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Blazers? Oden Ready for His Close-Up, on the Court

Greg Oden is a curiosity looming just off the N.B.A. radar, still waiting to make a splash 15 months after Portland made him the top pick in the 2007 draft.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=9d31e63739f94ac9a3521c8cf5c5f216&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/sports/basketball/06oden.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=9d31e63739f94ac9a3521c8cf5c5f216&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/sports/basketball/06oden.html" border="0"/></a> </span>