Greg Oden

[heelfan]

89.5 FG%

Thats insane . Oden's FG% is going to drop though, he shot a mere 8-15 from the field last night.

[Slam]

For some of the Greg Oden doubters out there, take a look at these numbers from Greg Oden 3 games into his season

14.7 ppg
8.3 rpg
5.0 bgp
89.5 FG%

In my opinion, he could walk into the NBA today with no practice or preparation and be one of the top 3 centers in the league.

Sorry Ziggy but I don't agree and I think you are wrong. While I agree that with his hand and conditioning he's only at about 80% but he still has a long way to go with his development before I'll agree he's the next coming.

I know that Okafor is 4 years "older" (24 is not old) at this stage I would take him over Oden. Oden is a very poor rebounder for his size and for what he should be doing. His positioning is aweful and he gets out muscled way too easily (see the Buckeyes Vs the Gators last week).

I've seen Oden play about 4 times this year and yes, there is a lot to get excited about but there is just as much he needs to work on (like his passing out of a double team).

Don't get me wrong, I like him, but don't get sucked into the hype just because of the stats. Like Mustachio said: against high schoolers he was dominate. Now he's playing against stronger, more physical guys like Horford he's getting beaten up on and when he gets to the NBA he's going to be coming up against bigger, stronger men.

If he plays against Big Baby and LSU in the tourney it'll be interesting to see how he handles things then.

[ziggy]

In the Florida game, Horford played him tight, but I didn't see him get outmuscled. No way in the world the Joakim Noah outmuscled him. I'm guessing that hes about 255 pounds now. In 2 or 3 years when hes added another 20 pounds or so, he'll be able to hold his own physically with anyone in the NBA not named Shaq.

I will give it to you that he should be pulling down more than 8.7 boards a game. I'm going to attribute that to the bad wrist and the conditioning, but I could be wrong.

But most importantly, the reason that you HAVE to take him at #1 or make sacrifices to move up to get him is that he is a legitimate, bonifide, pure, natural, dominant low post center. Not a PF pretending to be a center, or a center that takes 20 foot jumpers. Hes a center in the Shaq / Yao Ming mold. Pair him with Emeka and we win 50+ games a year for the next 10 years.

[dvdbumpus]

Hes a center in the Shaq / Yao Ming mold. Pair him with Emeka and we win 50+ games a year for the next 10 years.

And the gods descend upon the bobcats, the holy music starts playing, and all is well in the world. MUAHAHA!

[Slam]

It's not the wrist that makes him a poor rebounder - it's his positioning. It's really, really bad. If I had a dollar for every time the ball goes back over his head off the rim or the glass I wouldn't have to work.

It's because he camps out right under the ring rather than outside where the resticted area would be and once he gets caught under the ring he can't battle his way out.

Like I said, maybe that can be changed with training and practice, but at the moment it's painfully bad.

Please don't ge me wrong, I sure wont be sad at all if we drafted Oden, I'll be thrilled. But I would just prefer to have Durant.

EO50 and Oden wouldn't compliment each other as well as EO50 and Durant IMO. Oden isn't offensive enough and they would get in each others way (unless you want EO50 to continue to try and work on that 15-18ft jump shot rather than working in the post)

[ziggy]

Last night Greg put up 17 points, 19 boards and 4 blocked shots.
He MUST wind up in a Bobcats uniform.

My worst nightmare is for Orlando to barely miss the playoffs, go into the lottery with just a few ping-pong balls then win it... And wind up with Oden at center and Dwight Howard at power forward... Mentally that would send me over the edge.

[dvdbumpus]

Last night Greg put up 17 points, 19 boards and 4 blocked shots.
He MUST wind up in a Bobcats uniform.

My worst nightmare is for Orlando to barely miss the playoffs, go into the lottery with just a few ping-pong balls then win it... And wind up with Oden at center and Dwight Howard at power forward... Mentally that would send me over the edge.

If that happens, I'll quit watching basketball. That, and I'll shoot David Stern.

[ziggy]

If the Magic pulled that off, that might be enough to turn me into a hockey fan... Maybe I'd turn this place into carolinahurricanesplanet.com

[dav7z]

Durant is the one to win us a NBA chanpion ship. Hes the best player ive ever seen coming out of college including JORDON . This guy cxan do it all and is only going to get better.

[dvdbumpus]

Durant is the one to win us a NBA chanpion ship. Hes the best player ive ever seen coming out of college including JORDON . This guy cxan do it all and is only going to get better.

here's a question for thought. IF we nab #2 pick, would you trade down, and if so, what would it take?