I thought they should have drafted Durant. I was thinking, this is the whole Sam Bowie/Michael Jordan scenario being played out again. Only with Oden and Durant.
In retrospect, the Blazers' biggest blunder was a tossup between Durant-Oden and Michael Jordan-Sam Bowie. It is tough to distinguish the two without a doubt.
As someone who was following from Seattle, the consensus was Oden 1 and KD 2. Unfortunately for Portland at the time, everyone was looking for the next Shaq. Of course it turned out in disaster but you can’t blame them for the pick.
Oden wasn't a bad pick at the time, but I know there was still people who thought KD was the right pick. But you're right, given where the league was at, everyone wanted the next Shaq for sure
