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Ohio State freshman Greg Oden is a man among boys in the college basketball game. Apparently, Oden has had enough of this child's play. Oden is declaring for the NBA draft.

Whatever the result in 2008, the Trail Blazers could be setting themselves up for something even the original trailblazers - Lewis & Clark - couldn't do within a few years: win an NBA championship.

With only a 5% chance of winning the #1 pick, the Trail Blazer beat the odds in a big way.

The NBA was devastated in September when the news spread that Greg Oden would miss the entire 2007-2008 basketball season. Oden was the first overall selection in the 2007 NBA draft and widely considered to be the next great big man in the league.

Coming into the NCAA basketball season, it seemed obvious that Greg Oden would be the #1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft. But since then,Kevin Durant has burst onto the scene. So who should be the #1 overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft: Kevin Durant or Greg Oden?

The Portland Trail Blazers might get the opportunity to draft the next greatest NBA player in Greg Oden. The genius idea would be to obtain the point guard, Mike Conley Jr. who is Oden's best friend and teammate point guard since playing together in high school.

This is a profile of the 2007-08 Portland Trail Blazers.

With an injury that will keep Greg Oden out for the year, did the Trailblazers make a mistake in drafting the seven foot center.

The NBA Lottery is all set and the big winners are the Portland Trailblazers and the Seatle Supersonics. The Oden/Durant sweepstakes is the biggest in years. Both are expected to be franchise changing players. But which one is going to have a bigger impact?

The biggest question today in the NBA arena is the top pick of the draft. There are two clear cut top players, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. Find out why the first pick should be Oden instead of Durant.

Greg Oden, after accepting that Portland Trailblazer cap, is automatically the second best center in the NBA.

The Portland Trailblazers have conffirmed that they will select Greg Oden with the first overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft.

From LeBron to Glyniadakis, and everyone in between, one of the best draft classes of the last 5 years has been in the NBA for three seasons. It's an appropriate time for their first report cards.

Portland should make it with their suddenly dominating front-line but the Sonics might be a year or two away.

Before this season, the Blazers were expected to have one more rebuilding year while rookie Greg Oden recovered from knee surgery. Some may have expected more success than others, but nobody predicted this would happen. The Blazers are atop the Northwest Division.

Here is a look at what players will be leaving for the NBA Draft and who has decided to stay in college.

Portland Trail Blazers continue to improve as a very young team and surprise many.

A team by team recap of the 2006 NBA Draft.

To put it mildly, the Portland Trailblazers always seem as if they are always in a perpetual state of disarray. They change coaches and players, but it seems as if their franchise is always one step away from totally imploding.

A preview of the 2006 NBA season for the Portland Trailblazers

The Portland Trailblazers enter the 2007-08 NBA season with one mission in mind, and that is to learn and develop.

the NBA draft is unique in that the worst team doesn't always get the first pick of the draft. While this may make for exciting television, is it really a fair system?

who will be drafted in the top 10 in the NBA draft

Now that the selection order has been set for the entire first round of the 2006 NBA draft, it is now time for my annual mock draft column.

I think the best word to describe the 2006 NBA Draft would definitely be - strange. This draft, more than any I can remember in recent memory, was centered around numerous trades involving multiple teams, all with varying reasons.

This article is basically a mock of the NBA Draft coming up on June 28 in New York City. It involves the the teams with the top ten picks, and what the author thinks they should do with them.

Watch out for the Trail Blazers. They have the right blueprint in hand.

Could this be the same thing in Portland that happened to Sam Bowie? Did the Blazers make the wrong pick?

Texas Longhorn All-American Freshman Kevin Durant is expected to declare for the NBA draft today according to a source close to the star forward.

My favorite NBA playoff moment from all time comes from the 1977 season, when I was just 10 years old. Read on to find out what sent chills down my spine when I see replays of it today.

Sam Bowie? Bill Walton? Greg Oden? The Trailblazers have some pretty bad luck with drafting centers.

The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association. The Trail Blazers play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference.

Kevin Durant could very well be the first pick in the NBA Draft if he decides to enter it. That may not be the best decision for him.

Here is an overview of the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft, and possible sleepers from the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft.

Russell Westbrook is an NBA Draft first-round lock. Here's his profile.

Putting the sun and the summer behind us, it's time to look at the upcoming NBA season. Where does every franchise stand? It's time to take in-depth looks at why every team has reasons for optimism heading into the '07-'08 season.

Last night, the NBA draft came and went. Many teams' fans are left dreaming about what the future holds for their new superstars and fans of other teams are left scratching their head.

Here are the top point guards in the 2007 NBA Draft class.

The Portland Trail Blazers number 1 overall pick is out for the entire 2007-2008 season after undergoing surgery. What will the Blazers do?

With the new barage of athletic team players being added to the young core lineup of the Portland Trail Blazers, it's hard to imagine that it took just one year to completely shed Portland of the Jail Blazers nickname.

Every year as the NBA Draft approached, the words "potential," "talent" and "upside" are used by every writer, fan and NBA Draft aficionado; sites like Draft Express devote an entire site to prognostications and evaluations of potential draft picks.

Collison will find a niche in the NBA.

NBA teams that don't make the playoffs get a better chance of drafting good college players. Is this fair to the fans?

Ron Lewis sent the game into overtime with four seconds remaining as Ohio State held off Xavier 78-71.

The Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Bobcats have all received fines in the last week, all related to discussions of, or contact with, Kevin Durant or his family. The NBA sent out a memo reminding teams to stay away.

The hype is real on University of Texas freshman Kevin Durant

I've only seen Greg Oden play a few times this season and most of those games he was still coming back from an injury. I was excited to see a completely healthy Greg Oden dominate in the NCAA Tournament. Boy am I disappointed.

Looking back on the stunning developments in the 2007 NBA Draft.

A commentary that discusses the fact that the consensus #1 NBA pick Greg Oden blogs, explanations for why he might do so, and a breakdown of some of the events, reactions, etc. that he blogs about.

A mock draft of the 2006 NBA Draft picks 1-5.