Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian
Greg Oden was given the opportunity on Tuesday to hide out, issue a denial or attack the person responsible for posting nude photographs he once sent a third party of himself.
Instead he slammed the door shut.
Said Oden: "Um, I've had better days."
Oden apologized to his teammates, and Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, and most of all, his family. He talked candidly about the embarrassment of being woken up at 6 a.m. by a gut-wrenching telephone call with the party on the other end saying, "Get up, someone's posted naked pictures of you on the Internet."
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