Greg Oden on Andrew Bynum
Lakers Blog: Some ESPN The Magazine work took me to a commercial shoot featuring some dudes from the Cavs and Blazers. One of them happened to be Greg Oden, and I managed to grab a few quick minutes with him to talk about Andrew Bynum.
The Lakers open the regular season against Portland, providing the first glimpse of a big man matchup theoretically poised to entertain for years. While Oden offered praise for Drew (“He does everything a good post guy is supposed to do”), I got the vibe that an “Oden-Bynum” analysis was a little cart ahead of the horse in his mind.
While acknowledging Bynum as a tough assignment (in a good way), he seemed understandably more concerned with simply getting an NBA game under his belt after a year recovering from micro-fracture surgery: Plus, having met Oden a few times, he’s always struck me as a low key guy not particularly comfortable hyping himself or events.
I imagine fans from both teams will pick up the slack for him.
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I love both Bynum and Greg!!!
Go Lakers!!!!
It is premature to talk about Oden because he HAS NEVER PLAYED IN A NBA GAME, like I hate how all the analysts say he’s gonna bring Portland to a new level, no one knows yet Bynum has been playing for a while now and there will be no Bynum vs Greg until he proves himself a formidable opponent which he has not done yet
RODENT vs. BYNUMITE!:cool:
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Thats a ugly dude man lol! He good though.
^ hahahahahh…word up!!
greg is good.
bynum a beast.
as of right now so there isnt no bynum vs oden right because right oden aint nobody in the nba..
OFF TOPIC…but,check this…
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=10058!!!
THATS HOW GREG ODEN LOOKS1?!?!!??! OMFG HE LOOKED DIFFERENT WHEN I LAST SAW A PICTURE OF HIM
he kinda looks like a skinny younger shaq
I think Bynum will play better than Greg on opening night. He is playing with a better team and has more experience under his belt, and his injury was less severe than Oden’s so round 1 to Bynum, who knows who’ll be better down the line maybe Oden, but for now Bynum is the man.
This will be one of the marquee matchups between two contenders in the West for the next at least the next 5 years … and one of the best individual matchups from thereafter. I can’t wait to see the opening bout. The matchup is so early in the season for Oden, so I expect Bynum to outplay him.
saw on Portland had a video of Oden working out on post drills.
He looks good.Summer league he did ot look right so have to think he was playing hurt.Portland is a scary team with Outaw & Aldredge.
Those guys are two of the best young power forwards in the league.
Bynum is a stud.He has that attuide.