Who says Greg Oden isn't ready for the NBA?

Let's just say what we're all thinking:

Michael Jordan never had to play against Greg Oden.

 

How you reconcile your first paragraph with your last. You never did anything for money, but you cynically assume others would/should?

It's just money. You can't take it with you.

 

I laughed outloud at that

 

Greg Oden expected The Spanish Inquisition

 

Huh? What exactly would he learn at OSU next year (or the next three for that matter), that he couldn't learn with a pro team? Is Matta THAT good a coach?

 

Ohio State University isn't going anywhere. That's just about guaranteed. University will be there long after Oden is finished playing basketball.

Oden's physical skills, OTOH, could be gone with one wrong step.

If he's the No. 1 or No. 2 pick, he owes it to himself to get the fuck out of Columbus.

 

And to his family and future children. There's one story every one these kids should hear before making their decision: Chris Marcus'. At least guys like Livingston and Jay Williams got paid before their crash. Marcus was foolish enough to listen to the Dick Vitales and come back for another year when he was a certain high lottery pick, during which he suffered devastating injury and ended up getting essentially nothing.

 

Did you just make that up?

 

Packer is senile. He also said he never understood why basketball isn't like other sports and let their players stay in the whole game regardless. Paging Dr. Naismith.

 

Look, I believe in a college education as much as the next person. But let's be realistic. What, exactly, is the point of going to college? Seems a reasonable answer would be to gain the knowledge and skills you need to prepare you for adulthood/the workplace.

Oden, by all accounts, needs only declare for the draft to be the No. 1 or No. 2 pick. So he's got a job ... a ridiculously great paying job ... all lined up and ready to go.

And I'll promise you this: If I thought that the NYT or DMN was itching to hire me, and pay me millions of dollars, when I was freshman, I'd have left town before they could change their mind.

 

I shook my head when he said that, too.

 

You kids talk as if Oden could not develop while in the NBA. There is absolutely no real reason for Oden to stay at OSU. This is evidenced by the fact that right now Oden has a post game superior to at least 85% of the big men in the NBA. NONE!