Greg Oden inadvertently sticks it to Duke fans ...
THe world's oldest freshman has a blog up now - doesn't everyone?- and has some interesting things to say about former Duke big man, Josh McRoberts.
Turns out the two are good buddies from back in the day when the used to run on the same AAU team (more on that later). Recently Oden stopped by Chez McRoberts in Carmel, Indiana for a little pool party.
But that's not the part that got the attention of Duke fans. It's this little juicy nugget:
"He is one of the funniest people I have met, and the one person in high school basketball that I dreaded playing, because I had to guard him and he is a monster."
Josh McRoberts did a lot of good things during his time at Duke, but at no time did he remind me of a guy that Greg Oden would dread guarding. Nor did the term "monster" come readily to mind.
Granted, Oden is McRoberts' friend, so he may have a slightly higher opinion of Josh's skills that the general public, but it's hard not to feel that Oden's just confirming something that's been bothering Duke fans for the past two years: that McRoberts really was a special, ultra-talented player coming out of high school but that somehow that potential was never fully realized while he was with the Blue Devils.
Oh, and about that AAU team that Oden and McRoberts played on. What a lineup: Mike Conley Junior at the point, Eric Gordon at the two, Dequan Cook at the three, McRoberts at the four and Oden at the five.
Wow. Just ... wow.