Greg Oden

Greg Oden
Oden with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2008
Butler Bulldogs
PositionDirector of Basketball Operations
LeagueBig East Conference
Personal information
Born (1988-01-22) January 22, 1988 (age 36)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight273 lb (124 kg)
Career information
High schoolLawrence North
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
CollegeOhio State (2006–2007)
NBA draft2007: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career2007–2016
PositionCenter
Number52, 20
Career history
20072012Portland Trail Blazers
2013–2014Miami Heat
2015–2016Jiangsu Dragons
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points840 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds656 (6.2 rpg)
Blocks130 (1.2 bpg)
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Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

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. Additionally, Oden and the Buckeyes were the tournament runner-up in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.[2][3]

On June 28, 2007, Greg Oden was selected first overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He underwent microfracture surgery of the knee in September 2007, and missed the entire 2007–08 NBA season as a result. He recovered and made his NBA debut on opening night 2008. In March 2012, he was waived by the Trail Blazers after missing the previous two seasons due to injuries.[4] He signed with the Miami Heat in August 2013, more than three years after last appearing in an NBA game,[5] and played with the team through the 2014 NBA playoffs.

After playing in the Chinese Basketball Association during its 2015–16 season, Oden stated in October 2016 that he was done with basketball and would not be returning as a player.[6] In July 2018, he played in The Basketball Tournament 2018.[7] In May 2019, Oden was selected as the 7th overall pick in the 2019 Big3 Draft.[8]

  1. ^ "NBA.com/Stats". NBA.com. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Biggest draft busts in NBA history". foxsports.com. October 20, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Biggest Bust In Each NBA Draft From The 2000s". TheSportster. May 4, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  4. ^ ESPN.com news services (March 15, 2012). "Source: Blazers waive Greg Oden". ESPN. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference heat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Goodman, Jeff (November 12, 2016). "Greg Oden: 'I'll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history'". ESPN.
  7. ^ Nathan, Alec (July 27, 2018). "Greg Oden Goes for 11 and 5 in Return to Court at the Basketball Tournament". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. ^ Harrish, Kevin (May 1, 2019). "Greg Oden Selected No. 7 by Aliens in the BIG3 Draft". Retrieved July 6, 2019.