A sight most fans have become accustomed to, Greg Oden wincing in pain. Is this his year to be healthy?
Nearly 1,336 days have gone by since the last time that the former 2007 No. 1 overall pick and Portland center Greg Oden was active in an NBA basketball game.
For his career, Oden has played in a total of 82 games—the span of a single NBA season.
That’s three and two-thirds years. Now, a year after being released by the Trail Blazers, all of the media and six NBA teams have the answer they have been waiting for.
Oden’s next team will be…
Greg Oden will sign with Miami Heat, source told ESPN. Two-year with player option for second year.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) August 3, 2013
The other teams that waited with bated breath include the Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans.
Interest in obtaining Oden’s services grew after his recent workout in Indianapolis, where it was reported that he had dropped down to a weight of 275 pounds and looked good running an assortment of agility drills, suicides among other drills.
Word from multiple witnesses of Greg Oden’s workouts this week: He looks quite lean & is moving quite well. No wonder so many teams in hunt
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 28, 2013
NBA executive who attended Greg Oden’s workout: “He’s moving very well. You can tell that he has worked very hard to get to this point.”
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) August 2, 2013
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