Say it Ain't So...

The next Bill Russell and Blazers saviour Greg Oden is playing an unfamiliar position this season...bench warmer. The Portland Trail Blazers 1st round draft pick and the number one overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft is out for the season with a microfacture the size of a thumb nail in his knee. He went to see the teams physician for an exploratory procedure and ended up having microfracture surgery. This type of injury has hampered the NBA over the last two decades. Notable players like the Suns big man Amare Stoudamire and Nets floor general Jason Kidd have both had this surgery but bounced back. Former players Allan Houston and Jamal Mashburn had their careers cut short because of multiple microfracture surgeries. Oden is only 19-years-old and might heel faster than most players who have had this injury; He has yet to take a real beating on his body like a 82-game season and traveling from state to state will give you...Well we all know how the Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan pick turned out, lets just hope without Oden in the middle Kevin Durant will at least sign a poster for the Blazers of him soaring throw the air or dropping "Fiddy" on them...And with the first pick...the Blazers pick...well lets just say don't make the same mistake two years in a row.