Many speculated that Oden would go to the Heat because of their back-to-back championships, but it turns out that having the option to work himself back slowly into play was the main reason the ball club was so attractive to him.
Oden said it was a “big deciding factor” that Heat officials made it clear that he “wouldn’t be needed as much early in the season,” as he works his way back from more than three years out of the league.
The 25-year-old Oden was originally selected with the first overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, but a myriad of injuries forced an early exit from the league.
He hasn’t played in the regular season since 2009, but the Portland Trail Blazers kept him on their roster until the end of the 2011-12 season with hopes that his injury list would stop growing.
It will be interesting to see how Oden will fit into the mix since Miami has not had a good big man on the team since Shaquille O’Neal.
Damn fool! He should have went to San Antonio and played behind one of the best big men in NBA history! Who on the Heat roster can teach him to play in the post? And if he cant play a lot next year and the Heat win it again, do you really want to wear a ring you did not earn? Even Chuck Nevett has a ring, but he damn sure did not play on the court to win it with the Pistons.
Bruh, he won't make it past regular season. This is like the Shaq/Celtics experiment.. His presence is an if, and tax write off.
why would he want to sign with San Antonio, they proved twice in a row, they can't win the big game
Please, this group has 4 rings and no team from the west could take the Heat to 7 games so my boys had a great season and came up short. To lose to the defending champs is nothing to hold your head down for. If Oden is really serious about being good in the NBA he could work with and learn from one of the best to ever play in the post. He wont learn shit watching LB and Wade play.
Please, this group has 4 rings and no team from the west could take the Heat to 7 games so my boys had a great season and came up short. To lose to the defending champs is nothing to hold your head down for. If Oden is really serious about being good in the NBA he could work with and learn from one of the best to ever play in the post. He wont learn shit watching LB and Wade play.