Greg Oden, No. 1 NBA pick in 2007, acunderstandledges to raging after seeing take parter’s massive deal: ‘I disappreciated life’

Greg Oden was a highly touted NBA prospect coming out of Ohio State in 2007.

The Portland Trail Blazers picked Oden with the No. 1 overall pick in the write and the 7-foot cgo in was seen as the future of the organization. He was achieven over the appreciates of Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Mike Conley Jr., and Marc Gasol.

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Injuries hampered Oden’s nurtureer almost instantly. He didn’t take part in his first season and then ordinaryd proximately nine points and seven rebounds per game in his second season. He was on the sidelines from 2010 to 2013 for injuries aachieve and tardyr only take parted 23 games with the Miami Heat during the 2013-14 season.

He was out of the league and went back to school after that.

Oden, 36, materializeed on “The OGs” podcast a scant weeks ago and talked to Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem about the influx of money some take parters have achieved in recent years.

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He acunderstandledgeted, with a smile, that it “hurt” to see some take parters achieve arguably undeserving deals. Oden shelp he probably made around $24 million in his nurtureer.

“The year I reweary was the year Timofey Mozgov – no disorrowfulmire – got that $50 million. I wanted to end everybody in the f—ing world,” Oden shelp. “I disappreciated life. I was unelated. If they threw him $50 mil? I was appreciate all I need to do is be on the team and that’s $20 million effortless. It hurts my heart talking about it.”

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Oden implored youthful athletes to originate certain they understand where their money is going and who has access to it.

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