Oden was the hands down hype machine at the time, so there really isn't much to blame them with. He looked like LeBron's dad at the time too, and nobody wanted to pass up on a possible LeBron after James came in and lived up to the hype. Durant was a guy who most thought would blossom but Oden to most at the time of being a generation talent at C. Too bad really, but I don't blame them at all given what was being said. That's like blaming Detroit for taking Darko Milicic when they could have had Chris Bosh.
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