Oden's Out for the Season

by Kristine, This Suit Is Not Black

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of the entire state of Oregon slitting its wrists. It looks like the 2007 Number One draft pick will miss the entire upcoming season. Doctors announced Thursday that they need to perform microfracture surgery on Greg Oden’s knee, keeping Portland’s big man on the bench for all of the 2007-2008 hoopla and stomping on the hearts of Blazer hopefuls everywhere.

I really wonder, though, how much of Oden’s season could have been saved had he, you know, told someone when his knee first started hurting. "I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want to seem like I was complaining or making excuses for anything,” he said. “Plus I wasn't doing anything at the time I realized it hurt, so I figured it couldn't be anything big.”

I generally think Oden’s the smart, responsible type. But if he felt pain, he should have said something. Now he’s put the Midwest on suicide watch.

Via The Fanhouse