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Monday, September 10, 2007

Snakebitten

Hard to believe, but guess what happened today.

Posted at 7:38 PM | Permalink

Comments (13)

My, what a surprise.

Posted by Allan L. | September 10, 2007 7:53 PM

Hey, we can always cheer for Kevin Durant when he comes to town. >:-)

Posted by Zeb Quinn | September 10, 2007 8:10 PM

Wow, that's harsh, but when we welcomed Greg Oden to Portland it was for good times and bad. He's already brought more joy to this town than most people. As long as there's no character problems involved, we've got to keep the faith with this young man and hope for the best.

Posted by Bill McDonald | September 10, 2007 8:14 PM

I hate to say I told you so, but (cough)...Sam Bowie.

Posted by Chris McMullen | September 10, 2007 9:01 PM

this fellow is still a teenager, but has several health issues. in the merciless world of pro sports, those issues don't get better--they get worse.

myself, i think the scouts were right--he's a risky pick.

here's to hoping he gets to play a full career. maybe the Blazers get another lottery pick next year...

Posted by ecohuman.com | September 10, 2007 10:05 PM

Is there a link different from OregonLive for this? Sheesh, what a splat to go to that.

Posted by Tenskwatawa | September 10, 2007 10:26 PM

At least Bill Walton had played some games before he got injured.

This guy started slow then fizzled.

Karma. Portland has it coming and going. Mostly going.

"...but when we welcomed Greg Oden to Portland it was for good times and bad."

Maybe YOU did, but I welcomed him here for good times. Portland has had about as much of the bad times as any city should have to take. A player who doesn't know when, where, how or why he got injured is not a receipe for "good times".

Posted by Harry | September 10, 2007 10:26 PM

"Portland has had about as much of the bad times as any city should have to take."

That's classic. Just a wild guess: Were you a drama major in college?
Hey, I'm not enjoying this either, but I'm not going to hit the panic button just yet. Oden's getting his knee scoped. It happens. Recollections from the old days are somewhat hazy, but I recall that even when Bill Walton broke his toe on a water sprinkler while playing Frizbee, we hung in there with him, and that worked out.

Posted by Bill McDonald | September 10, 2007 11:14 PM

What I'm really not liking is the sudden, mysterious appearance of this ailment. Was this something like the tonsils, which he knew about all along? Did he hurt it recently doing something stupid (remember the Mychal Thompson touch football game that cost the Blazers a season)? "It just started to hurt -- I don't know how it happened -- now I can't play" sounds too much like Darius Miles.

We've got two impressive young big men, but one's got a heart condition and the other one's made of glass, apparently. Maybe the gods weren't smiling on the Blazers after all.

Posted by Jack Bog | September 10, 2007 11:20 PM

Maybe the gods weren't smiling on the Blazers after all.

I'm gonna wait and see. I seem to recall similar feelings of doom and gloom about Brandon Roy's heel early last season and things seemed to work out alright. If this is a problem in February, then I'll be worried.

Posted by Chris Snethen | September 11, 2007 12:04 AM

There's heels, and then there's knees.

Posted by Jack Bog | September 11, 2007 1:11 AM

Why did it have to be the knee? Anything but the knee!!

Posted by Sebastian | September 11, 2007 9:01 AM

There's heels, and then there's knees.

Very true. And this doesn't look good either. But I'm holding out hope.

Posted by Chris Snethen | September 11, 2007 9:30 AM

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Castello Monaci, Liante, Salice Salentino 2006
Ricardo Santos, Malbec 2006
Quinta da Espiga, Tinto 2006
Charles Smith, Holy Cow Merlot 2006
Charles Smith, Boom Boom Syrah 2006
Charles Smith, The Honorable Pinot Gris 2007
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King Estate, Pinot Gris 2007
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Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006
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Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
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Road Work

Miles run year to date: 28
At this date last year: 102
Total run in 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269