I highly doubt the Portland Trailblazers are actually saying something that silly, but I know they have to be happy with their performance to date this season without their number one draft pick Greg Oden. The Blazers won their tenth game in a row last night against Denver and are eighth overall in the Western Conference. Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge lead the way for this up and coming team by scoring 37 points a game together while Travis Outlaw and Martell Webster are chipping in 12.3 and 11.7 points per game respectively. Nate McMillan is an excellent NBA coach and I fully expect this team to become a real contender for a Championship in the coming years.

My ode to Oden is going to be very short and sweet. Oden is a rookie senior citizen that unfortunately ended up with the same injury as a former Trailblazer #1 pick Sam Bowie. Oden had surgery today on a microfracture of his knee and is done for the entire year. Portland’s season is done before it starts and so is Oden’s professional career.

The first pick of the NBA Draft of 2007 is Greg Oden.  This is more chalk than taking all the number one seeds in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tourney.  Kevin Durant could end up being a better player, but Portland is taking Oden and that’s the bottom line because StonecoldJZ said so!

Greg Oden of Ohio State has ended all the speculation by announcing he is entering the NBA draft. Two of his Buckeye teammates Mike Conley Jr and Daequan Cook have also announced they are entering the draft, but won’t hire an agent.

Mark my word that Oden will go first in the draft this year. Durant may be the better play in the long run, but no team will pass up the chance of getting an instant star in the post.

First Team
• Kevin Durant, Texas
• Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
• Acie Law IV, Texas A&M
• Arron Afflalo, UCLA
• Greg Oden, Ohio State

Second Team
• Nick Fazekas, Nevada
• Tyler Hansbrough, UNC
• Chris Lofton, Tennessee
• Jared Dudley, Boston College
• Joakim Noah, Florida

Third Team
• Jeff Green, Georgetown
• Al Horford, Florida
• Aaron Brooks, Oregon
• Al Thornton, Florida State
• Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh