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You gotta feel for the Portland Trail Blazers. Greg Oden, their top draft pick and the man many feel is destined to return the franchise to glory, will likely miss the entire 07-08 season with an injury.
Searches on the big man jumped big time, up 1,216% once the news hit. Related lookups on "greg oden blog," "blazers season," and "microfracture surgery" (the injury that will keep him on the bench) also spiked.
Grieving fans in Portland and Columbus, Ohio (where Oden attended college) accounted for the two biggest slices of the Search pie. We can't say that was much of a surprise, but we did find it interesting that Oden's NBA rival, Kevin Durant, experienced a 218% jump in the Buzz. It seems fans can't hear about one rookie getting injured without checking to make sure the other's OK.
Filed under: Sports, Basketball, NBA, Injuries
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