Blazer's center Greg Oden is inching closer to his return as he participated in his first full-court, 5-on-5 scrimmage since he had microfracture surgery last September, according to Oregonian.

Early reports were positive, and even owner Paul Allen came to town to watch the event. Oden did not experience any pain or swelling following the scrimmage.

"The one thing he did that put a big smile on my face is he asked Coach Monty (Williams) to come in at night and work with him," coach Nate McMillan said. "So, he was doing two-a-days, working with Dean (Demopoulos) in the morning and Monty at night. And he did it himself. He would come back at night and work on his footwork with Monty, and for me, that's good. That's great. He is on schedule where Jay Jensen and the trainers want him to be."