Tuesday June 19, 2007 Conley Sr. on SI.com report: "No truth to it at all" I talked to Greg Oden's agent, Mike Conley Sr., when he arrived with Oden at Portland International Airport today, and Conley firmly denied yesterday's report on SI.com which suggested Oden may have health issues that are cause for concern. The report, which I cited on this blog (see below), said NBA doctors had flagged Oden with preexisting injuries, including a bulging disc in his back, flexion in his injured wrist which has not been fully regained, and concerns about the long-term health of his knees. But Conley, who acted surprised when asked about the report before saying he hadn't heard about it, denied that Oden has any health problems that have raised concerns and said doctors at the Orlando pre-draft camp did not express any concerns after examining Oden. "Never heard any of that," Conley said. "No truth to it at all. His wrist is healed, 100 percent." Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard also expressed some doubt in the report, but said Oden's health will be part of their overall examination during his visit, which includes his first workout in Portland on Wednesday. "We knew about the question marks, and we're going through the process to answer them," Pritchard said. "We've answered some of them, and as he gets here and we get with our docs and, we'll get more comfortable with it. It's always part of the risk, and that's what we're trying to assess is, how much risk is involved there?" Pritchard downplayed some of the health issues that SI.com's report listed, including the revelation that one of Oden's legs is slightly longer than the other — a condition that Pritchard said is common among tall people. "Half an inch -- that's correctable just with an insert," Pritchard said. And the bulging disc? "I think you guys need to check your sources," Pritchard said. "We haven't found that to be the case. But we need to get these guys in here and have our docs look at them." One flag was raised when Oden elected to not participate in the bench press drill at the Orlando camp because of his wrist (the drill tests how many times players can bench 185 pounds). But Conley said Oden's decision was not based on physical limitations resulting from his wrist injury or on doctor's advice against participating in the drill. Conley said Oden has started benching again as part of his training. "His bench is fine," Conley said. "It wasn't a doctor issue. It was a Greg issue. See the problem with Greg and benching is not so much he can't bench now. It's just that, because of the wrist injury, he hadn't benched leading up to it. So why do something that you're not trained to do?" http://tinyurl.com/365t6p 老Conley否認Oden有傷病的消息 --

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