Greg Oden out for the year -- AGAIN

A ligament in Greg Oden's left knee was found on Wednesday to be damaged enough to require season-ending surgery.  You might call it the Sam Bowie curse.  They did, after all, draft Oden over one Kevin Durant.  It's almost sad that Portland has replicated such an infamous draft decision almost to a T. They also drafted Brandon Roy, whose knees, one doctor said, would only last 5-7 years in the NBA before breaking down.  Roy is in year 6 and is still struggling with knee problems this season.

When all is said and done, Oden might only be known (besides the guy drafted ahead of Durant) as the guy who was famous enough that his dong picture ending up on the internet was an event that mattered at one time.