Researching Greg Oden
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18 people with the Oden surname? In that year Oden was ranked number 3561 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Greg means "fierce" and is of Celtic origin.
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Greg Oden
Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who is a graduate assistant at Ohio State. Oden, a, center, played college basketball at the 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, 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 from the Trail Blazers after a long history of injuries. He signed with the Miami Heat in August 2013, more than three years after last appearing in an NBA game, and played with the team through the 2014 NBA Playoffs.
After playing in the CBA during their 2015–16 season, Oden stated in October 2016 that he was done with basketball and would not be returning as a player. In July 2018, he played in The Basketball Tournament 2018. In May 2019, Oden was selected as the 7th overall pick in the 2019 Big3 Draft.
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