Greg Oden Injured Versus Houston With Apparent Knee Injury, Taken Off On Stretcher

Greg Oden was taken off the court in the 1st quarter of the Blazers/Rockets game with an apparent knee injury. Oden went up to block Aaron Brooks, landed, and immediately crumpled to the floor. He didn’t appear to twist or turn it, it looked like it just.. you know… went. He was taken off the court in a stretcher, after writhing in pain for several minutes.

I don’t know what to tell you, folks.

This kid has played his heart out for the start of this season. We sincerely, all jokes aside, hope and pray that the kid’s not facing another surgery. We’ll keep you updated.

This sucks.

UPDATES:

Pick of Oden  on stretcher, per BlazersEdge (expect a lot of updates via them): TwitPic

10:07: Oden’s been taken to Rebound Clinic for an MRI.

10:07: There’s been a lot of talk about it being a possible dislocation, but that’s obviously just speculation at this point. You just want to avoid any of the acronyms.

More after the jump, including the video which I don’t want to frontpage because I’m not that soulless.

10:16: Here’s the first ripped-from-television video. Looks like it did twist a bit, as a commenter suggested.

10:19: ESPN’s John Hollinger tweets that on a photo it looks like a dislocation or a torn quad. Obviously still just complete speculation, but every little bit of good news is worth mentioning, and there’s a lot of talk about it being a dislocation instead of a tear.

10:24 Multiple sources including BlazersEdge reporting it’s a fractured patella, “LIKELY OUT FOR THE SEASON.”

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