How To Stop Greg Oden?   

 

- Liam McHugh   

   

Greg Oden started playing basketball at the Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club back when he was an awkward pre-teen.

Now little greg's all grown up. Greg Oden stands seven feet tall, and weighs 255 pounds. And on Friday night the Lawrence North All-American is Terre Haute South's problem.

But how do you go about trying to stop the most dominant force in high school basketball?

We asked around.

"The only thing I can think of is to try to make somebody else beat you," said Ryan Luce, the coach at South Vermillion.

"I'd concentrate on sagging a bunch of people in the middle," said Riverton Parke Coach Mike Menser.

"You try to tell them to compete," said West Vigo Coach Tom Thorton. "Lord knows Greg Oden 's the best in the nation."

So maybe it's best to appeal to Greg Oden 's softer side. For instance, South guard Travis Smith could exploit his close friendship with the superstar.

"I told Greg Oden I was going to guard him and get into his head," said the 5'9" Smith. "He said you better not or you'll be getting dunked on all game."

Okay scrap that one. But what about trying something that's never been done before?

"I would see if maybe I could get a sixth man on the floor or something," Marshall coach Tom Brannan said. "There's no way our team could defend him."

Or perhaps South could employ the Hack-a- Greg Oden system.

"If plan A, B and C isn't working and you have to go to plan D usually you're in trouble by that point," said ISU Women's Head Coach Jim Wiedie. "It seems to work sometimes with Shaq in the pro's."

Most coaches said the best plan for dealing with Greg Oden may be to simply avoid playing him.

"We wish them best of luck, but I don't have an answer for Greg Oden," Luce said. "Thank God we don't have to deal with it."

On friday night at 7:30, the Braves have no choice.

 

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The chronically injured Trail Blazers center will undergo a procedure to "remove debris" from his right knee.

Oh boy. The Portland Trail Blazers recently conducted a test on center Greg Oden ‘s knees, and once again they were hit with bad news. The verdict: Oden would have to undergo a “small� arthroscopic surgery, which was completed Friday and will keep him out indefinitely.

We all know it. Nobody is saying it. But it's time for management to acknowledge reality.

Trail Blazers fans react to the news of another knee surgery for Greg Oden.

The oft-injured center has his fourth knee surgery since becoming the No. 1 overall pick in 2007 - and this time it's on his right knee, which hasn't given him problems since 2007. Blazers say it's too early to say if Oden's season is over.

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Greg Oden will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery to remove debris from his right knee

Greg Oden, the often-injured former No. 1 draft pick of the Portland Trail Blazers, will undergo a procedure today in Colorado, the team says.

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Greg Oden's injury problems have continued. The Portland Trail Blazers center, who has missed most of the team's games during his four-plus year career, will undergo another procedure on his right knee, the team announced on Friday. Via SB Nation's Blazers blog Blazers Edge : The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Friday that center Greg Oden will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right ...

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