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"Are you there, God? It's me, Greg."

NBA fans waited a long time to see what damage Greg Oden could do in the pros. And after he sprained his foot in the first half of the Blazers opener against the Lakers, they'll have to wait another few weeks. You only get one shot at a first impression, and in the latest issue of The Magazine, Bill Simmons weighs in on Oden's. "This is the first column I ever worried about the subject reading," he writes.

But he doesn't say anything about you (we promise!). So, check out the story here:

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