Greg Oden Basketball player

Gregory Wayne "Greg" Oden, Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who most recently (as of January 2015) played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Oden is a 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), 273-pound center. Oden 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.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.

Personal facts

Greg Oden
Birth dateJanuary 22, 1988
Birth place
Buffalo New York
Height (meters)2.1336
Weight (Kilograms)123.8328

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Basketball player

Career start2007
college
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
draft team
Portland Trail Blazers
draft year2007
league
National Basketball Association
position
Center (basketball)
teams
Miami Heat

Greg Oden on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=3225
  2. http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/oden_greg00.html
  3. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7908766/a-rare-interview-former-no-1-overall-pick-greg-oden-injury-plagued-career