
re-signing him to a big contract) to lucky Orlando for peanuts ... 
a second-round pick and a $9 mill trade exception. 

Did we trade for the wrong Seattle star?    Would we have been 
better off giving up that little (a second-round pick and a 
$9 mill trade exception or a reasonable facsimile) ) for Lewis 
rather than giving up Delonte, Wally, and #5 Jeff Green 
(or Jianlian who we would have taken had we kept the pick) 
for one-dimensional scorer, 32 year old Ray Allen?   

Egg
-----------------------------------
Oden to have arthroscopic knee surgery
By Associated Press   (Tuesday, Sept. 11)

PORTLAND, Ore. - Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the NBA 
draft, 
will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery this week because of pain in 
his 
right knee.

An MRI taken last week showed Oden may have some cartilage problems, general 
manager Kevin Pritchard said Monday.

A timetable for Oden’s return will be set following the surgery, which will 
take 
place Thursday in Vancouver, Wash. The Trail Blazers open training camp in 
three 
weeks, and the regular season starts Oct. 30.

This is Oden’s second health problem since the Trail Blazers drafted him in 
June. 
He had a tonsillectomy in July after struggling in two Las Vegas summer 
league games.

Oden recovered from that operation and was working out in the Portland area 
when he felt pain in his knee. The MRI was taken Thursday and Oden refrained 
from working out over the weekend.

Cheri Hanson, a team spokeswoman, said Oden and Trail Blazers coach 
Nate McMillan wouldn’t be available to answer questions. Efforts to reach 
Oden’s agent, Mike Conley Sr., by phone weren’t successful.

Oden, despite being hampered by a wrist injury, averaged 15.7 points and 
9.6 rebounds for Ohio State last season, leading the Buckeyes to the national 

championship game as a freshman. He had 25 points and 12 rebounds in 
the loss to Florida.



**************************************
 See what's new at http://www.aol.com