Greg Oden: "I'm on schedule to heal." Greg Oden is healthy enough to bowl. To play Basketball? Not so much. Not yet, anyway. But the 7-foot Portland Trailblazers center says he’s getting there. “The doctors tell me I’m on time,” he said Saturday while appearing at an Oregon Mentors’ event in Vancouver. “We’re going at a pace that they’ve got for me. Things are looking pretty good.” Being “on time,” however, does not necessarily mean being ready for the start of training camp in October or the season opener Oct. 26 against Phoenix. “By saying ‘on time,’ means I’m on schedule to heal,” he said. That at least sounds promising. Two knee injuries – the first ending his rookie season – have limited Oden to just 82 games since the Blazers drafted him No. 1 overall in 2007. Last December Oden’s season ended when he fractured the patella in his left knee in a game against the Houston Rockets. The Blazers have not revealed too much in the way of details on Oden's progress since other then to say his rehabilitation is coming along. Oden confirmed as much Saturday and appeared upbeat and optimistic. “I’m feeling good,” he said. “I have been running. But I have not played yet.” He wasn’t sure when he would actually play basketball again. “Gotta ask the doctors that,” he said. “Me, I go by what they say. Whatever is my next phase, that’s what I go to.” Oden's been splitting time rehabilitating his injury in Portland and his hometown of Indianapolis. His next stop is go to Phoenix to visit teammate Jerryd Bayless (his birthday was Friday) and then its back to Indianapolis to continue, “bothering” his mother, Zoe Oden. Bit first, it was time to hit the lanes. Oden was in Vancouver for the Third Annual Team Oden Summer Slam, an event he sponsors to support and encourage mentoring youth in Oregon. Oden has been with Oregon Mentors since 2008. He said he is proud of the fact that they have signed up 35,000 youth and hope to close in on the goal of 40,000 by the end of the year. His group is called, Team Oden. Saturday’s event, held for about 200 youth and their mentors, was hosted by Big Al’s Bowling Alley and Arcade. Youth and their mentors were treated to pizza, soft drinks and bowling. “I grew up with mentors,” Oden said. “So, anything that has to do with mentors, I’m happy to give back and to help.” Oden arrived at about noon and spoke to those in attendance about his summer and poked fun at his own lack of bowling prowess. He began by claiming to be “really good.” Then he opened up a bowling ball bag’s worth of excuses about not being able to find size 19 bowling shoes and how bowling balls are too small for massive hands. “I’m a great bowler,” he said. “Don’t let whatever I say fool you. But today, might not be my day.” Oden then set the benchmark for what it would take to defeat him at a modest 98. “That’s my usual,” he said. “I don’t know if that’s good or not. I keep telling myself that it’s great.” When Oden finally hit the lanes, the site wasn’t exactly pretty. He had a few gutter balls but mixed in enough spares and strikes to finish with a 92. Blazers' fans might settle for a 92 from Oden, as in, 92 percent healthy for the start of the season. Oden appeared optimistic and eager to return to the court. “I’m excited,” he said. “I’m ready for the season to start.” http://tinyurl.com/34coq9o -- 簡單說就是Oden按照醫生的進度在復健 目前還算"準時" 但無法保證可以趕得上十月訓練營開訓或季賽開幕戰 --

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