Greg Oden was picked with the first pick in the 2007 NBA draft, one year after the Raptors took Andrea Bargnani with the first pick. Both players have been labeled as "busts," Oden for having the ...

Greg Oden will turn 26 years old during the 2013-14 season. He is still 7-1, and appears to have a love of the game that other big men (like the previous Grantland feature subject, Eddy Curry) don ...

Between the ages of 21 and 22, Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden played 82 games, the typical number of games in a full NBA season. He averaged just 22 minutes, which limited his 9.4 points ...

Greg Oden was tabbed as potentially the next Patrick Ewing or Bill Russell in high school: a shot blocking, rebound-devouring 7-footer in the era of the dwindling center. He led Lawrence North to b… ...

Nonetheless, Greg values education and wants normalcy above everything else in his life. "Honestly, I really wanted the college experience," Oden explained on the "Out the Mud" podcast.

Revisionist history tells us the Portland Trail Blazers selecting Greg Oden with the No. 1 overall pick in 2007 over Kevin Durant is one of the worst decisions in NBA draft history.

When Greg Oden first came into the league, the basketball world trumpeted his arrival as the NBA’s next great big man. But catastrophic knee injuries wrecked his career before it even started.

Greg Oden’s rehabilitation isn’t exactly the most pressing thing on the Blazer agenda right now, but his value to the team long-term should be relatively unquestioned. He’ll likely always have the ...

Has there been a more disappointing NBA story over the past few seasons than Greg Oden ? For a player who is still just 24 years old, Oden has been through a lifetime of pain, injury, surgeries ...

Free agent center Greg Oden is still working toward a comeback in the NBA and will reportedly decide next week between six interested teams. By Zach Harper Jul 23, 2013 at 1:59 pm ET • 4 min read ...