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Understand that even if he signs with us we may not see him until next season. Monty and Co will pitch to him that they'll "take their time" with him, so that may mean him sitting for a while, then only see spot duty. But I'd be happy with that... just knowing that we're still growing, and that he's growing with us.
I hope we get him because if/when that dude does healthy... guys will not get any shots off when they're anywhere near the paint with Oden and AD down there.
Didn't see that. What article?Originally Posted by PrimeTimeWhoDat
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...plagued-career
This is an excellent Grantland article, if you want get to know G.O. on a deeper level. This guy has been through some stuff, wow.
*Warning* It has some very "personal" details in the article.
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Thanks for sharing... this does explain alot about the dude, and I respect him more after reading that piece.
Sheez... I'm more than positive that N.O. is the place he should be. our fans will leave him alone while he's out, and we've already seen how our staff handles injured players with the way we've treated Gordon (taking it real slow with him).
Wherever he lands... I wish him well. He deserves a shot.
Our Medical staff has to be a plus for him too. We helped along Lopez who has been pretty injury prone, I believe. He played all 82 games last year. I think people forget when we picked up Lopez he was not expected to start every game or be healthy all year. That's a big draw for Oden, possible.
Our medical staff is with the USA select team too... as are a couple of our coaches. Too many good signs.
Thanks for posting. Makes me think we have an even better shot at landing him since he apparently hates dinners at restaurants being interrupted by autograph requests....and this week Eric Spoelstra had Oden take pictures with his kids at a restaurant. Classic.
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It's in the ESPN insider rumors page. The last sentence says the Heat and the Pelicans are likely the favorites to get Oden.
This is the same medical staff that people were calling to be fired, eh?
got real doctors now or something
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Whatever happened to Loomis meeting with him? It does not appear he will be at the meeting in Vegas.
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Who went to see him work out in Indy? Just Demps?
I don't think we know any details really
Really? I'd think he'd be there.
WWL radio kept talking about live press conferences Thur and Fri from Saints camp with Loomis (among others).
Last tidbit of the rumor:
However a rumor on the top of the rumor rill ends with stating:Oden will likely choose the team that can pay him the most and give the oft-injured center a role without any pressure. The Heat and Pelicans are likely the favorites to get Oden.In conclusion, nobody knows anything.ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman and Marc Stein reported Monday that the Spurs are considered to be the co-favorites, along with Miami, to sign free agent center Greg Oden, who is working out for the Heat as well as New Orleans and Sacramento this week.
"I'm not going to allow my putative owner to answer that question, this is an NBA related press conference. Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell have collectively sung their praises of Tom and if uh ESPN has a problem with that tell Mr. Skipper to call me at my office."
AIRPLANE !? 2 1/2 flight to Vegas !
Yup!
Remember... Vegas is 2 hours behind central time too. They can meet with Oden for lunch (or earlier) and be back in N.O by 5:30. But we'll see.
I hope there is a way for Loomis to be there. Maybe he could be there already and they could have early morning meetings before leaving for NOLA and leaving the rest to Williams/Demps. It would be ideal to have him there.
if we are really serious about this, I would like to think that we would find a way to pull out all the stops.....
"we might make dollars, but we don't necessarily make sense"
"always be sincere....whether you mean it or not"
Exactly what Ramsters said. I'm not really worried because I know if we are really serious about Oden, which it seems like we are, we will figure out a way to get all the important people to meet up with him. You don't let a prospect you like a lot slip away cause you didn't bring the right guys to show support
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Mark Cuban agrees with this statement.
oh yeah! lol
Hawks were always scheduled to take first-hand look at Oden today in Indy; San Antonio and New Orleans decided to join them
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 25, 2013
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