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Must make Hof pleased. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3017538 Oden likely out for novice period after leg surgery ESPN.com information solutions Updated: September 13, 2007, 2:24 PM ET Famous Trail Blazers novice middle Greg Oden, the No. 1 choose in the NBA draft, will probably skip the 2007-2008 period after undergoing knee surgery Thursday, the group said. "Greg had an and a microfracture surgery today," group doctor Dr. Don Roberts, who preformed the surgery, mentioned in a statement published on the Trail Blazers' Site. "He was found to possess articular cartilage injury in his right leg. The region of damage wasn't big and we could handle it with microfracture, which encourages the development of cartilage. "There are points about any of it that are good for Greg. To begin with, he's small. The region where in actuality the harm was is small and the remainder of his leg appeared normal. Those are good indicators for an entire recovery from microfracture surgery." The Blazers are discuss the news headlines at a 4:30 p.m. ET news conference. Exploratory surgery was undergone by oden on his right leg on Thursday in Vancouver, Wash. This really is Oden's 2nd health condition because the Trail Blazers picked him in June. He'd a in July after fighting in two Vegas summer group activities. Oden retrieved from the tonsillectomy and was exercising in the Portland region when he felt pain in his leg. The MRI was taken Thursday and Oden refrained from exercising within the week-end. Oden, despite being affected by an arm injury, averaged 15.7 factors and 9.6 rebounds for Ohio State last period, leading the Buckeyes to the national title game as a newcomer. He'd 25 factors and 12 rebounds in losing to Florida. The Trail Blazers were the shock champions of the NBA draft lottery and decided Oden over Texas ahead Kevin Durant, who visited Seattle.