ESPN.com · Oct 28, 2016
Oden with Buckeyes, 'trying to figure out my life'
Greg Oden, the 7-footer selected No. 1 overall in the 2007 NBA draft, has come full circle.
He's back with the Ohio State Buckeyes, helping Thad Motta. This time, however, Oden is a student coach instead of the unstoppable force on the floor that resulted in him being selected ahead of
"I wanted to stay around basketball and coach gave me a lifeline to be here," Oden told the Indianapolis Star on Thursday. "To give me something to do with my afternoons.
"I'm still trying to figure out my life. Since I've been in fourth grade, all I've known was basketball. I'm just trying to better myself and work on my degree and set something up for the future of my family."
