big men will always be needed- i think he was just not properly utilized, he'll polish it up in the NBA.
I envy you. The Blazers and Sonics aren't the easiest teams to keep up with. If Durant goes to Seattle, it will be a little easier. The Blazers have got to be the most hard to follow team from afar in the NBA.
Oden will be a more athletic Tim Duncan and Kevin Durant will be a more athletic Dirk Nowitzki. Not exactly Hakeem and Jordan though.
Oden has a very humber personality much like Robinson and Duncan. Just because they say they're a role player doesn't mean much. I guess you can consider Duncan somewhat of a role player due to his style of play with the Spurs, but he's still the most dominant.
