Many people have high expectations for Greg Oden, and the Portland forward understands where people are coming from.

Oden, the first overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, missed his entire rookie season to injury and played just 61 games in 2008-09.

"I want to be dominant. I want to be everything that everybody thought I was going to be when they drafted me," Oden said recently.

He averaged 8.9 points and 7.0 rebounds for the Blazers last season.