Oden to have arthroscopic knee surgery? WTF?

I really don't know how to say this. The man hasn't even played in a single NBA game and he has a week immune system and suspect knees already? Sigh... I don't know what the deal is here. But it is becoming real clear that something is amiss. How else do you explain this?

Anyway, the story so far is that Oden felt pain in his knee while working out. An MRI revealed some cartilage issues. No timetable for his return has been set as this will be determined after the surgery is completed.

It is the last thing that worries me. So far there is no timetable for Oden's return. That makes me think this could be more serious than they are reporting. I honestly hope Oden is going to be ok. But it does make me wonder about some things. Oden is still really young and already he has been under the knife twice in one year. Three times if you count the tonsillectomy. The wrist surgery was in June of 2006.

When he underwent surgery in 2006, there was also no timetable. Could this be because something was amiss back then? I wonder? Remember T.J. Ford? One of the reasons that played heavily in Ford's decision to turn pro early was his back. He got the contract first then dealt with the issue in the pros. I wonder if the same thing is happening here? Could it be there is something wrong with Oden's connective tissues that the wrist injury was a precursor for?

Even more intriguing is how they described Oden's wrist injury back then. "The coach compared the injury to a torn ACL in the knee and said the ligament in the wrist is what gives a player the ability to grip the basketball." If you want to see the whole story on this quote, here is a link.

Whatever happens, this is a story worth looking into more deeply.