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Yankee_Vol said:
Blake Griffin is a little b****
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Agreed, all the reporters are saying because he's such a good dunker that other players resent him. The reason the players and other fans don't like him is because he's a cry baby little b**** that let's his teammates fight his battles for him.

Edit: And just now he ran into and stepped on a camera man and walks away, doesn't even help him up Barns and CP3 do.
 
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005 said:
not saying this just to be a dick but so did scouts paying close attention.

he's a lotta fun.

imagine if the lottery put New Orleans pick in the top 5 and Philly didn't get it haha
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You think most scouts rated Davis higher than they rated Oden?
 
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005 said:
Honestly, yeah. Only guessing though.
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We can only speculate but I believe Oden was viewed higher than Davis.

Oden was literally compared to Shaq and was going to be as dominant as Lebron. As high as Davis was viewed, I actually think he was viewed quite lower than Oden. I remember Oden being pimped as much as Lebron. Maybe I'm completely off but that's how I remember it. I know Davis was considered really good but I don't recall him being considered one of the future dominant players that could go to the hall of fame. Oden was talked about like a future all-time great. He was apparently going to be unstoppable and dominate the league.

I don't know... I know Davis was considered the #1 pick hands down but I just recall Oden being talked about like he was going to be one of the greatest ever. Sucks he's been injured, though... I'm fine with him not helping the Heat as a Pacers fan. Davis though, he has shown that he is amazing. I actually think Davis has outplayed the hype he had surrounding him. If he keeps playing the way he is and his teams start winning, he could be an all-time great. We're talking hall of famer if he keeps putting these numbers up. And to think, he's only 21.

I actually saw on another forum where someone put Davis' stats this season side by side with Garnette's MVP season when he was 28. Davis' stats are just as good if not better. If you're 21 and putting up as good or better stats than someone like Garnette during an MVP season, wow. Garnette was insanely good. Soooooo good.

I really do think Davis is playing better than anyone ever thought he would and that Oden's hype was much larger. Again, maybe I'm wrong. I just don't recall Davis being talked about as if he'll be someone will dominate the league like Lebron or Shaq. That's how much Oden was hyped up. Oden was going to be unstoppable.
 
#3,734
#3,734
I didn't pay a ton of attention when Oden was coming out, so I have no memory at all of the hype surrounding him.
 
#3,735
#3,735
Too bad for Oden and Portland things didn't work out. He was very good and seems like a nice guy.
 
#3,741
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005 said:
I didn't pay a ton of attention when Oden was coming out, so I have no memory at all of the hype surrounding him.
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There wasn't that much hype. The Oden-Durant question revolved mostly around what type of players they were, rather than much specific about the two players themselves. I.e., one of them is a spectacular scorer; one of them is a dominant big man. If forced to choose, most NBA people said you had to take the potentially dominant big man. I don't remember anyone comparing Oden to Shaquille O'Neal -- just look at his body type, why would anyone? -- and certainly not LeBron. There wasn't close to LeBron-like hype about either of them.

Davis wasn't hyped overly much either. Everyone loved his defense but didn't know what kind of a scoring touch he would develop. I think the cratering of Greg Oden made the draft guys a little reluctant to fall overly in love with him.
 
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"Reports stated that there were thoughts of doing another specialty flavor for the 76ers but they didn't think Sprite: Butt would be popular amongst the younger crowd."
 
#3,749
#3,749
Heat and Pacers continue to match each other loss for loss with embarrassing defeats to the Celtics and Knicks last night. At least Miami was making due without LeBron. The Pacers don't really have an excuse.
 
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