When has Oden ever been "legit" healthy. Pass.
Ditto.
The main interest was to drive the discussion away from a worry about health, and focus more on the hypothetical of him being a real option to us and if his recent personal problems were enough of an obstacle to you guys or not to give him a chance, with the variable of remaining skills (mainly drawing from what you saw last season as he was coming back) he might still possess.
But how can you have a legit discussion about Oden without discussing health? That's always been the elephant in the room with him and will continue to carry with the guy.
Hypothetically, he could come back as Bill Russell or he can Sam Bowie himself & be done for good.
Personal problems aside, I'm not sure there is anything Oden can bring to the table at this point besides being a warm body. I'd rather try & address the C position by going after a legit starter caliber center. Not another backup quality/end of bench big man. We seem to have those already although Zeller has proven to be quite serviceable and a pleasant surprise.
Because I really have no interest on whether you guys think he's healthy enough to play or not, that's a boring discussion in itself, there's nothing to contribute on that regard. Either he's healthy or he isn't, there's really nothing more to discuss on that regard unless we're talking about a big contract, and that isn't the case here. No one would be advocating that type of deal.
My interest is plain and simple in getting your thoughts on how his personal issues in particular affect your interest in this player if the option where to be there.
The rest, well... I honestly don't care for. The main issue at this point is a skills vs. personal issues vs. roster space dilemma, health is simply a matter of diagnosis from the medical experts. If you don't trust them, well nothing we can do on that regard. But again, no one is advocating a big contract, and we have plenty of spending power going forward, so the health risk is very minute to the point that it's negligible in my opinion aside from letting the medical experts pass judgment upon evaluating him.
Topic: Greg Oden, if he's legit healthy, any interest in him still? (Read 7645 times)