Ordinarily, no one cares when a team signs what very well may amount to a third-string center, but Greg Oden won't be any ordinary third-string center. He may one day be remembered as the unluckiest first overall pick in history. For now, we'll remember him as a probable benchwarmer whom quite a few teams were nevertheless keen on signing this summer.
For a third-string center, we all know there's a chance he's still really good.
But if you ask LeBron James, getting back to "really good" will be a process (via ESPN's Brian Windhorst):
Adding Greg is a huge piece for us but we're not asking too much from him, we're not going to put too much pressure on him. He hasn't played since 2009, so it's been awhile. We just want him to work his way back into condition. Whatever he gives us is extra.
Of course, "extra" doesn't mean useless.
In a perfect world—even more perfect than the one where you win back-to-back NBA titles—Oden could make a difference, perhaps even a timely one. That time won't be in November, and it might not come until after the All-Star break, when those differe ...
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