Greg Oden: I Know Im One Of the Biggest Busts in History

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2056332-greg-oden-i-know-im-one-of-the-biggest-busts-in-nba-history?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

"I’m over all of that. I know I’m one of the biggest busts in NBA history and I know that it’ll only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things … It’s frustrating that my body can’t do what my mind wants it to do sometimes. But worrying or complaining about it isn’t going to fix anything … I wish the circumstances would let me play more, but I certainly don’t regret coming back, and I don’t regret signing with the Heat.

My cousin got wrapped up in the NBA lifestyle and threw parties at my house all the time. So I got wrapped up in it too. When I played well, I’d drink to celebrate. And when I played poorly, I’d drink to forget. That second year in Portland I pretty much became an alcoholic."

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: this nikka close to acceptin he THE biggest bust ever:applause: :applause: :applause:

[BlazerRed]

I hate you Oden. You broke my heart AND now play for the CHeat :no:

[Rocketswin2013]

This is funny to you?

[TylerOO]

Whats so funny?

[Mass Debator]

He's finally growing up. Owning up. Manning up. :applause:

[MUGEN]

Not sure what's funny. I feel sorry for him, so much talent. He is being honest about his situation and trying to make the best of it. Good for him :applause:

[tjgoHAM]

if nothing else at least he's got millions

[ArbitraryWater]

OP has got to be the most retarded poster here.... his use of smileys is worse than 20Four's and sportsjames...

No feel for the situation at all.

[russwest0]

Imagine this Portland team with Durant :eek: :eek: :eek:

Durant was clearly the better prospect too when you looked at everything. He absolutely dominated college's best defenders his freshman year and it had the elite height/length/athleticism to carry that into the next level.

Don't tell the media that though. Oden was the next coming of Shaq and Durant sucked at basketball because he couldn't bench 185 pounds :oldlol:

[SilkkTheShocker]

Oden will still retire with more rings than Durant :oldlol:

[moe94]

How is any of this funny?

[Hey Yo]

He's finally growing up. Owning up. Manning up. :applause:
Owning up that injuries derailed his career?

Sad part about it is that Oden has heard himself called a bust for years that he doesn't even understand what the word means.

Big difference between bust and injury's

[CelticBaller]

Greg Oden was going to be a beast


This ****ing sucks

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Imagine this Portland team with Durant :eek: :eek: :eek:

Durant was clearly the better prospect too when you looked at everything. He absolutely dominated college's best defenders his freshman year and it had the elite height/length/athleticism to carry that into the next level.

Don't tell the media that though. Oden was the next coming of Shaq and Durant sucked at basketball because he couldn't bench 185 pounds :oldlol:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[CavaliersFTW]

What's so funny?

[J Shuttlesworth]

Classless posters laughing at this... :wtf:

[reppy]

OP is not a nice guy.

Seriously though, it's so easy to sit at your keyboard and laugh at someone else. But I doubt you have experienced even 1/100th of the pressure that was placed on this guy's shoulders when he was still basically just a kid. I'm almost 30 and I wouldn't even be able to function if I had to deal with the stuff this guy went through.

It's so easy to forget that these guys are coming into the NBA damn near fresh out of high school. Even a guy like Lillard that spent 4 years in college is still a damn kid when he gets out.

There are a lot of people I don't like in the NBA. But most of them are at least pretty decent humans; no better or worse than you or I would be in the same situation. There is no joy to be had by laughing at the misfortune of another person.

[D-FENS]

OP has got to be the most retarded poster here.... his use of smileys is worse than 20Four's and sportsjames...

No feel for the situation at all.

Agreed. OP is obviously under 16, or is just a nasty SOB.

Props to Oden, we all know that without injuries he was a machine. He would have put up some insane numbers and those Blazers with a healthy Roy and Oden would have won a championship by now.

[Wally450]

Greg Oden got further than OP did. Oden should be laughing at him.

[Relinquish]

Imagine this Portland team with Durant :eek: :eek: :eek:

Durant was clearly the better prospect too when you looked at everything. He absolutely dominated college's best defenders his freshman year and it had the elite height/length/athleticism to carry that into the next level.

Don't tell the media that though. Oden was the next coming of Shaq and Durant sucked at basketball because he couldn't bench 185 pounds :oldlol:

They wouldn't have gotten Lillard though because they wouldn't have picked that low. Potentially the same for Aldridge. :confusedshrug:

[TheMagicMan]

Injuries =/= bust.

[ForeverHeat]

Props to Oden, I wish him the very best in his career. I hope OPs momma ends up as paraplegic.

[buddha]

so Oden is a beta?

like father, like son

[DaSeba5]

You were already one of the worst posters here, but this puts you on a whole other level.

[Lordsteven]

hope the best for this dude, don't know how any of this is funny .

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

OP is not a nice guy.

Seriously though, it's so easy to sit at your keyboard and laugh at someone else. But I doubt you have experienced even 1/100th of the pressure that was placed on this guy's shoulders when he was still basically just a kid. I'm almost 30 and I wouldn't even be able to function if I had to deal with the stuff this guy went through.

It's so easy to forget that these guys are coming into the NBA damn near fresh out of high school. Even a guy like Lillard that spent 4 years in college is still a damn kid when he gets out.

There are a lot of people I don't like in the NBA. But most of them are at least pretty decent humans; no better or worse than you or I would be in the same situation. There is no joy to be had by laughing at the misfortune of another person.
Hes made millions and is set for life im not gonna feel bad for him:biggums: :biggums:

http://ps201blog.typepad.com/mickey_mantles_liver/images/2007/06/26/mag_07022007.jpg

[CelticBaller]

Hes made millions and is set for life im not gonna feel bad for him:biggums: :biggums:

http://ps201blog.typepad.com/mickey_mantles_liver/images/2007/06/26/mag_07022007.jpg
but you're going to laugh at a guy losing the chance of becoming something greater? and then have to realize he will always be a disappointment?

TF is wrong with you? :wtf:

[chocolatethunder]

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[MUGEN]

Hes made millions and is set for life im not gonna feel bad for him:biggums: :biggums:

http://ps201blog.typepad.com/mickey_mantles_liver/images/2007/06/26/mag_07022007.jpg

sure but money isn't everything. Without injury he would have been one of the best in the league by now. You don't even need to feel bad for him..but you can be a bit sympathetic towards his situation.

and also injury does not equal to a bust ..I feel like that term is being misused a lot nowadays :confusedshrug:

[reppy]

Hes made millions and is set for life im not gonna feel bad for him:biggums: :biggums:

http://ps201blog.typepad.com/mickey_mantles_liver/images/2007/06/26/mag_07022007.jpg

Where did I say you should feel sorry for him? :biggums: :biggums:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

sure but money isn't everything. Without injury he would have been one of the best in the league by now. You don't even need to feel bad for him..but you can be a bit sympathetic towards his situation.

and also injury does not equal to a bust ..I feel like that term is being misused a lot nowadays :confusedshrug:
True u make good points and didnt get rustled and kept it civil unlike others:cheers: :cheers:

i apologize:applause: :applause:

[kentatm]

dafaq is wrong w/you OP?

[MUGEN]

True u make good points and didnt get rustled and kept it civil unlike others:cheers: :cheers:

i apologize:applause: :applause:

:cheers:

[Marchesk]

Sam Bowie doe

[oh the horror]

What's alarming is even without his knee issues it sounds like he would have developed a pretty bad drinking problem anyway.


This kid was screwed all the way around.

[16X]

OP likes dick in the mouth.

[Hey Yo]

Injuries =/= bust.
It shouldn't. Not something you can control.

Olowokandi, Darko, Morrison, Kwame, Tractor Traylor, Washburn, Thabeet = busts

[oarabbus]

It's too bad for the guy. He could have been great instead of a great disappointment. Don't see any humor in it.

[Myth]

I hate you Oden. You broke my heart AND now play for the CHeat :no:

This.

[bdreason]

Not his fault his body won't hold up. I can only imagine how frustrating that must be.

[TheReal Kendall]

I really had high hopes for Oden coming out of college but injuries really messed his career up. I don't really feel sorry cause he still making his money but I feel some type of way cause we didn't get to see him reach his full potential.

I honestly wasn't a big KD fan back and I thought he wouldn't be that good because of his size.

Still though looking back I would still pick Oden over KD. If Oden was healthy he would've dominated the league.

I got respect for Oden for saying this.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

triple reported for being insensitive, a fakkit and an annoying pest:applause: :applause:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

triple reported for being insensitive, a fakkit and an annoying pest:applause: :applause:
http://cdn.niketalk.com/b/b0/350x700px-LL-b0e57b67_maximum_over_rustle_jimmies_shaking_13537 619370.gif

[knickballer]

What's alarming is even without his knee issues it sounds like he would have developed a pretty bad drinking problem anyway.


This kid was screwed all the way around.

Looks like the pressure/anxiety was getting to big for him especially after his first major injury his rookie season. But as an athlete it's easier to recover from alcoholism than major knee problem. I can't imagine all that hype riding on him from high school claiming he's the next GOAT big but not even playing his rookie season.

But he has made millions and has showed people when he was healthy he looked to be a very good NBA player(even after the rookie injuries)

[Lord Bean]

What the **** is OP laughing about?

[zoom17]

What the **** is OP laughing about?

this

[dude77]

Injuries =/= bust.

this ..

how can you call someone a bust when injuries didn't allow them to even try to reach their potential .. not a bust .. just really bad luck

[Andrei89]

As I posted this again in some other thread.

This forum ihas hit an absolute all time low.

Dont know why Jeff does not simply IP ban these sad individuals like the OP.

[Sakkreth]

Pathetic op.

[Mass Debator]

Owning up that injuries derailed his career?
Alcohol issues

[jzek]

Is he not on the Heat's active playoff roster? :wtf:

[Cocaine80s]

Op still mad as **** Durant got picked 2nd :oldlol:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Op still mad as **** Durant got picked 2nd :oldlol:
another category where durant came up second:lol :lol

[TheMilkyBarKid]

Greg seems like an incredibly nice and humble guy, hate on the heat, but not Greg.

[-Lebron23-]

Fvck OP for laughing at this. Seriously.

Oden is more of a man in that interview than OP will ever be.

[Hey Yo]

Alcohol issues
That can be overcome more easily than 5 knee surgeries

[russwest0]

They wouldn't have gotten Lillard though because they wouldn't have picked that low. Potentially the same for Aldridge. :confusedshrug:

That Lillard pick was from the Nets, no?

[Brizzly]

not basing this on anything other then the quote at hand but a real man does not blame his failure or mistakes on someone else, like Greg is doing.

[lilgodfather1]

Maybe it is because I am well past puberty at this point, but I don

[sportjames23]

OP has got to be the most retarded poster here.... his use of smileys is worse than 20Four's and sportsjames...

No feel for the situation at all.


This nikka gonna drag me into this? I oughta pop you upside the head with a cue ball, muhfvcka. :mad:


Mad props to Oden for admitting something like this doe.

Arbitrary is on my list of foes now doe.




















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[RoseCity07]

It's going to be incredibly satisfying to me if Greg Oden gets a ring this year. I actually got more respect KD than ever after his speech. It would be funny because it would just add onto his "always 2nd" list.

[KingBeasley08]

One-Starred
Future negged
Will find OP's mother to bang

[LONGTIME]

It's going to be incredibly satisfying to me if Greg Oden gets a ring this year. I actually got more respect KD than ever after his speech. It would be funny because it would just add onto his "always 2nd" list.

That's going to be one cheap ****ing ring. I'm mean seriously, sitting on his ass just watching...pathetic way to get a ring.

[Bones_Jones]

whose a bigger bust, kandiman or oden?

[Euroleague]

One of the.....one of the biggest?

Wow, dude is delusional as hell if he does not realize he's THE biggest bust ever.

:facepalm

[iznogood]

One of the.....one of the biggest?

Wow, dude is delusional as hell if he does not realize he's not THE biggest bust ever.

:facepalm
I thought someone's only considered to be a bust if he didn't develop as he was expected to develop..? Oden didn't really have a chance due to his injuries.

[Euroleague]

I thought someone's only considered to be a bust if he didn't develop as he was expected to develop..? Oden didn't really have a chance due to his injuries.

So then why is Sam Bowie always called a bust then?

[iznogood]

So then why is Sam Bowie always called a bust then?
I didn't know he was being called a bust. If that's the case I guess I was wrong about the definition of the word bust.

[lilgodfather1]

This nikka gonna drag me into this? I oughta pop you upside the head with a cue ball, muhfvcka. :mad:


Mad props to Oden for admitting something like this doe.

Arbitrary is on my list of foes now doe.




















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I am sure he will be fine with that, since in barely over a year you have over 3000 posts on an internet message board. You pose no real threat in his real life.

[ShackEelOKneel]

Acceptance is the first step to recovery.

[AnaheimLakers24]

lecurse doesnt wat his players to get the attention

[DwnShft2Xcelr8]

I feel for Oden. The millions he's made over the years are obviously nice, but it must suck to dedicate your life to perfect a specific craft only to have injuries prevent you from reaching your full potential.

[Soundwave]

http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4fe4e0e669bedd9a54000010/historic-nba-draft-bust-sam-bowie-may-have-misled-the-blazers-into-picking-him-over-michael-jordan.jpg

I honestly feel bad for the Blazers, I think they may have missed out on 6-10 championships by taking Bowie over Jordan and then again with Oden over Durant.

[sportjames23]

I am sure he will be fine with that, since in barely over a year you have over 3000 posts on an internet message board. You pose no real threat in his real life.


What, are you his boyfriend, bitch? You come to his rescue when he gets into fights on the internets? And you complaining abut someone being on a message board, when you're doing the SAME thing?

Child, please. :coleman:

[moe94]

One of the.....one of the biggest?

Wow, dude is delusional as hell if he does not realize he's THE biggest bust ever.

:facepalm

Darko

Coincidentally, he's a Euro player. :roll:

[Straight_Ballin]

so Oden is a beta?

like father, like son

Seeing as how Oden is the biological father of LBJ, not sure what you're saying here?

[Straight_Ballin]

I feel for Oden. The millions he's made over the years are obviously nice, but it must suck to dedicate your life to perfect a specific craft only to have injuries prevent you from reaching your full potential.

Never put all your eggs in one basket....

[lilgodfather1]

What, are you his boyfriend, bitch? You come to his rescue when he gets into fights on the internets? And you complaining abut someone being on a message board, when you're doing the SAME thing?

Child, please. :coleman:
Yes, yes I am. Or maybe not. Either way I feel like I may have hurt your feelings, sorry young man. I forget sometimes, that most people on the internet are younger and less mature.

[sportjames23]

Yes, yes I am. Or maybe not. Either way I feel like I may have hurt your feelings, sorry young man. I forget sometimes, that most people on the internet are younger and less mature.


You are so mad, my friend. I feel for you.

They do have anger management classes you can take to help. I'm praying for you.

[ShackEelOKneel]

How nuts would it be if Oden has a short, crazy stretch and wins FMVP?

[Kiddlovesnets]

Well its a good thing that at least he realizes whom he is, this is necessary for him to get used to being a role player and learn to help the team in many possible ways. Allen Iverson never understood that he was the cancer to his teams, even after he retired. A bust knowing what hes doing > A cancer not knowing what hes doing.

[nightprowler10]

Whoever finds this funny is an unbalanced 12 year old spoiled brat.

[secund2nun]

Oden had potential top 15 GOAT ability if not more. It's a shame his injuries ruined it. An already injured destroyed potential Oden put up 11-9-2 60% fg and great defense in 23 mpg as a 21 year old in his 2nd season in the NBA. He would be dominating the league if not for the injuries.

[AnaheimLakers24]

no he wouldnt

[secund2nun]

no he wouldnt

Idiot laker fan alert

[MavsSuperFan]

no one should feel bad for oden. he is richer than 99.99% of people ever will be.

[KingMillions]

those glass knee caps doe....

[lilgodfather1]

You are so mad, my friend. I feel for you.

They do have anger management classes you can take to help. I'm praying for you.
You can pray to whatever imaginary deity you would like to for me. That is always appreciated, even if it is just a waste of time. While you are at it, maybe you could ask your imaginary deity for a job, so you can stop posting on ish so much. I would have said girlfriend, but we don't want your sister to get jealous.

[Cocaine80s]

no one should feel bad for oden. he is richer than 99.99% of people ever will be.
So just because someone's rich you shouldn't feel bad for them?

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

So just because someone's rich you shouldn't feel bad for them?
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[jayfan]

Can you imagine...the team that took Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan actually made the same mistake again! History does repeat.


(and no, I'm not comparing Durant to Jordan. Calm down.)

[ILLsmak]

OP is not a nice guy.

Seriously though, it's so easy to sit at your keyboard and laugh at someone else. But I doubt you have experienced even 1/100th of the pressure that was placed on this guy's shoulders when he was still basically just a kid. I'm almost 30 and I wouldn't even be able to function if I had to deal with the stuff this guy went through.



hmm. Agreed with first part, but no way you can say the second part. People have gone thru ****ed up shit in life, maybe OP was molested, that would be some ****ed up shit to deal with. Yakno?

But yea... sucks to be Oden. He's not the biggest bust though. I don't think busting is related to how well the people picked in front of you play. Plus, injuries. Kwame is the ****ing biggest bust ever.

-Smak

[mark henson 123]

he will be back for the pacers serious!
he will back up bosh for 13 miutes a game:rockon: