Several things in the LA Times story today by Lisa Dillman that you may not have heard about. She says that the Clippers’ Ricky Davis put up a $500 bounty for the first guy to dunk on Oden during last night’s exhibition loss to the Trail Blazers. He had read about the $1,000 bet between Sacramento players Monday night that led to Kevin Martin earning $1,000. Nobody earned the $500 Wednesday.

You know you’re good when opposing teams start figuring out financial incentives for their teammates to do things against you that they ought to be trying to do, anyway. The story also said that Oden needed four stitches after the game to close a cut near an eye.

Here’s what Clippers’ center Chris Kaman said about Oden:

“He’s a big boy,” Kaman said. ” . . . I think he had all dunks tonight and one left-handed jumper. Once he figures it all out defensively, I think he’s going to be a monster.”

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