September 13, 200719 yr & could miss entire season (Knee surgery). Greg Oden likely out for rookie season after knee surgery http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3017538 Celebrated Trail Blazers rookie center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will likely miss the 2007-2008 season after undergoing knee surgery Thursday, the team said. "Greg had an arthroscopy and a microfracture surgery today," team physician Dr. Don Roberts, who preformed the surgery, said in a statement posted on the Trail Blazers' Web site. "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 from microfracture surgery." The Blazers are discuss the news at a 4:30 p.m. ET news conference. Oden underwent exploratory surgery on his right knee on Thursday in Vancouver, Wash.
September 13, 200719 yr Seriously though, this sucks big time for both the Blazers and Oden. I like the kid. I can't help but cheer for him. Hopefully he recovers quickly.
September 13, 200719 yr Wow, they were talking about this on PTI the other day, Portland has also drafted at number one, Bill Walton and Sam Bowie, to disappointing NBA careers because of injuries.
September 13, 200719 yr Wow, they were talking about this on PTI the other day, Portland has also drafted at number one, Bill Walton and Sam Bowie, to disappointing NBA careers because of injuries. To be fair, Portland got Bowie at #2. The Dream was #1.
September 13, 200719 yr I thought that this was intersting: If Oden does not play this season, he would become only the second player in the common draft (1966-present) to be selected No. 1 overall and not play in the year of his selection. David Robinson was drafted by San Antonio in 1987 but instead honored his Naval commitment.
September 13, 200719 yr They probably should have expected this when they choose to draft someone who looks older than Kevin Willis.
September 13, 200719 yr Terrible news for Oden and the Blazers. Microfracture is becoming more and more prevelant, hopefully he can come back at full strength. It didn't seem to hamper Stoudemire too much so I guess that's a positive.
September 13, 200719 yr He's 40... :walk: :lol: OK, I should said I hate that for any grandparent:sssh:
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