Trail Blazers C Greg Oden, speaking two weeks after microfracture surgery on his right knee, was optimistic about his recovery but seemed annoyed by suggestions that he had really been injured before the draft. In fact, Greg Oden says, he saw an MRI taken of his knees at the predraft camp in early June and described them as "perfect." When he saw an MRI of his right knee taken two months later, he knew something was wrong. "I could tell," Greg Oden says. "There was a spot in the back, a big white spot in the back of the right knee. There was so much fluid. It was a big difference." . . .
Heading into training camp, the Kings could revive the trade talk that surrounded SF Ron Artest and PG Mike Bibby early in the offseason. The Heat, which struck out in its attempts to land SF Mickael Pietrus, G Charlie Bell, PG Maurice Williams and PG Steve Francis, is getting desperate, and rumors of a deal that would send either Bibby or Artest to Miami have new life. Sacramento won't have significant salary cap room 'til the summer of 2009, but the team would like to be able to clear room for next summer's strong free-agent class. . . .
Warriors coach Don Nelson sat down with the media in the Bay Area last week and gushed about rookie SG Marco Belinelli. "The guy's got stardom written all over him," Nelson said. Belinelli had a jaw-dropping summer league game in which he scored 37 points on 14-for-20 shooting, though he finished up the summer shooting just 43.6 percent from the field. Still, Nelson's enthusiasm could be problematic for Monta Ellis, who had hoped to start at shooting guard.
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