OK, HOLD UP -- BEFORE YOU FOLKS IN "FUNKY P.O." CANCEL YOUR SEASON TICKETS -- HOMEBOY'S GOT BAD TONSILS!!!
That's right, it's tonsils and Greg Oden needs his mommy's permission to go under the knife.
We just had a reality check folks.
No matter how tall he is, no matter how high the Portland Oregon Trail Blazers stack the money up next to him, he's still a kid. A final decision has not been made - To quote Oden himself, "I want to consult with my mother first." Revolutionary!
Talk is that Oden will fly to Portland late this week for surgery after he finishes presenting an award Wednesday in a taping of the ESPYs in Los Angeles. Recovery for adults who undergo a tonsillectomy is two weeks. His tonsils are so swollen that only a small passage way - about the size of a green grape - was evident.
“I can’t even tell you … it just hurts,'’ Oden said “Right now, it’s more of a thing that they are so big, that when I’m running up and down the court, it’s hard for me to breathe. I can’t get any air in there.'’ So he may miss some of the summer league. No "biggy for the biggy"
Like any good momma, Greg's mom will do what's best for him. Now we just pray this "It takes a Village" method of checks and balances continues throughout his career and Oden is going to be alright. Hot fudge sundae anyone.
Nod to Jason Quick at the Oregonian who got to look first hand at Greg's tonsils.