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Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Oden, a 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) center, [1] played college basketball at Ohio State University for one season, during which the team was the Big Ten Conference regular season champion and Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament champion with Oden as the tournament MOP.
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Greg Oden was selected 1st overall by the Portland Trail Blazers but was plagued with knee injuries and retired after 7 seasons. Kevin Durant was selected 2nd overall by the Seattle SuperSonics and is considered to be one of the greatest scorers of all time, winning the 2014 MVP and winning back-to-back NBA Finals MVPs in 2017 and 2018.
At the time, the sentiment was that Greg Oden was already wise beyond his years. The 18-year-old, one-and-done men’s basketball star dominated the sport with just one fully healthy wrist, taking ...
Before he watched Ohio State play, Greg Oden spent some time helping raise funds for the National Basketball Retired Players Association.
In the Elite Eight, Ohio State used Oden's 17 points to beat Memphis 92–76 for a trip to the Final Four. [7] In the Final Four, Oden's 13 points were six points short of Roy Hibbert 's 19 points but it was Ohio State who got the victory beating Georgetown 67–60 for a trip to the National Championship Game for the first time since 1962 .
Greg Oden was the first 2006 high school boys' basketball All-American drafted into the National Basketball Association.. An All-American team is an honorary sports team that is generally composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All ...
By Glenn Minnis XNSports.com Free agent center Greg Oden faces felony battery charges stemming from a domestic abuse incident where he allegedly punched his ex-girlfriend in the face after a night ...