Jay Jensen, the Blazers athletic trainer, said the last weight he took off Oden had the 7-footer at around 290 pounds.

"For me, to have him around 290, that's pretty doggone good,'' Jensen said. "Would I like him to be lighter? Yeah. But we haven't allowed him to do much until recently

Since the Blazers drafted him in the summer of 2007, Oden's weight has fluctuated between 255 and 295 pounds. The low weight was when Oden had his tonsils removed. The highest point was last winter when Oden became enamored with the weight room.

Oden said he has played at 280 pounds when he came off a wrist injury during his freshman season at Ohio State. By the end of the season, after playing nearly three months, Oden's weight dropped nearly 20 pounds.