Topic: Sam Bowie

Greg Oden Out For Another Season

Suite 101 - 445 days ago
Back in the summer of 1984, the Portland Trailblazers selected Sam Bowie with the second overall pick. Greg Oden was college basketball's version of a young Dwight Howard. Everyone knew about Greg Oden coming out of Ohio State, but people started to ...

The problem with NBA scouts

Helium - 456 days ago
" These are all phrases that have probably been uttered by NBA scouts at one point or another and many of them have been wrong. People make crucial personnel decisions based on these various opinions, and this the main problem with NBA ...

Reflections on Greg Oden's injury

Helium - 456 days ago
What this amounts to is a collective finger crossing by Trailblazer fans. In 1984, the Trailblazer made one of biggest, if not the biggest, draft mistake of all-time when, with the number two overall pick in the draft, they selected a young ...