Where Would Oden Go In the 2008 Draft?

Yadadimean · Post #1 » by **Yadadimean** » Fri May 2, 2008 12:00 am

Would he still go first?

ph1sh55 · Post #2 » by **ph1sh55** » Fri May 2, 2008 12:04 am

Yeah and GM's wouldn't even have a big debate about it. A big guy like that doesn't come around but every 5-10 years.

bigballa3jj · Post #3 » by **bigballa3jj** » Fri May 2, 2008 12:36 am

yes, and miami, seattle, memphis, and minnesota all need centers anyways.

Cammo101 · Post #4 » by **Cammo101** » Fri May 2, 2008 1:10 am

He'd go first. Anyone who says different is just plain wrong.

Post #5 » by **moocow007** » Fri May 2, 2008 1:36 am

Yadadimean wrote:Would he still go first?

Unequivocably YES.

NBAMAN2006 · Post #6 » by **NBAMAN2006** » Fri May 2, 2008 4:04 am

Absolutley. Even with the microfracture surgery, I see him going 1st.

McFurious1 · Post #7 » by **McFurious1** » Fri May 2, 2008 4:52 am

DUHHHHHHHHH

DanTown8587 · Post #8 » by **DanTown8587** » Fri May 2, 2008 7:10 am

Tim Duncan, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony: rank those three and you have the order Oden, Rose, Beasley would go.

Yadadimean · Post #9 » by **Yadadimean** » Fri May 2, 2008 7:40 am

^^^^^^^^^^^Interesting way to put it

bender235 · Post #10 » by **bender235** » Fri May 2, 2008 9:59 am

Oden would #1 in any Draft of the last 10 years, except for the LeBron draft.

GoBobcats · Post #11 » by **GoBobcats** » Fri May 2, 2008 1:52 pm

He would go first unless a team really needs a Pointguard and would go with rose

Post #12 » by **revprodeji** » Fri May 2, 2008 2:49 pm

Even with the knee injury, weight gain and foul troubles? He is a great prospect but so is Rose.

MalReyn · Post #13 » by **MalReyn** » Fri May 2, 2008 3:16 pm

DanTown8587 wrote:Tim Duncan, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony: rank those three and you have the order Oden, Rose, Beasley would go.

Except I think Carmelo would go above Paul, given their situations coming out of college. Remember, Marvin Williams (another freshman with much less success than Carmelo) went above Paul.

Post #14 » by **mojomarc** » Fri May 2, 2008 5:37 pm

revprodeji wrote:Even with the knee injury, weight gain and foul troubles? He is a great prospect but so is Rose.

Knee injury, okay, but weight gain? That's due to the knee injury, not a separate issue. And the foul trouble? That only occurred during the period where he couldn't breath due to his tonsilitis issues--he never experienced foul troubles prior to the second round of the NCAAs his freshman year, not even against top 10 teams.

If he goes ahead of Durant, he easily goes ahead of Rose. Rose is great, but I don't sense the game-changing sort of talent in him that I saw in Durant last year.

Post #15 » by **revprodeji** » Fri May 2, 2008 6:12 pm

You do not see Rose as a game-changing talent? I think Rose has been ahead of Durant in most prospects minds. I like Durant, but Rose is crazy good.

The cause of the weight gain is not the issue, the result is. Oden was a crazy athlete in college. Adding a bunch of weight changes that athletic ability and changes coordination.

kinch · Post #16 » by **kinch** » Fri May 2, 2008 8:11 pm

revprodeji wrote:You do not see Rose as a game-changing talent? I think Rose has been ahead of Durant in most prospects minds. I like Durant, but Rose is crazy good.

The cause of the weight gain is not the issue, the result is. Oden was a crazy athlete in college. Adding a bunch of weight changes that athletic ability and changes coordination.

The cause of his weight gain was the injured knee, ergo not being able to work out. Now that his knee is recovering he's able to work out and will lose the extra weight. I think that should be pretty obvious to all but the most blinkered.

BBen · Post #17 » by **BBen** » Sat May 3, 2008 3:26 pm

Well, I'd say no, because if it was 2008 he would have just sat out an entire season with knee surgery.

IrishRainbow · Post #18 » by **IrishRainbow** » Sat May 3, 2008 4:27 pm

revprodeji wrote:You do not see Rose as a game-changing talent? I think Rose has been ahead of Durant in most prospects minds. I like Durant, but Rose is crazy good..

I admit to being a huge Rose guy...and would welcome him to the Bucks with widely open arms, but I gotta believe if you had Oden and Durant in this draft....they would still go 1-2...unless you got a team that NEEDs a PG...and at that I can see the team dropping down to 3 so that the slotted 3 team could move up to 1-2 to take one of the others.

Post #19 » by **revprodeji** » Sat May 3, 2008 4:34 pm

As a bucks fan you made that mistake before with Bogut over Paul. So similar logic would be expected.

Post #20 » by **Gremz** » Sun May 4, 2008 10:39 am

BBen wrote:Well, I'd say no, because if it was 2008 he would have just sat out an entire season with knee surgery.

Not true, if he stayed in college he wouldn't have had a freak out of bed accident with the Blazers training camp, he'd be back in Ohio, probably wouldn't have ever happened :nod: