Trail Blazers eye Oden as top NBA pick
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The Portland Trail Blazers will draft Ohio State centre Greg Oden with the first overall pick in Thursday&#39;s National Basketball Association draft, ESPN television reported Wednesday.
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Kevin Durant, chosen second over all in the N.B.A. draft by the Seattle Supersonics, is a candidate for rookie of the year with about one-quarter of the regular season behind him.
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They love Yao. Now comes Yi &#151; Yi Jianlian, the 7-foot power forward who will be among the top choices in Thursday's NBA draft.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. _ Tommy Amaker has seen Greg Oden's type .  Though that might seem unusual for a once-in-a-generation player like the Ohio State freshman center, Amaker had a close look at a number of Oden's big-man predecessors.
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Barely 36 hours removed from the debacle that was the draft lottery, Danny Ainge made one thing clear yesterday morning: The Celtics have moved on. Then he suggested everyone else who saw dreams of Greg Oden or Kevin Durant dashed Tuesday night do the same.
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By JEFF GOODMAN  It's all about Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. And for good reason.
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The midseason acquisition of Rasheed Wallace helped propel the Detroit Pistons to the NBA championship last season. The Houston Rockets are hoping the offseason trade for Tracy McGrady can do the same for them.
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The Trail Blazers have agreed to terms on a buyout with guard Steve Francis, who was acquired in a draft night deal with the Knicks.
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The Portland Trail Blazers agreed to terms with restricted free agent Darius Miles on Tuesday.
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Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the top pick of the 2007 draft, needs to have his tonsils removed and will miss the rest of the summer league, the NBA team said Tuesday.
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As Andrea Bargnani told a curious media contingent about himself Tuesday, Tyrus Thomas sat a few feet away and was asked what he knew about the potential No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
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By Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jan. 30--Being named Big Ten co-player of the week in men's basketball for the first time yesterday could not have meant less to Ohio State freshman Greg Oden, who lost a close friend during the weekend.
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Basketball Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden , the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery this week because of pain in his right knee. An MRI taken last week showed Oden may have some cartilage problems, general manager Kevin Pritchard said. A timetable for Oden's return will be set following the surgery, which will ...
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Greg Oden put together a highlight package for NBA scouts and helped No. 1 Ohio State move to the finals of the Big Ten tournament and a step closer to a top seed in the NCAA tournament. Oden had 17 points, a tournament-record 19 rebounds and four blocks Saturday and the Buckeyes (29-3) pulled away late from scrappy Purdue for a 63-52 victory.
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Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery this week because of pain in his right knee.
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Greg Oden brings his foul troubles along for his professional debut with the Trail Blazers, fouling out with 10 fouls in a Las Vegas summer league game on Friday.
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Brand-new Trail Blazers center Greg Oden quickly got a feel for life in Portland &#151; it rained.