You Is GODE
After Greg Oden dissed my nickname for him, I’ve tried to come up with something better. But guess what? I can’t. ‘Cause I’ve already come up with the best possible moniker there is:
Greg Oden is GODE. (Sounds way better if you say it in a Darth Vader type voice.)
Now I don’t wanna bring religion into this. No, thanks. But that’s why this name is perfect. It sort of insinuates that Oden is a God like figure without actually saying it. He is calm and serene. He can grow a hell of a beard. He plays at the big man’s spot, and arguably, the most important position. He looks wise beyond his years. I’m sure he can turn basketballs into cows. It just feels like there should be a permanent halo of light around that noggin’. He’s 19 years old and he’s that good. He’s just better than all of us.
You got anything better? Doubt it.
Photo: Greg Oden! by lullypop13
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I sense a “Gode the Chode” somewhere down the…um…road?
*Shaking head in disbelief*
Given his size, and the fact that he has 4 letters in both his first and last name… how about “4 by 4″ (or “4×4″).
…or maybe GODE.
“Papa Smurf” for Oden, “Desperado” for Durant.
4 x 4 - I like that one Matt D.
I’m going with TreeBeard until something better sticks
GODE sounds like a medical acronym that would relate to anal seepage. I’ll reserve judgement for other attempts because “The Sorta Opposite of Progeria” doesn’t have any marketing potential.
This God allusion does correlate very well with my idea to nickname Kevin Durant “Apocalypse”.
I’m calling him Optimus Prime whether he likes it or not.
No one likes Gode? What’s wrong w/ everyone? It’s brillant. Though I preferred the G-OD spelling but I cede that Gode takes most of the confusion out of pronuciation. I also liked a few years ago when Kevin Calabro tried to nickname Mario Elie “The Chaperone” because nobody scored when he was around. That name unfortunately didn’t stick but the good news is I think it is still available. Not for Goad though, that name is just too damn good to even try to mess with.
How about Golden. You mash old, which we all agree Olden looks, with Greg Olden and you get Golden. Golden.
How about Bob? Can we just call him Bob?
The Od Dirty Bastard?
According to Wikipedia (it’s a website or something):
“Oden (おでん) is a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth.
Oden was originally what is now commonly called Misodengaku or simply Dengaku.
In Nagoya, it may be called Kantō-ni.
In Taiwan, people usually call it Oren.”
Some of the ingredients include: Gluten Tubes! Beef Tendons! Japanese squash! Fried balls! Pig trotters!
All sound like potential nicknames (”Beef Tendon with the tremendous block”). Or sexual positions. I vaguely remember hooking up with a waitress after a bachelor party and trying out the Japanese Squash.
F*ck ya’ll. I’m calling him “Japanese Squash” from now on.
Q: What does a 7-foot 250 lb center call himself?
A: Whatever the fuck he wants.
Seriously, if Oden says he’s an Original Gangsta, we shall call him “OG.”
And it’s immediately the best nickname in the league.
Don’t mess with perfection, boys.
Becky is exactly right. Don’t try to make it yours, it’s his. When a boy becomes a man, he gets to choose his own name. It’s a right of passage. Don’t deprive Greg of his right.
And by the way, the name is “GODEN”.
I can’t believe more people aren’t playing off the fact that this guy wanted to be an accountant. I vote for The Big Deduction.
I saw you try to push GODE over on Oden’s own blog, JE Skeets… funny funny. It made me laugh, but I don’t think Oden is buying it.
Oden’s nickname has to develop naturally. OG is too obvious; GODE too much like he was goaded into doing something bad and it rhymes with CHOAD and LOAD and Oden isn’t down with loads on his choad(s). He tells me so in my dreams every night.
MATT W: Did Oden wanna be an accountant? I always heard he wanted to be a dentist…
I started listening to the podcast during the playoffs and quickly became a fan. I’m late to the party, but I look forward to you guys doing a regular thang again… in fact, the season can’t come fast enough for that reason and more.
Oden is gonna look how he looks from now until he’s 80. Just like bad dudes John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Clint Eastwood, Humphrey Bogart and other timeless faces, Oden was never young; he is always ODEN. Put upon the Earth fully formed and ready to rule.
If there is a God, I suspect he would look exactly like Oden. And since he’s a Blazer, it’s been scientifically proven there IS a God, and his twin son is amongst us now.
Mortimer
Black Linclon! I am trying to get all my fellow blazer fans on board with this. Look at him! Now imagine him in a top hat! he’s hear to lead us to the promise land!
I’m Sorry, guys…
Greg Oden is “The Reverend,” now and forever.
I like “The Reverend”, although due to Oden’s desire to be a dentist, I think that it would have to be updated to “The Good Reverend Doctor Greg Oden”. Personally, I don’t think that anything can top “Granpa Lebron” for GO. Of course, I also thought that the word “bozo” should have replaced “dank” as the word for good herbs. Doesn’t “Who’s got the bozo?” sound a lot better than “Where’s the dank at?” Somebody ask Ricky Davis for me, please.
Ok guys…
Greg Oden is “THE GARDENER” for three reasons. 1. He is going to play 41 games a year at the Rose Garden. 2. During summer league, he planted anyone who came in the paint. 3. He looks old enough to be out tending his flower garden.
Simply put… since he wanted to be a dentist… how about…. Drumroll…..
Dr. O
it has a james bond villian… Dr. No type feel eh??
Black Lincoln was good, Abraham is better. How so? for two reasons, first dude looks like Abraham Lincoln. Second, Abraham from the Bible lived to be something like 175. Oden already looks like he is 175. Let’s just say if Abraham from the Bible was black (maybe he was) he would definately have looked like Oden.
It should also be noted that Odin is considered the chief god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism…he is a god of wisdom, war, battle and death. He is also attested as being a god of magic, poetry, prophecy, victory and the hunt. He seems to be the equivalent of Zeus. Wikipedia: Odin
So maybe Odin isn’t so bad or Zeus? But my personal fave is Abraham.
“The Firewall”
He tries to block anything nasty that comes through.
The guy says GO or OG, you should probably call him that. Though I’m partial to “The Odenator”
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2007/02/the-odenator-faction-speaks.html
GOOG(S)
I vote Blincoln.
I don’t know if the show The Mighty Boosh has been shown on BBC World yet, but I sincerely hope it crosses the channel becomes a word of mouth hit and dogs Mr Oden through his career: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6v6Gt8yK4
He’s “OLD GREGGGGGGGG!”
–ODD
I like ‘GODE’ as it could stand for ‘Great On Defensive End’ as well :P
Oden’s nickname should be “Patton”. After reading that a spectator once asked him “What was WWII like?” I lmao! He does look old enough to be a WWII vet. Patton, that’s it.
Of course you know that in french, “gode” is the diminutive expression for “godemichet”, and you know what is a “godmichet”?
No? Goolge it!
Thats right, it is what it is!
Ricky, that’s awesome.