Greg Oden

Center, Basketball Player

1988 –

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Who is Greg Oden?

Gregory Wayne "Greg" Oden, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. Oden is a 7 ft 0 in, 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.

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Born
Jan 22, 1988
Buffalo
Parents
Siblings
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Ohio State University
  • Lawrence North High School
Lived in
  • Buffalo
  • Indianapolis

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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