Seems Portland is going to repeat history by going with the not-so-popular Greg Oden from Ohio State, the school that can’t seem to beat Florida at anything. So I’m being a (fair-weathered) hometown fan by laughing at them for not taking Kevin Durant of Texas. Personally, I think both guys are too young to be in the NBA, look at what a brat Kobe Bryant has turned into and he didn’t even go to college. Not that college will give these guys any maturity, the players at Marquette were jerks to the end.
The Trailblazers have a really awful reputation (the Portland Jailblazers) and they’ve really sunk since the days I remember them with Clyde “the Glide” Drexler and Milwaukee fave Terry Porter. My friend Scott who really follows UT sports says this Durant is not just a great player, he’s a genuinely nice person and Portland needs this as badly as they need victories. C’est la vie. This draft was a chance to really turn it around and conventional wisdom said the GM wouldn’t repeat the same mistake his predecessor made in 1984 when the Blazers passed on Michael Jordan for Sam Bowie. Course with how much the NBA and Sports Press fawns over Michael, Jesus Christ would’ve been a bust of a basketball player.