Rudy Fernandez is an absolute steal at No. Greg Oden was an obvious pick that takes this team’s potential to a whole new level. Now, let's see how many of the experts graded the pick right after it occurred.įor the second year in a row, Portland gets an A for effort, an A for creativity and an A for going out and finding value when the rest of the league was content on twiddling their thumbs. 1, feeling as though he'd be a franchise centerpiece for a long time. The Portland Trail Blazers ended up pulling the trigger and asking David Stern to announce his name at No. Lest you forget just how dominant the center was in Columbus, take a look at the video just below. It was an understandable overreaction to a great-albeit brief-college career. That's pretty darn good-but I don't see any rings on their fingers. Some people project him as a combination of the two. Lot of rings on those fingers.ĭurant is most often compared to Tracy McGrady and Kevin Garnett. His name's already being mentioned in the company of Russell, Robinson, Olajuwon and Shaq. Franchise centers usually win championships. Oden is poised to be a franchise center, someone you can build a team around. The latter writer's argument closed with the following quote that nicely summarized the argument of most in the pro-Oden camp: The internet was filled with pieces like this debate between ESPN's Bomani Jones and Kieran Darcy. When Durant couldn't even bench 185 pounds a single time at the draft combine-could you with those lanky arms?-it only fueled the fire surrounding Oden's draft stock.
The big man was coming off a dominant freshman season for the Ohio State Buckeyes, while the future-scoring champion Durant had thrilled crowds at Texas, but ultimately failed to live up to expectations in March Madness.
This complete timeline of the big man's injury-plagued professional career can get ugly.īack in 2007, there was a legitimate debate about whether Greg Oden or Kevin Durant should be drafted No. Portland fans, you may want to avert your eyes or at least prepare yourself for blast of depressing thoughts.
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