Greg Oden Update: Knee Swelling

[Johnny Jones]

http://blogs.herald.com/miami_heat/2...-positive.html


[QUOTE]Greg Oden was sidelined on Wednesday for the second straight practice due to swelling in his left knee. The Heat practiced in New York at Basketball City on Pier 36 in advance of Thursday's preseason game against the Nets.

Oden, who is attempting a comeback despite chronic knee problems, sat out the Heat

[Peteballa]

My prediction: He makes no impact. Dude's body is just... done. I admire his effort and the work he's putting in, but I think we see with him what we kind of saw with Brandon Roy.

I hope I'm wrong, though.

[TheReal Kendall]

Damn! Nikka haven't even played a game yet.

He might just need to retire, sucks cause I had high hopes for him coming out of college

[DuMa]

swelling is better than a ligament tearing. he'll recover and the heat will know he cant play back to back at least

[niko]

People still don't get it, he's going to be hurt and not play. That's what happens when your knees have completely gone to shit. See Amare.

[Dro]

Well, so much for the Oden experiment...We'll see if Miami can win again with a small frontline...

[Myth]

swelling is better than a ligament tearing. he'll recover and the heat will know he cant play back to back at least

Hasn't he only played in 1 practice though? They probably didn't even have him go 100%. If he can't do more than 1 practice, he won't be playing in any games. He also is super rusty and needed development in the first place. For Oden to be an impact, he needs consistency and swelling already shows he likely won't be able to be consistent for any more than a couple of weeks at a time if he is lucky. My guess is he will spend the season with the Heat, but potentially not play any games (I give him 10 games this season at best unless this swelling is a complete fluke unrelated to the injury/surgery history), and then will retire.

[Bibby4Three]

Guy is made of glass.

So much for the Oden Experiment Pt 2.

[Nelson14]

bad news for him, great news for every other team in the league

[Nash]

feel sorry for the dude. I'm really rooting for him.

[TylerOO]

Anyone with a brain expected to see some swelling after his first 5 on 5 practice in years.

[longtime lurker]

Wow Oden is experiencing knee problems I didn't see this coming......







































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[jzek]

Just cut him now and get another big body.

Or, send him to see Kobe's mad doctor in Germany.

[poido123]

A lot of Heat fans were gloating about this guy making them unstoppable, while everyone else was telling them the dude is done.

There is no way a knee like that is going to last longterm. First of all there isn't enough muscle in his leg to support his big frame and while he can still walk, maybe he should consider going back into retirement.

[aj1987]

It sucks when a player wants to play so bad, but his body doesn't allow him to. Trade him to the Suns or the Lakers. They have the best medical staff in the NBA.