a few articles have been floating around lately suggesting he is more deserving of a starting spot than Stuckey. Today’s game was quite the contrary however (Bynum 1-13!).

But yeah, he’s almost a 6th man candidate, right?

It seems obvious to assume to be that the foul problems are restricting his minutes, but it’s interesting to note that in the 3 games where Oden has picked up less than 4 fouls (all against Minnesota strangely enough) his minutes were still only in the mid-20’s.

Don’t know if you can read anything into that, but maybe he won’t be playing heavy minutes even when he isn’t in foul trouble (i.e. more likely to play 30-35 rather than 35+ mins).

In any case, Oden is amongst the league’s best in rebounds and blocks per minute so those numbers will still be up amongst the leaders even if his minutes only go up a fraction.

Plus, defenses struggle with his strength so he never has to take a shot outside his range (check out his shooting breakdown on NBA Hotspots: http://www.nba.com/hotspots/)
So he’ll also be one of the best FG% boosters for your fantasy team.

He’s also shooting 79% from the lin surprisingly.

what about Greg Oden? I have a feeling he’s about to get into a bit of a groove. seems like he’s getting more confident, and he shoots a ridiculously high FG%. he could among the league leaders in blocks/rebounds/FG% by the seasons end.

Love the Facebook page… I am still laughing at the Agent Zero “conversation”…

Beautifully done.