Greg Oden · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
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Gregory Oden is an American basketball player who competed as a center. Born in Buffalo in 1988, he attended Ohio State University. He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers and played in the National Basketball Association. His professional career spanned from 2007 to 2016.
Oden played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat, Real Madrid Baloncesto, and Jiangsu Dragons. He represented the United States in his sport. He is male and speaks English as his native language. Physical records list his height as 213 and his mass as 129.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33
- Total plays
- 49
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,264x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,576x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1988-01-22 ) January 22, 1988 (age 38) , Buffalo, New York , U.S.
- Listed height
- 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
- Listed weight
- 273 lb (124 kg)
- High school
- Lawrence North , ( Indianapolis, Indiana )
- College
- Ohio State (2006–2007)
- Nba draft
- 2007 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Playing career
- 2007–2016
- Position
- Center
- Number
- 52, 20
- 2007 2012
- Portland Trail Blazers
- 2013 2014
- Miami Heat
- 2015 2016
- Jiangsu Dragons
- Points
- 840 (8.0 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 656 (6.2 rpg)
- Blocks
- 130 (1.2 bpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gregory
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 129
- Image
- Greg Oden.jpg
- Height
- 213
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- Commons category
- Greg Oden
- date of birth
- 1988-01-22
- drafted by
- Portland Trail Blazers
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Oden, a 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) center, played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes for one season, during which the team was the Big Ten Conference regular season champion and Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament champion with Oden as the tournament MOP. Additionally, the Buckeyes were 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. Oden recovered and made his NBA debut on opening night 2008. In March 2012, he was waived by the Trail Blazers after missing the previous two seasons due to injuries. Oden 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.
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