C Greg Oden (All B1G, All-American, Defensive Player of the Year, Butler Assistant Coach)

[ScriptOhio]

Re: "Greg Oden’s motherand younger brother won’t have as far to drive to see him play at Ohio State this season.

Oden’s mother, Zoe, has rented an apartment in Dayton, where his younger brother, Anthony, will attend Dunbar High School this year and play football and basketball, the Dayton Daily News reported. Anthony Oden is a 6-foot-8, 270-pound junior.

"I’ve got friends that go here. I enjoy playing with them," Anthony Oden said. "I think this is a better place for me than Indianapolis."
Zoe Oden said her younger son "needed a male role model" and called Dunbar assistant coach Al Powell "a wonderful person." Powell also was an assistant coach on the AAU team on which Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr. and Dunbar graduate Daequan Cook played."

Fantastic, his family are really BUCKEYES now.

 

[MaxBuck]

I was just posting information. You seem to be the one who wants to argue.

palmbuck, in your earlier post you said,

From this it sounds like GO should get rid of the pins right about now and rehab for just a few weeks.

This is not information, it's speculation. Speculation about what an athlete "should do" can set up all kinds of false expectations for the player, and fans can get into some pretty bad habits of saying things like, "What does he think he's doing? He should be ready to play by now!" Not suggesting you would say such a thing, but lots of other fans seem to fall into that behavior pattern. Consequently, I think speculation on injury matters is a bad thing, generally.

 

[palmbuck]

Winslow & Maxbuck-

The purpose of my post was to describe how this injury usually plays out.
The "should" referred to when the pins would usually be removed and rehab would start.
I acknowledged that the doctor had not seen the wrist.
The follow-up post was to point out that GO's injury is apparently following the usual course.


Maxbuck, before getting too pontifical, you should go back and read the speculation in the earlier posts.

 

[OSU1978]

Palmbuck, thanks for posting your info as I found it informative.

 

[el mastiff]

I agree Palmbuck...thanks for posting.

 

[akronbuck]

I know an orthopaedic surgeon who is also team doctor for the local high school.
He says a wrist is pinned if there is the possibility of bones in the hand shifting out of alignment because of the ligament tear. The pins can often be inserted right through the skin ( no surgery). The ligament then repairs itself. A splint keeps everything in place.
The pins are normally removed within 6 to 8 weeks.
There is then some minor rehab to get the muscles back up to full strength.

From this it sounds like GO should get rid of the pins right about now and rehab for just a few weeks.

Obviously no one can quarantee any of this because he never saw the wrist, but I thought it might be of general interest.

he had a severe ligament in his wrist and I had a small fractured bone in my wrist. The main thing it does is almost paralyzes the movement of the wrist. It comes back to a point but, you have to teach yourself how to deal with the pain and teach it to get closer to the mobility it had. It might comeback but, talking with my best friend who is an orthropaedic doctor to, going through this hell and getting a straight up from my hand specialist pissed me off like hell. All my spar boxing, martial arts,skiing and working out habits are gone. Unless, I want to go through it again.

The only 50/50 thing about his case is that it was a ligament and they can come back faster getting that hand back to the way it was before but, it might have the same affect as mine. I hope it doesn't but, I hope he's smart about it when he finds out

 

[MaxBuck]

Maxbuck, before getting too pontifical, you should go back and read the speculation in the earlier posts.

I don't feel very pope-like, to be honest with you.

Orthopods who are willing to "project" "typical" recoveries and prognoses do not carry much weight with me. The good ones generally realize that every case is different, and that recovery times and sequences are likely to vary. I stand by what I said earlier, and I don't think others should put a lot of faith in what an orthopod says who has no direct contact with the patient.

Bottom line is Greg will be back when he's back. Nobody (including Greg) really knows when that will be.

 

[hoopsfan]

The latest "inside" information:

Greg should be fitted for a different splint in the next week or two. At that point they will allow him to start dribbling and MINIMALLY using the wrist. Doctors and others are saying December for his return, but Greg is not banking on anything before January.

Just to clear up from other posts -- the pins Greg has in his wrist will stay for another six months or so, not just until October like I thought. He will be able ot play with the pins in place and they should not restrict him at all the way they are placed. Probably similar to fixing an ACL in place -- you can actually leave ACL screws in place forever if you choose to.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

This is a positive update, no set backs to this point. hoopsfan thanks for the insight.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

8/29/06

Keep these 10 in mind for Team USA's future

Aug. 28, 2006
By Gary Parrish
CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer
Tell Gary your opinion!

Team USA is cruising at the FIBA World Championship, and after Sunday's blowout in the round of 16, it's safe to suggest a couple of things: One, that our countrymen are the favorites, and two, that the squad Australia sent as representation was the most damned thing to leave that nation since Oceanic Flight 815.

There's a reason Team USA invited Greg Oden to camp. (Getty Images)

The Americans score when they want to score.
The Americans guard when they want to guard.
It's enough to give the good ol' red, white and blue reason to believe it is king of Dr. Naismith's brainchild again. Perhaps that devil of a leader they call Coach K has this thing figured out, merely attacking it like a bigger version of the ACC Tournament, sans Greensboro Coliseum.
But Brad Miller can't go on forever.
This is the sad and undeniable truth.
Granted, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade will each dominate for a while, given they are co-captains and young enough to slash around the trapezoid lane for at least the next decade. But some of the older fellows like Miller will be moving along shortly, opening spots for other young stars, some of whom I'm guessing will be on a college campus near you this winter.
So without further ado, hear it comes, the unofficial-yet-comprehensive list of the top 10 college players who could potentially -- emphasis on "could potentially" -- represent the United States someday at the highest international level. We'll disagree on most, but we can all agree on No. 1, right?

1. Greg Oden (Ohio State): He's 7-1, 255 pounds and widely recognized as the best big man to enter college since Shaquille O'Neal. That alone is enough to land Oden on this list, despite having a surgically repaired wrist that could cost him at least a dozen games of his freshman season. Bottom line, the kid is dominant, and he'll be a devastating force -- at least defensively -- from the first day he wears an Ohio State jersey. That USA Basketball thought enough of Oden to bring him to Las Vegas for training camp last month despite the injury is proof he's certainly in future plans.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Just in case you didn't catch it, Coach Matta had a brief interview during the game yesterday and stated that Oden was "ahead of schedule" in terms of his recovery.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Just in case you didn't catch it, Coach Matta had a brief interview during the game yesterday and stated that Oden was "ahead of schedule" in terms of his recovery.

That's very good news. Since it came from Matta (as opposed to someone who knows someone that overheard a relative/friend of Oden saying .....), I believe that you can consider it factual.

 

[akronbuck]

Just in case you didn't catch it, Coach Matta had a brief interview during the game yesterday and stated that Oden was "ahead of schedule" in terms of his recovery.

thats huge. I can see him doing forearm excersizes all day to get the strength and flexibilty back in his wrists. Thats what I do and everyone thinks I play for Indians with CANSECO as my trainer.

He'll have some guns

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Its encouraging to hear Coach Matta say he is doing fine, but he did comment that he would not take any risks with Greg, which leads me to believe he will not play until they are absolutely sure he is 100%. He has made similar comments in the past few months about not risking Greg's future.

 

[Buckeye Nut]

I heard from somebody that's close to the program last night that they think Oden will be on the court by mid-December. If that's the case he'll be ready for Florida on the 23rd. He did say they'd like to not have Florida be his first game though. The two prior games to Florida are Cincinnnati on the 16th and Iowa State on the 19th.