Will Greg Oden ever play a full season in the NBA?

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7595246/surgery-greg-oden-portland-trail-blazers-turned-third-microfracture

Rick Dipietro is commonly referred to as the "Man Made of Glass", but with Greg Oden's knee problems it looks like we have a new contestant in the glass man category. Honestly I'm surprised that Portland has held on to him as long as they have. I can't see any team giving him a contract next season when he becomes a restricted free agent. Does he have any chance to make an entire NBA season or is it time to hang em up?

He's done. JML897

No. I am surprised that the Blazers even signed him to a qualifying offer. They gave him $8.9m. Wow. I think the title will always go to DiPietro. Oden has had some major injuries while RD seems to get hurt getting out of bed. And with his 15 year contract has no motivation to get back in the lineup. He could never live up to that ridiculous contract if healthy anyways. Portland should ship Oden to Phoenix, they seem to know how to rehab their players successfully.

RIP

Doubtful. I feel so bad for him because he's such a capable player when he's 100%. It sucks how rare it is. He'll probably retire soon.

I wouldn't quite rule him done, you still have to remember if that he's only 24. That being said I doubt he finishes a season, by the end of this season he'll have played what basically amounts to a single season (82 games) in a total of 5 seasons spent in the NBA.

This is all really unfortunate for the Blazers though, could you imagine if they had Brandon Roy, and Greg Oden playing at their full potential playing with Lamarcus Aldrige?

He's only 24 but this was his 5th (!!!) knee surgery. That's crazy. JML897

Most of him is 24. His knees are closer to 64.

Should of drafted Kevin Durant. Trailblazers have had the worst bad luck with injuries. RIP Brandon Roy.

Should of drafted Kevin Durant.

deuce4eva

Colin Cowherd doesn't agree.

"Anybody who says Durant should be #1 isn't doing their homework or is just trying to be controversial"

(Oops)

Should of drafted Kevin Durant.

deuce4eva

[QUOTE="deuce4eva"]

Should of drafted Kevin Durant.

JML897

Colin Cowherd doesn't agree.

"Anybody who says Durant should be #1 isn't doing their homework or is just trying to be controversial"

(Oops)

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="deuce4eva"]

Should of drafted Kevin Durant.

GodofBigMacs

Colin Cowherd doesn't agree.

"Anybody who says Durant should be #1 isn't doing their homework or is just trying to be controversial"

(Oops)

just another joke the league "experts" invited themselves into.

I think he can come back. He won't ever play a full season tho. I still believe he can be a serviceable big man coming off the bench maybe? I feel bad for him but whatevs.

[QUOTE="GodofBigMacs"][QUOTE="JML897"]

Colin Cowherd doesn't agree.

"Anybody who says Durant should be #1 isn't doing their homework or is just trying to be controversial"

(Oops)

No_Hablo_Ingles

Not how I remember it. When a person can't bench more than a bunch of high schoolers can, that raises a bunch of red flags, especially for a lanky 6'10 SF.

If he joins the Suns..He should take some pointers from Grant Hill.kage_53

If we're saying that a full season is about 70 games?

Yeah I could see that happening easy

So far he's healed completely from every single procedure, then you add in the fact that this latest operation was just supposed to be to clean out the knee and they decided to do another microfracture surgery that he'll heal completely from.

It's delaying things for sure but so far he's not been laid up by any surgery with lasting effects

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"][QUOTE="GodofBigMacs"] Yeah a ton of people wrote him off when they heard about his bench press #'s.GodofBigMacs

Not how I remember it. When a person can't bench more than a bunch of high schoolers can, that raises a bunch of red flags, especially for a lanky 6'10 SF.

Most of him is 24. His knees are closer to 64.

Oleg_Huzwog

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Most of him is 24. His knees are closer to 64.

PSP107