Portland shocked the world stated the obvious when they told ESPN’s Rich Bucher:
Greg Oden’s camp has been notified by the Portland Trail Blazers that they will take him with the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft.
It goes on with the usual tripe about how hard the decision was… but I came to the same decision… and I spend my days parked in front of a computer screen while my arteries audibly harden. Can’t have been that hard.
Want some fun reading? Chad Ford and Bill Simmons take turns making lottery picks and trashing each other in this unique take on a mock draft.