25 for 25, No. 22-21

Over the final six weeks until the start of training camp, we will be counting down the 25 best individual performances by Trail Blazers players in the last 25 years.

Introducing 25 for 25

Counting down the 25 best Trail Blazers performances of the last 25 years.

The Rose Garden ReportSean Highkin

Other entries: 25-23 | 20-19 | 18-17 | 16-15 | 14-13 | 12-11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1

No. 22

The player: Greg Oden
The game: February 8, 2009 vs. New York Knicks
The stats: 17 points, 7-of-11 shooting (63.6%), 3-of-5 free throws, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 blocks in 27 minutes

In the four-plus years Greg Oden was on the Trail Blazers' roster, he played exactly one season's worth of games—82—and has become one of the NBA's definitive what-ifs this century. You may be familiar with who was drafted right after him.

Games like this one, midway through his first healthy season in 2008-09, are exactly why, almost 20 years later, that what-if is still talked about.