In the predraft camps Oden had insane measurements. His lane agility drills were similar to Aaron Brooks and other quick PG's. He was a freak athlete. Obviously it didn't work out but to try and say the team made a mistake back at that time is ridiculous.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...-overall-pick-greg-oden-injury-plagued-career http://theozone.net/hoops/12-13Men/odeninjury.html
Thanks. Now I remember about the discussion a year ago when the Grantland article appeared. A hotheaded fat younger brother. I can't imagine the fights the smarter, slimmer older brother had to put up with. I left out better-looking.
That's note entirely true. He had the middle school thing where he said something like his leg was just hanging on by a thread at the hip. We just didn't hear about it until after the draft.