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There was a time when Greg Oden had his sights set on being one of the best centers in NBA history. Now, he just wants to be around the game. Following a very brief NBA career riddled by injuries that forced him to retire at just 28 years old, Oden is now trying to get […]

The NBA was a different league in 2007. Over 10 years later, no draft prospect with the statistical resumé and mouth-watering physical traits of Kevin Durant would be taken behind a seven-footer with limited skill and a checkered injury history. But hindsight makes it easy to forget that Greg Oden was the consensus top player […]

With the program’s senior day occurring on Sunday, the Ohio State Buckeyes notably added an extra wrinkle against the Wisconsin Badgers. Over a decade after becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, former Ohio State center Greg Oden was honored by his alma mater as he prepares to graduate from the Big […]

The BIG3 just got another headline name. Greg Oden has joined the draft pool for this season: SPLASH ALERT💦💦💦 Former NBA #1 overall pick Greg Oden (@Daddyluv2250) has joined the #BIG3Season3 Draft pool! pic.twitter.com/zFl5caC2Cu — BIG3 (@thebig3) February 15, 2019 Greg Oden is widely considered one of the biggest busts of all time. Drafted first […]

There are some basketball players that came when they came out of college and declare for the NBA draft, many think they will be starts. Greg Oden and Jimmer Fredette are two of those players. However, Oden’s career never took off because of injuries, and Fredette’s flamed out because his game never translated to the […]

The fall of Greg Oden hit a new low on Thursday night when he went undrafted in the BIG3 Draft. After being selected with the first pick in the 2007 NBA Draft Oden dealt with a lot of knee injuries that derailed his career, and although it wouldn’t be surprising for him to not make an […]

Every year, NBA Draftees are outlandishly compared to Hall of Fame players, and often times, don’t live up to the unrealistic expectations. But it’s not popular for a prospect to be compared to a player who played just 105 NBA games. Nonetheless, Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton looks like a Greg Oden clone and is worth the […]

The job of a general manager in the NBA is a thankless job, one that is always criticized yet offers very little praise when you get the job done right. And when you fail, you are ridiculed and maligned beyond measure! Well, sorry GMs, but that’s exactly what we plan to do as we recall […]

Former NBA center Greg Oden, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft out of the Ohio State University, will get a chance to return to the basketball court this upcoming summer after agreeing to join the BIG3 draft pool, the league announced via Twitter on Monday. SPLASH ALERT 💦 The […]

A total of 64 teams will once again battle it out during this NBA offseason for a winner-take-all grand prize of $2 million in the fourth edition of “The Basketball Tournament.” The tournament has gained notoriety since its inception, which started in 2014 with a grand prize of $500,000, which went up to $1 million […]

The 2007 NBA draft will be remembered for a long time because it was the year Greg Oden was selected ahead of former MVP and four-time scoring champion, Kevin Durant. Recently, the top overall pick that year in Oden spoke about how the “bust” label will never be removed from him as he never got to play […]

Former No.1 NBA draft pick Greg Oden recent revealed that he believes he will be remembered as the “biggest bust in NBA history”, as per ESPN’s Outside The Lines: “I’ll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history,” Oden said. “But I can’t do nothing about that.” Oden went on to confirm that his […]

Greg Oden had been one of the most promising big men to be drafted into the NBA. He had the tools to not only make him a name in the NBA, but among the best in the league if he wanted it badly enough. The Portland Trail Blazers took a chance, although they had made […]