Blazers rookie center Greg Oden is expected to miss another seven to 10 days because of his lingering left knee issues.

Oden has missed the team's last seven games having chipped his knee cap on Feb. 12 against Golden State.

The new timeline means that Oden will miss Portland's next four to five games.

"I think he's going to need some time," coach Nate McMillan said Sunday before Oden's return was officially pushed back again. "We thought this thing would heal a little sooner and it's not healing as fast as we thought or that recovery is not as fast as we thought it would be. So it could be some more time before he's ready to go. As far as what I saw of him running the floor, I don't think he'll be coming back any time in the next few days."