FRONTLINE February 22, 2012...ODEN Season over again as he undergoes a 3rd MICRO FRACTURE Surgery....RIP CITY Misfortunes

How many time does the ATHLETE say I will get back or it's just another BUMP in the ROAD? Well for Portland TRAILBLAZERS Center Greg ODEN he may never even get another chance to get on the Floor.

Their ONLY Professional Sports Team the TRAILBLAZERS have to go through this one more time with a POSSIBLE FRANCHISE Player in ODEN like they did with KENTUCKY All-American Center Sam BOWIE. Like BOWIE before him ODEN and BLAZERS Faithful have to fight off what might have been and try to move on.

ODEN just recently went under another MICRO Fracture Surgery that will keep him on the SHELF for this year and the NEXT. Recovery Time on MICRO FRACTURE Surgery is 12-18 Months at least. The WORST Operation the KNEE can possibly go through and players that have had it worked for some and not for others:

MICRO Fracture worked with the TEAM they were playing with at the TIME:

Jason KIDD NETS
Amare STOUDAMIRE SUNS
Kenyon MARTIN NETS
Zach RANDOLPH BLAZERS


MICRO Fracture didn't work and put these players careers on ICE for the most part:

Chris WEBBER KINGS
Anfernee PENNY HARDAWAY
Tracy McGRADY ROCKETS
Allan HOUSTON KNICKS
Ron HARPER CAVS
Terrell BRANDON T'WOLVES

Unfortunately for ODEN the KNEES can ONLY go through so much before its time to say enough is enough. For BLAZERS Faithful to have BOWIE go through Career Ending Injuries and drafted before one MICHAEL JORDAN was bad enough. And we all know what MIKE turned out to be. But to have ODEN's Injuries pretty much sideline him again putting his CAREER at stake when the BLAZERS were choosing between him and Kevin DURANT. That is snake bitten twice and I hope RIP City doesn't have to go through a 3rd time.

Remember NBA Heads B ROY 7 the promising Big GUARD of the BLAZERS that put RIP City Faithful back in the SEATS at the ROSE Garden has to retire before the SEASON due to DEGENERATE Knees. Now ODEN is on a 1-year Qualifying Offer just south of $8.9 Million and the BLAZERS nor ODEN could be very OPTIMISTIC at this point.

For BOWIE, ODEN, and the BLAZERS Faithful....may the BASKETBALL Gods bring you a CHOSEN ONE to help LaMarcus ALDRIDGE and this current BLAZERS Group out of another impossible setback to this beloved Franchise on the LEFT COAST.