Re: Oden's ankle
- From: Terraholm <terraholmSPAMNOT@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:33:26 -0700
icemelter2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Everything is just fine. They owe this newsgroup a royalty. lol
Ice
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3619968
TUALATIN, Ore. -- Trail Blazers center Greg Oden is OK after rolling
his right ankle during the first day of training camp.
"He's fine," Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan said Wednesday.
"Everybody, he's fine. He's OK."
Oden, who missed all of his rookie season because of knee surgery, was
injured Tuesday during a drill while pushing fellow center Joel
Przybilla for rebounding position.
After walking with a slight limp, he finished practice by riding a
stationary bike.
Oden center of media frenzy after slight ankle sprain
What followed felt like a four-alarm media emergency.
“I was told by the trainer that he was going to be OK,” said Blazers coach Nate McMillan. “A little tweak. He should be ready for tonight.”
In fact, the injury was as mild as they come — a grade-one sprain, general manager Kevin Pritchard said. It likely would not have prevented Oden from returning to practice had he chosen to do so.
But when you’re Greg Oden and the anticipation of your debut has been building for 15 months, nothing is a minor injury — a reality that Oden acknowledged with a terse tone.
“I can’t even fall on the ground without somebody’s breath going away,” Oden said.
And up to that point, the 7-foot center said he had participated in the full practice without any signs of trouble.
The surgically repaired knee? Oden said there was no soreness or difficulties detected.
His conditioning? Still in need of improvement, though McMillan said Oden was clearly prepared after working out for the last few months.
“He looked really good out there,” Pritchard said. “It’s just a little tweak. ... That happens, and we can’t be oversensitive to everything he does. You know, basketball is a physical sport and those things happen.”
Except, once again, when it’s Greg Oden. And as questions persisted, the situation sounded like he had broken his ankle and not simply tweaked it, at one point prompting McMillan to start laughing and turn the question around.
“Listen to you guys!” McMillan said. “Whoa! It’s gonna be fine. Jay looked at it and he’s back out here. He’s OK.”
Oden also calmly dismissed the concern and pointed out that he had participated in every drill before turning the ankle — which he did immediately before the media was allowed onto the practice floor. Up to that point, Oden said, he was playing at full speed and felt good doing it. The only reason he stayed out of practice, Oden said, was to avoid straining the ankle further.
But Oden insisted the injury was minor and treated the news as if it was hardly worth mentioning. And when one reporter asked what went through his mind when the injury occurred, Oden sounded confused.
“Nothing,” he replied. “Get the rebound?”
Blazers officials expect Oden to be doing just that today. The injury was not expected to sideline him for Tuesday night’s conditioning workout, nor this morning’s live practice.
That point only had to be repeated about two dozen times to get it across.
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