Once again, Greg Oden’s season is ending prematurely.
The first overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft missed the entire 2007-08 campaign while recovering from microfracture surgery. He made his NBA debut a year later and, though he struggled with consistency and nagging injuries, showed tremendous potential. He was just starting to reach that potential — coming off a 20-rebound, four-block performance against Miami, when he broke the patella in his left knee while attempting to block an Aaron Brooks shot in the first quarter of Saturday’s win over the Rockets.
(Warning — the video of Oden’s injury is not for the faint of heart.)
Greg Oden: Broken Patella, Out for the Year originally appeared on About.com Basketball on Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at 23:42:14.
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