The forecast for Thursday, September 13th in Portland was 82 degrees and sun.  Current condition: dark, cloudy, and 60 degrees.  It may be a coincidence but it perfectly reflects the feeling of the city after learning that Greg Oden will miss the entire 2007-08 NBA season.

Obviously this means that Oden has as much chance of being named Rookie Of The Year as I do being the next Queen of England.  I want to thank everyone who has helped with the Oden For ROY campaign.  The focus of the website will now be on following Oden during his recovery and rehab.

Greg needs to know that we care about him now more than ever.  During his press conference, Kevin Pritchard said that Oden apologized at least 20 times because he feels like he let us down.  We need to show him that the fans still support him and that we still think the Blazers made the right choice in the draft.  What we don’t need are comparisons to Sam Bowie or Bill Walton and talk about how we should have picked Kevin Durant.

Help to show your support by making a “Get Well” sign or card for Greg.  You can upload it to your Myspace page and then send a message to the OdenForROY Myspace profile so that I can save it.  Instead of an “Oden For ROY” slide show, there will be a “Get Well Greg” slide show to show Oden that we still support him and to help him stay positive throughout his difficult and painful recovery.

–OdenForROY.com

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