With the first pick in the 2007 draft the Blazers chose promising center Greg Oden.

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Because his new injury looks minor, Oden doesn't make our list of most expensive sports injuries for the year.

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Conley had old Ohio State teammate Greg Oden in the arena as well.

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When Greg Oden sprained his right foot in the Portland Trail Blazers' Oct. 27 season opener, fans and management surely cringed.

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That honor would go to Greg Oden of the Portland Trailblazers.

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The National Weather Service reported two tornadoes on the ground near Perkins and Ripley in north central Oklahoma and another west of Oden, Ark.

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Oden and Conley's high-school dominance also had a more immediate effect.

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And while it was clear that Durant could become a great scorer, Oden was being projected not as an All-Star but a Hall of Famer, casually compared to legends like Bill Russell and Tim Duncan.

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Hence the brittle Portland Trail Blazers' center, Greg Oden, isn't spared, nor is underachiever Eddy Curry of the Knicks, whose lack of interest in conditioning has contributed to his injury problems the past two years.

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