How was the career of Greg Oden, who was elected before Durant?

loss Portland Trail Blazers chose in Draft D 2007 First position in NBA, at Ohio State University Product Center Greg OdenWho had high hopes.

A highly critical decision, as he missed the opportunity to select the best offensive element from that class of players, Kevin Durantwhich was eventually ranked second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics (after the Oklahoma City Thunder).

Going back to Oden and the Blazers, the 7-foot, 250-pound player averaged 15.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks in his first and only year in the NCAA.

pain of injuries

Greg Oden’s story with Portland didn’t start out well, as he suffered a knee injury in the preseason, which required him to undergo surgery, completely missing out on his first year as a professional.

For the next campaign, he managed to play 61 games with an average of 8.9 points, 7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, until a new injury, a microfracture in a knee, caused him to miss the rest of the campaign.

After 21 games in his third season, Oden went under the knife again, missing the rest of the season.

The third surgical intervention for microfracture caused him to completely miss the 2011/2012 campaign. After 3 years without playing, he tried to make a comeback, signing with the Miami Heat for the 2013/2014 campaign, playing only 23 games, averaging 2.9 points and 2.3 rebounds.

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In the end, Odeon played 105 regular season games, spanning 3 unfinished seasons due to injuries, and the Blazers saw Kevin Durant, 2-time NBA champion, 4-time scoring champion, likely to receive a one-time NBA MVP. left. The league, 12 times All-Star, Rookie of the Year, and 6 times selected for the best quintet in the league.

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