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(Jack Cobra back at work. The Cavalier and I finally got that whole ‘financial situation’ deal figured out.)

What, another Greg Oden post? Yes sir. I know that there is a certain website that has like 4,000,000 stories on the whole situation already, but what’s one more? It’s just a drop in the bucket. A can of corn. A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Right? No?

Maybe The Cavalier will hop on here today with some of his thoughts, but I figured I’d throw mine out there just to torture you. It’s not as if you jokers really care….it’s all about me. I like to write about my thoughts down. You should see my journal, I have souljaboy written all over the place! (ahhhhh youuuuuu!) I’m not even really sure what that means.

Anyways, Greg Oden is not going to be playing for the Trail Blazers this season and that’s bad news for almost everyone involved. For Portland it’s a shame because of the whole ‘Sam Bowie Incident’ and all that, but at the same time it’s kind of a karmic kick in the butt for keeping Darius Miles on the team for this long. For the NBA it’s a sad day because Oden was supposed to be ‘The Next Big Thing’. For TNT/ESPN/ABC it’s a sad day because now they are going to have to figure out a way to cancel all of those nationally televised Blazers games (if they had any?). It’s also a sad day for Blazers fans. I can’t say I feel your pain, but I do feel sorry for you. I saw you guys get all excited at that little pep rally and I thought, “Why aren’t those people at work!? There’s a recession coming, yo!”

Here is who it is not bad news for….Greg Oden. Look, if this would have happened when he was at The Ohio State University, this injury would have cost him millions of dollars in future salary. On top of that, he’s now able to get specialized treatment from top notch professionals instead of college athletic trainers, or whoever takes care of that stuff at OSU. It’s also not bad news for….The Trail Blazers. When they stink this season they’ll get another lottery pick next year. Not that their team needs to get any younger, but it will help them build quite a stable of young talented players, much like the Celtics used to have….only these players will actually be talented. Nate McMillan has to kind of not be too upset about this because his team was starting to get filled with a lot of expectations, which usually leads to underperforming teams and thus…coaches get fired. Also, Jarret Jack should be ok with this because it will allow him to jack up shots all year long.

Oh, you know who else this is bad for? Me. Now I’m going to have to read and watch slowly as Henry Abbott becomes Bill Simmons and complains all season as his team struggles. I love ya Henry, but it’s going to be a long season for your readers….(He’s actually been covering this story like a madman, so you should check it out)

Here’s the lowdown…the surgery already happened, so who cares when the injury occured? That’s not the lowdown, it’s actually more of just a sentence. Oden was probably going to be overmatched most of the season, so this will allow him to take time and get into NBA-ready shape (I’m just making up excuses now). Plus, another year of missing Shaq never hurts a young center. This will bring about questions regarding Oden’s ability to stay healthy, and those questions should be there, but if he takes his time and rehabs his knee correctly….he should be ok. So….please be patient (I know you guys aren’t good with that whole patience thing) and just wait for Big Greg next season.