Greg Oden
Oden with the Heat in January 2014
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
January 22, 1988 Buffalo, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 273 lb (124 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| College | Ohio State (2006–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 2007–2016 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 52, 20 |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2012 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2013–2014 | Miami Heat |
| 2015–2016 | Jiangsu Dragons |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Oden, a 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), 273-pound center, played college basketball at Ohio State University for one season, during which the team was the Big Ten Champion and the tournament runner-up in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He currently serves as a student manager for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
On June 28, 2007, 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. On March 15, 2012, he was waived from the Trail Blazers after a long history of injuries. He signed with the Miami Heat on August 7, 2013, more than three years after last appearing in an NBA game. On October 28, 2016, Oden stated that he was done with basketball and will not be returning as a player.
Oden was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved with his family to Terre Haute, Indiana at the age of nine. He attended Sarah Scott Middle School in Terre Haute, where he first played interscholastic basketball. Oden then relocated with his mother and brother and attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana which he led to three consecutive Indiana Class 4A basketball championships before graduating in 2006. He was named Parade's High School Co-Player of the Year 2005 (along with Monta Ellis) and 2005 National Boys Basketball Player of the Year. He repeated as Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2006. Oden was named the 2006 Indiana Mr. Basketball. He was also on the McDonald's All-American Team and played in the All-American game, and earned first-team Parade All-American honors for the second straight year.
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