Neo'neal?

Greg Oden is the new "it girl" of the 2008/2009 NBA season. due to his multiple injuries coming off of his number one draft pick, the man hasn't played much at all. so since this is my first time since 1999 watching basketball games, it's kind of hard to not make note of the big fella. plus, Portland is one of my favorite teams this year, they're looking so good and i'll go swami and say they'll make it somewhere deep in the playoffs. anyway, i think Greg Oden is a decent character, and i want to like him and i do, but there's one thing about him that's rubbing me a strange way, and i think it's that he's getting really close to being SHAQ.
i mean, Shaq was a big deal when he came into the league and was "good" for a while, but then i think most people (at least people of decent intelligence) noticed that all he does is nothing but stand by the rim and barely jump to dunk. he did this so much that the logo to his shoes and apparel was him doing his classic "sitting" dunk style. the guy can't shoot foul shots if his icy-hot endorsement depended on it and is far too 90s for the new millenium.
Greg Oden hasn't proved me one way or another yet, but i hope he doesn't pinhole himself as new-age Shaq. i think he's got some more to offer than ole Kazaam. but he's got to start doing some more than just dunking if he's going to do that.