After missing all of last season because of knee surgery, unlucky Blazers center Greg Oden injured his foot in his first regular-season NBA game and will be sidelined two to four weeks. The team said Wednesday that MRI and computerized axial tomography scans — sorry, what was that? — confirmed Oden has a mid-lateral foot sprain. Here's how they're handling the news out in the ether ...

Blazer's Edge: "I hesitate to direct prescriptions at individual players without knowing more about them or what they're already doing, but Greg Oden is sticking out like a sore thumb right now, so I'm going to risk it. Let's play a game of "If I Were Oden". First off, if I were Greg Oden I would take a page out of Joel Przybilla's book and figure if injuries and mobility are any kind of concern, lighter is better.  I would ask the team to hire me a personal nutritionist and consider the next month my 'eat into shape' time.  I wouldn't eat a thing without his OK. [...] Second, I would be in the gym doing anything I could to work on some kind of shot. Maybe I sit in a chair, get a hoop that adjusts lower, and work on my upper body motion for a face-up shot. Once I can move, even slowly, I'm going to start drilling that hook shot. I want hundreds and hundreds of reps a day, morning and evening. You can't keep me out of the gym."

Nate Jones, FanHouse: "[2-4 weeks?] This is good news for the Blazers, as the injury could have been much worse. However, the NBA might not be feeling the injury so much, as they had plans to highlight Oden in match ups against Shaquille O'neal, Dwight Howard, Yao Ming, and Tim Duncan over the next two weeks. Of course all of those games are nationally televised games, so it is a real blow to the league's promotional efforts to have Oden out right now. Despite the promotional harm to the league, this is pretty much good news for the Blazers and their fans. I guess all you Blazer fans thinking about jumping off the ledge of your balcony can now step back in the building."

Rip City Project: "[One] other thing to consider is that Greg wasn't really in his ideal game shape before the foot injury, so this sets his complete recovery back even further. And that's all I'm going to say about this, partially because I'm still coming out of denial, and mostly because I just can't talk about Oden injuries anymore. I just can't."

Hardwood Paroxysm: "I think the general sentiment on this will pretty much be: 'Well, this sucks.' I'm not sure that I have much to add to that. Although, if you ask me, the dude's faking it. Wittle Gweg is calling in sick on the day of the test. Trust me, I would know. I've been in those situations, and I've seen the Blazers upcoming schedule. It's just too easy. Still, it's a pretty big buzz-kill for fans around the league. Blame fate, blame Oden's podiatrist, blame the basketball gods. Personally, I'll blame Andrew Bynum. What a jerk. You may have fooled the world with your goodie two shoes act, Andrew, but I've got my eye on you. You best watch yo'self."

SLAM: "The moans coming from the ghosts of Bill Walton and Sam Bowie just reached a deafening, shrill pitch in the halls of the Rose Garden. There is at least one piece of good news out of all this, for the rest of us, though. Since he notched a game played this season, at least we won’t have to hear every pundit next pre-season saying, 'You know what, Bob, Greg Oden is actually still eligible for the Rookie Of The Year.' Oh the simple pleasures."

Blazer's Edge reader: "I work in downtown Portland, and for lunch a coworker and I decided to go to Chipotle for lunch around 1:45pm [yesterday] ... as we were leaving with our food, G.O. walked in donning a boot and crutches ... my coworker took pics with his cell phone in a very non-challant manner, but it looks like Greg has a positive outlook, he was laughing and chuckling with people, and I asked him about his thoughts on San Antone and Phoenix this weekend and he said he can't wait, so maybe this isn't that bad after all ..."

With Leather: As for the Blazers, they’re left to wonder what other new and horrifying old-guy ailments await their would-be star center. Maybe rheumatoid arthritis will pop up. Maybe Parkinson’s. The possibilities really are quite limitless. Maybe if the NBA gave its players, you know, AN ACTUAL OFFSEASON, this might not be such a recurring issue."

The Blowtorch: "Maybe a week ago, Matt and I were talking about the prospects of Greg Oden. I'm in the 'best dude ever' camp; Matt's a little more subdued/skeptical/other word starting with S. The main crux of his argument is that Oden might be injury-prone. I said, 'worrying about injuries is silly.' Matt got salty. However, Matt also appears to be right. It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong, and today, I'm that big man."

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