Greg Oden – I don’t know about you, but I have this feeling that he could be the next NBA MVP – as long as his knee allows him to be one.
Gregory Wayne Oden, Jr., born January 22, 1988, 7-foot, 285 pounds powerhouse, is NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers prodigy Center.
Oden played college hoops with Ohio State University for one season. On June 28, 2007, he was selected first overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Trail Blazers.
Unfortunately, he has to underwent microfracture knee surgery in September 2007 that caused him to miss the entire 2007-2008 NBA season. He debuted his NBA career on Blazers’ 2008 season opening game. Bad luck, he was immediately injured in the first quarter and sidelined for 2 weeks.
Back into the game, he quickly established himself as THE NBA Center to watch.
Still recovering, in his first 6 NBA games, he posted 10.0 points per game, 7.7 rebounds per game, 2.5 blocks per game, and shoot 51.4% from the field – to highlight. All achieved only in 20.7 minutes per game.
I’ll say, he could be better than Amare Stoudemire defense-wise, and probably as powerful as Amare.
Keep an eye on him – He WILL be the NBA MVP some day, as long as he keeps healthy.