Greg Oden

It seems that Greg Oden just have very, very bad luck with his health. In his first regular season NBA Oden twisted his left foot and for now, has been diagnosed with a mild foot sprain. The ever ominous MRI results are still pending though and all the Blazers or Oden will say about his return is t...

Unknown length - 2008-05-10 Portland Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard and coach Nate McMillan talk about how the team will move on after losing Greg Oden for the season to a knee injury.

By rss@youtube.com (VlDEOjunky) NBA Summer League 2007. Greg Oden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Nate McMillan, Sergio Rodriguez, Brandon Roy, Petri Koponen, Channing Frye and the rest of the Trail Blazers took center stage in Las Vegas this July during the NBA Summer League. This historic occasion marked Greg Oden's first chanc...

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian View full sizeBruce Ely/The OregonianGreg Oden attempts to block a shot by Miami’s Michael Beasley in the Blazers’ 107-100 loss. Oden had 13 points, four blocks and 20 rebounds, 11 of them offensive. To say the Blazers are in a rut is an understatement, but coach Nate McMillan said this is no...

By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian Was there more behind Andre Miller’s limited playing time against Utah? What’s the key issue with blending Greg Oden into the Trail Blazers’ offense alongside Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge? Has there been too much made out of back-to-back losses? What’s gone wrong the last two game...

By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian For the first time in his coaching career, McMillan allowed his point guard to call most of the plays as the Blazers defeated the Spurs 96-84 at the Rose Garden on Friday. After McMillan yelled out the first set of the game, Miller essentially took over from there.

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Then the Blazers had two successive possessions where Miller was forced to hoist up desperation three-pointers to beat the shot clock, both of which missed badly. The Spurs converted two free throws on each possession and suddenly, the lead was 75 –72. Jason Quick

By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian The Trail Blazers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 96-84 Friday night at the Rose Garden. Afterward, in his postgame news conference, coach Nate McMillan talked about his new-look starting lineup, the play of Greg Oden, the importance of the victory and the Blazers' fourth-quarter execu...

By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian Yes, Andre Miller gets his first start for the Blazers at point guard when they host the Spurs at 7:30. But Steve Blake also will start, joining Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden in a lineup that McMillan hopes will push the tempo and spawn a faster, more dynamic offense.

By Ben. Roy's line that McMillan instructed him not to force shots or feel the pressure is interesting given that Roy attempted only 3 field goals in nearly 11 minutes of fourth quarter action.  Despite the lack of shots, Roy was definitely pressing and turnovers/wasted possessions (blocked sh...

By Ben. Blazers head coach Nate McMillan lurks with an itchy trigger finger. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) During the last six minutes of tonight's game, these were the Blazers lineups that were on the floor, in order. Brandon Roy Why start Joel for the second half instead of Greg?

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian View full sizeBrent Wojahn/The OregonianBrandon Roy had been the team leader for sometime, but he stunned his Blazers teammates — and coach Nate McMillan — when he interrupted his coach during a preseason practice to lay into the team.It was just like any other practice earlier this mont...

By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian View full sizeAssociated PressPortland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden looks on from the bench during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Coach Nate McMillan was eager to make on...

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Judging from the first four preseason games, the best players at their position have clearly been Miller at point guard, Roy at shooting guard, Webster at small forward, Aldridge at power forward and Oden at center. Miller and Oden, in particular, have been exceptional.

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian When the team plays its sixth and seventh preseason games — Oct. 18 at home against Denver and Oct. 20 at home against Utah — the regular-season plays and rotations will be used. Roy said McMillan told him that he and other prominent starters won't play in the preseason finale Oct. 22 in Vancouve...

By Dave The local print media, for the most part, has been incredibly sympathetic to this team.  A few brushes with Greg Oden aside, most of the players have been media darlings, Coach McMillan is written about with respect and Kevin Pritchard has never been called to task that I can recall.  Any dev...

By Ben. Yahoo's Marc Spears is one of the best in the business at getting players to tell him how they really feel. He got Greg Oden to open up about visiting a sports psychologist and now he's gotten Andre Miller to speak honestly about the battle for starting point guard. And...

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Nicolas Batum – 2 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 turnovers in 10 minutes. 1-for-3 from the field. Greg Oden – 7 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, two turnovers in 21 minutes. 3-of-7 from the field, 1-of-2 from the line. Travis Outlaw – 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover in 21 minutes. 3-of-8...

By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan asked Batum to guard Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and even Tony Parker on occasion as a 19-year-old rookie last season, when Batum used his defensive prowess to become an NBA starter. Joe Freeman: 503-294-5183;

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Will Blazers players buy into their coach's plan? And so, the great debate begins. How in the heck does Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan figure out how to use this talented and deep roster? Jason Quick: 503-221-4372; blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat twitter.com/jwquick

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Bruce Ely, The OregonianPlayers listen to coach Nate McMillan during the Portland Trail Blazers first practice of the 2009-10 season.TUALATIN – It didn't take long on Tuesday for the Trail Blazers to realize this would be no ordinary first practice, and thus, no ordinary season.

By Ben. Those seated watching: Chad Buchanan, Tom Penn, Kevin Pritchard, Paul Allen, Larry Miller, Mike Born and Harry Glickman. Drills Brandon Roy Hollingerization of the NBA Defense On Dante Nate McMillan Zone Defense Concerns Mr. Allen Brian T. Smith has more practice notes here.

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By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian Portland enters the 2009-10 NBA season loaded with both potential and questions. From there? The goals are loftier for the Blazers and so are the challenges for McMillan. Joe Freeman: 503-294-5183; joefreeman@news.oregonian.com blog.oregonlive.com/

By Ben. Switching gears...    2. Chris Mills challenges several Trail Blazers to a fight Brian T. Smith quoting Nate McMillan about Martell and Greg... More Q's and A's from Coach McMillan thanks to Brian T. Smith. Mike Barrett's look at Brandon Roy...

By Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com(smeagher@oregonlive.com) Nate McMillan, Brandon Roy and Channing Frye talk about the injury to Greg Oden, the season-opening loss to the Lakers and Friday's home opener against the Spurs.... Nate McMillan, Brandon Roy and Channing Frye talk about the injury to Greg Oden, the season-opening loss to the Lakers and Fri...

Greg Oden finished with 7 points and 10 rebounds in a Team USA scrimmage over the weekend. www.clipsyndicate.com

By jasonquick@news.oregonian.com Our coach is very happy,'' general manager Kevin Pritchard said. Miller was 8-1 against the Blazers since McMillan came to Portland, with averages of 15.4 points, 6.9 assists, 4.4 rebounds while making 48.3 percent of his shots (56 of 116).

By jasonquick@news.oregonian.com Pritchard and Blazers coach Nate McMillan both rave about Turkoglu's basketball intelligence, and his ability to run the pick-and-roll. Pritchard said Turkoglu can aptly play three positions - small forward, power forward and some point guard - and that his biggest asset is he makes te...

By Ben. Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan has joined the ranks of the confused and curious in regard to Greg Oden's injured left knee, which caused the rookie center to miss his fourth game in a row on Tuesday. Quick also notes on the show that he has long defended Greg from that type of question.

By kylemallory@news.oregonian.com McMillan blamed himself for the style in which the Blazers played. He said his whole goal in the preseason was to protect players like Oden and Roy in order to get them to the regular season healthy. As a result, he felt the team was soft and unprepared for the speed and intensity that the Lakers...

By jasonquick@news.oregonian.com All thanks to Greg Oden. The setting for this tale is Hawaii, shortly after the Blazers season ended in April. Much of the Blazers basketball staff and Oden were awarded a retreat of sorts to the island by owner Paul Allen to help break up the monotony of Oden's rehabilitation workouts.

Nate McMillan, Blazers: When rookie Greg Oden was lost before the season with a knee injury, most of us had the Blazers back in the lottery and adding another high draft pick to a roster of dazzling athletes, whose professional basketball skills were evolving slowly but surely. But with ve...