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5/23/07
With the 1st pick in the NBA Draft , the Portland Trailblazers select ...
It's fitting the NBA has decided to take the night off, giving everyone an opportunity to focus on the most compelling match-up: Oden vs Durant.

I don't think you can really go wrong here, it's a matter of how the Trailblazers would like to play for the next 10 years. The media has made it seem obvious that the choice is Durant, but a day after the opinions seems to be fairly split around the web.

The Big Lead is confident the choice will be Durant ...
We’re all for hearing about potential trades, but as of right now, the Trail Blazers have plenty of centers, including last year’s No. 1 pick, LaMarcus Aldridge. Plus Zach Randolph, one of the league’s best power forwards. He’s got an attitude and an $80 million contract. That’s your starting frontcourt.
The Oregonian thinks Pritchard is more of a Durant guy ...

Personally, I have always felt Pritchard is a Durant guy. He's never said it directly, but in passing conversations throughout the year, I got that drift. Pritchard said he has watched both Oden and Durant "multiple times" this season in person. At the same time, Pritchard puts a lot of stock in his upbringing in the Spurs organization, and likes to reference how San Antonio was built. He noted that the possibility of an Oden/Aldridge front line reminded him of a famously successful duo in San Antonio called Duncan and Robinson.

BlazersBlog wonders why there's any debate ...
They are drafting Greg Oden. Let's just be clear about that right now. I love Kevin Durant, but they're not passing on the best center to enter the draft in decades.
Chris Ekstrand says Oden sets the stage for many title runs ...
Elite NBA teams have a rotation of at least three quality big men. With Oden, Zach Randolph and LaMarcus Aldridge, the Blazers have arrived. It's amazing how far Portland has come in two years: top rookie Brandon Roy and Aldridge last year and now Oden. With that core in place, Oden can concentrate his energies on defensive rebounding and shot-blocking.
Have at it, Oden or Durant. Who's the choice?
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Okay lets get this straight. Bowie was not a terribly bad player as people makes him seem. The guy was near a double-double player for most of his double digit year career. It is just the fact that he so happened to have been picked between two of the best players to ever play the game, more so that he was picked before the best.
Portland already had Paxson and invested their last year number one pick in Drexler. So if you look at that backcourt and add a 7'1 monster center with Thompson, that is a hell of a lineup.

Second, I have to go, but I will edit this and say why Oden is not Bowie.
 
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Okay lets get this straight. Bowie was not a terribly bad player as people makes him seem. The guy was near a double-double player for most of his double digit year career. It is just the fact that he so happened to have been picked between two of the best players to ever play the game, more so that he was picked before the best.
Portland already had Paxson and invested their last year number one pick in Drexler. So if you look at that backcourt and add a 7'1 monster center with Thompson, that is a hell of a lineup.

Second, I have to go, but I will edit this and say why Oden is not Bowie.
I'm old enough to remember the "Sam Bowie" days in Portland.  His problem was that he was a stick and had no muscle to be dominant.   Granted, he had some good games early in his career, but you could sense that he wasn't ever going to dominate on the court.  Throw in his proneness to injury, and there you go... it looked like the Blazers had made a bad pick.
 
 
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