Can we call Oden a bust now?

[Surfah]

Portland Trail Blazers' Greg Oden likely out for year after fracturing patella - ESPN

[BoylenOver]

I get uncomfortable calling an injured player a bust, but it's quite clear he's falling severely short of expectations.

I don't know how you can count on anything from him as an NBA player.

[Surfah]

Seriously though, I feel bad for the kid. He can't catch a break.... I kid, I kid. It's too bad that he's been hurt his entire career. Portland is so injured right now, even their coach is hurt. Rough.

[Coach McGuirk]

I knew he was 40. He needs to retire.

[chrisrenrut]

Reminds me of Ralph Sampson. Great in college, could be good in the pros, but never healthy enough to prove it.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I still take him on the Jazz, I am not sure what that says about him or the Jazz.

[MarkGrace]

Poor kid.

[FN Phat]

I knew he was 40. He needs to retire.

Very nice. I called it on draft night. Portland has a history of screwing up BIG time on draft night.

[MarkGrace]

His latest setback appeared to happen without any contact: He planted both feet to block a shot by a driving Aaron Brooks, and his left knee simply gave way as he went up. Brooks lofted in a bank shot while Oden grimaced and began to clutch his knee while still in mid-air. Photographs in the immediate aftermath showed his kneecap displaced several inches down and to the right from where one normally expects a kneecap to reside.

Unbelievable. This kid's body is just never going to hold up.

[dabrockster]

Sucks. He is young (Age wise), so I am hoping he can get healthy and have a good career. I am beginning to wonder if Portland is the curse and not the player...

I watched this kid play here. He was fun to watch...

[TheBYUGuy]

Didn't we already know he had knee problems? I always thought that's why he wore those pads on them?

[JohnnyLingo]

I love how Hollinger says all 30 GM's would have taken Oden over Durant... really, John? You can say that with certainty?

[TripletDaddy]

Walton
Bowie
Oden
Qyntel Woods' dogs

Portland is not a safe place!

[happyone]

What is it with Portland and high draft pick centers. They don't seem to have any luck. Didn't they draft Bowie instead of Jordan way back when?

[MartyFunkhouser]

This just makes me sick and it isn't because I am a Blazer fan, it is because Oden is one of the good guys in the NBA. A good guy like Oden can't stay healthy, but players like Bron Bron don't have a single injury problem. It isn't fair.