Greg Oden is a professional basketball player whose body is not capable of playing basketball for more than a handful of games at at time. This wouldn't be a big deal if the NBA season lasted a month. Or if he wasn't the number one overall pick in 2007. Oden missed all of what was supposed to be his first year following microfracture surgery on his right knee and he's been out of action since December of last year after microfracture surgery on his left knee*. He's seen more doctors than the Pebble Beach golf course.
Now comes the news that he won't return at any point this season. That means, after four seasons, Oden will have played in 82 games -- exactly one season's worth. He makes Yao Ming seem like A.C. Green in comparison (we're referring to his consecutive games streak, not his equally lengthy celibacy streak, which is more likely to never be topped). While it's debatable whether it's premature to brand him a bust, Oden is in serious danger of being the 00's Michael Olowokandi -- the most disappointing kandi since Sweet Tarts.
At least Oden will have plenty of time to send out more naked pictures of himself. Maybe he and Favre can hold a competition. Fastest to flash the flesh on Flickr is our suggested title.
* We don't need to tell you, anything with "micro" in the title isn't good, whether it's Microsoft or Micro Machines. Remember those? They sucked in comparison to Hot Wheels.
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