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After the worst weekend of his life, Greg Oden went under the knife yesterday to repair his fractured patella. He will miss the rest of the season, after that, his future is unclear. While it’s possible that Oden will return to the starting center position for the Trail Blazers next season, it’s also likely that due to the severity of his dual knee injuries, his future in the NBA is in jeopardy.

It’s going to be a cold winter, Blazers fans.

Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....