I thought their reasons for drafting him were dumb, but having him get serious injuries twice doesn't have much to do with it. Blake Griffin is only one more big injury away from the exact same thing, for example.
He has been a bust so far, no doubt. 2 years in and only started 60 games. Now he is out for this entire 3rd year.
He is still young and cane come back from this injury but if he continues to have sidelined due to injury then for sure he is a huge bust. Right now he just hasn't lived up to the #1 pick.
Olajuwon went #1. Bowie was #2 over Jordan. As for Oden, microfracture surgery is pretty serious, no? More serious than, say, an ACL? Two in 3 years, on both knees, doesn't look good for him, no matter his age.