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Greg Oden Done For Season
Topic Started: Sep 13 2007, 02:56 PM (569 Views)
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Multiple News Outlets Reporting:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AtYy...=yhoo&type=lgns

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Portland Trailblazers center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft, will miss the 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture surgery Thursday, two league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Oden, a 7-footer from Ohio State, was found to have torn cartilage during exploratory surgery on his right knee and was operated on by team doctor Don Roberts in Vancouver, Wash. Most microfracture surgeries require eight months to a year for recovery.

"Greg had an arthroscopy and a microfracture surgery today," Roberts said in a Blazers statement. "He was found to have articular cartilage damage in his right knee. The area of injury was not large and we were able to treat it with microfracture, which stimulates the growth of cartilage.

"There are things about this that are positive for Greg. First of all, he is young. The area where the damage was is small and the rest of his knee looked normal. All those are good signs for a complete recovery."

Oden had complained of soreness in his right knee, and an MRI that showed possible cartilage damage prompted the Blazers to schedule the exploratory surgery.

The season-ending injury is the latest in a string of health issues for Oden. His summer league debut was cut short after his tonsils were removed, and he missed several games of his freshman season at Ohio State while recovering from surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right wrist


Sucks to be a Blazers fan right now. Yikes.

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I was shocked to see this. Hes gonna have a real tough road to recovery. They said hes out at least till March, but i bet we wont see him till the next season.
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BURN!!!! fine with me tho. haha
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Well, older athletes are prone to injuries.

No seriously though, I feel bad for him, the Blazers, and the league. I was really looking forward to seeing him play.
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WOW.....That really sucks.
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this sucks, i was looking forward to dwight posterizing him :(
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Sep. 13 2007 09:04 PM
No seriously though, I feel bad for him, the Blazers, and the league. I was really looking forward to seeing him play.

Yeah tell me about it.. i thought he would miss a month or two but the whole season? Man, that shocked me and most of the country who was dying to see the kid in action. I still think Durant will be a better star anyways.
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He might actually miss more than a season. Amare took one and a half season. Oden looks crooked. There are some rumors that the problem on the knee is caused by his back and hips, so it could be more serious than they are letting on.

Needless to say, Kevin Durant looks really good right now.
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Portland just can't get a break lately.
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