Is it too early to start hating on Greg Oden?... No. Seeing as how I think I should be GM of the hawks I'll tell you why I think he was a bad #1 pick.
First: (and honestly) from a business standpoint only, he is really ugly. Which means it will be hard to market him and put his ugly mug on billboards and the like. Durant (no, I am not gay) is not an unattractive man, and has a much better chance of selling jerseys and tickets (to women, who do in fact go to games to look at attractive men, not Greg Oden) Unless old men with wrinkly faces make an amazing comeback, which they most likely won't, Mr. Oden will always be hard to market.
Second: Is Greg Oden really that special... No. Wow he is 7ft tall. Remember when that was really special. I don't. My uncle is 7 ft tall. (not really) But 7ft is honestly not as rare as it used to be, there are a lot of terrible 7ft players in the league (candy man). And don't give me the "you can't teach height" shit. Cause you know what you can do, genetically create height. I don't know how, but China does.
Third: He uses both hands.... Not impressed. I can use both hands. I am using both hands right now!!! If he startd heading the ball in, then I'll be impressed. Every post man should be able to uses both hands, they are getting payed a lot of money.
Fourth: Rule: Don't say think something just cause someone said it. They tell me that Greg Oden "is going to be" an amazing rebounder. Really, why would you say that. Durant had more rebounds then him in college. 11.something DURANT, to 9.something ODEN (look it up if you want to get exact numbers) There is no reason to assume, other then height, that Oden will be a good rebounder. And now adays height really doesn't cut it for redounding (ask Boozer and B.Wallace)
Fif: In a deep draft, such as this. 5 years from now, 5 or so players that may not have been such a big deal during the draft will be REALLY REALLY GOOD/ MUCH MUCH BETTER then some of the bigger name players. I say this because people get caught up in the hype around some player, and do not draft blindly. EXAMPLE: If you pick a no-name guy who could be really good and he is a bust, your GM ass is toast... But if you pick a player with a lot of hype who turns out to be shit, then your job is safe and its the players fault. Basically, do you want to keep your job and feed your kids, or not.
Finally: Durant, Yi (who I like) or any number of other players in the draft. Will likely be "better" players then Oden. Don't believe me, that's fine, wait a couple years then lets talk. (haha, by then you will have forgotten all about this blog, so really I can't lose by saying that. But if I am right I will yell it all over town)
Oh yeah you see Odens first game in the summer league, playing against a bunch of flunkies. 10 fouls 8 pt and rebs.
I could talk about this forever, but I have to go work on my left handed hook shot.
5 comments:
you are right oden is an ugly man, which just gave me a great idea. I'm gonna put a poll on here, and we will vote for who is the ugliest pro baller of all time. I'm thinkin Sam "I am" Cassell, Oden, Cadillac Anderson, Charlie Villaneuva, rodman. give me any others you can think of
popey (not how he spells it) jones
of course how could i forget popeye, a face only a mother could love. i dont see it as a new element to add to the site yet, but the talk about it as a new feature for blogs. once its added, this poll is going up. also I'm actually impressed by Odens instincts as a shot blocker, but thats about it. and even then he is no mutombo. I forsee him being a bit better than Monut Bol by the end of his career
monut bol was crazy. I was looking at a sports almanac the other day and that boy could block some shots.
yea man, I can see Oden being like that. He is an athelete with great instincts to the ball. He will prolly win rings cuz the NBA honestly is pretty weak now a days. but to compare him to Shaq in his prime, or Bill Russell and Chamberlin is really just ridiculous. I think that's my issue, and I could be wrong about him. Unfortunatley for Oden I'm never wrong so he can look forward to being Munut Bol part 2 or being one of the biggest busts in sports history
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