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C Greg Oden (All B1G, All-American, Defensive Player of the Year, Butler Assistant Coach)

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Just curious how he can be reebox if he hasnt signed anything.
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You are correct, I think what the previous poster was trying to say is that Oden has historically stayed within Reebok events...(ie AAU events), legally and technically he is not with either shoe company, but its obvious where he will end up when the time comes....FWIW.
 
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Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr are not signed as individuals to Reebok. Their AAU team Spiece is signed to a deal with Reebok, LN is also signed to Reebok. The same goes for Daequan Cook and Dayton Dunbar. Those players have a relationship with Reebok and Sonny Vaccaro. They will play in Sonny's Roundball Classic in Chicago. Reebok has been their sponsor for a few years now and so its sorta like they are giving something back to Reebok for the good service.
 
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Reebokbigtime said:
Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr are not signed as individuals to Reebok. Their AAU team Spiece is signed to a deal with Reebok, LN is also signed to Reebok. The same goes for Daequan Cook and Dayton Dunbar. Those players have a relationship with Reebok and Sonny Vaccaro. They will play in Sonny's Roundball Classic in Chicago. Reebok has been their sponsor for a few years now and so its sorta like they are giving something back to Reebok for the good service.
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Ok thanks for filling me in.
 
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Just a little note, last night Oden scored a career high 38 points in a win......Oden shot 14-for-17 from the floor, including eight dunks, and 10-for-11 from the free throw line to go with 17 rebounds and five blocked shots.

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2/10/06

Oden drawing comparisons to game's best of all time


Have you accessed Greg Oden's Web site today?

GregOden.com tells you everything you ever wanted to know -- and then some -- about basketball's latest phenom. The 7-foot, 255-pound high school senior from Indianapolis already is drawing comparisons to Moses Malone, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Shaquille O'Neal.
A sellout crowd at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston can make its own comparisons and draw its own conclusions Saturday night, when Oden's Lawrence North team meets another teenage wunderkid, Jon Scheyer, and his Glenbrook North squad in the annual McDonald's City-Suburban Showdown.


"He is the best big man since Lew Alcindor [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] came out of New York City in the 1960s,'' said recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons of Lenoir, N.C. "But he is a different type player. Alcindor was more offensively gifted with a hook shot. Oden reminds me of a high school version of Bill Russell.

"Oden is the most intimidating big man I've ever seen -- and I've seen them all in the last 35 years. O'Neal didn't control the inside and block shots like Oden. Neither did Alonzo Mourning. I can't think of a more defensively dominating big man than Oden.''

But Oden isn't about ego or heady compliments.

"I just play my game -- run, play hard, rebound and play defense,'' he said. "Our team motto is: Play defense and run. Our focus is on defense, to keep pressure on the other team, offensively and defensively.

"Every game is a challenge for me. People talk about me going to the NBA right away. But I don't feel I'm ready yet. I'm looking forward to playing in college [at Ohio State]. Sometimes I get pushed around by 6-3 kids. I need to get in the weight room more.''

Oden also is the most publicized player to come out of high school since LeBron James. He already has appeared in three nationally televised games, one more than LeBron. Two books also are in the works, two more than LeBron.

"He is the best amateur player in the world right now,'' said Sonny Vaccaro, former director of grassroots basketball for Nike, Adidas and Reebok and founder of the Roundball Classic.

"He is the most unassuming superstar I have ever met. The others -- Moses Malone, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James -- knew they were good. Greg doesn't think that. He doesn't show off. He just plays the game in a brutally honest manner. He runs the court as well as any big man has ever run the court. He is quicker than Moses and Shaq.''

But Oden's offensive skills need improving and polishing. He never will be compared to Chamberlain or Abdul-Jabbar or Bill Walton. This season, he is averaging 22 points and 12 rebounds per game. Chamberlain once scored 90 points in 28 minutes. Walton averaged 29 points and 25 rebounds as a senior.

"I still look at Chamberlain as the best big man ever because he could score, pass and defend, all the things necessary to win -- and he did it against double- and triple-teams,'' said recruiting analyst Van Coleman of Hoopmasters.com. "Offensively, Oden has a long way to go. He has the most improvement to make. But he has a great work ethic to give him a chance to be mentioned in the same breath with the all-time greats.''

Everyone marvels at Oden's work ethic. He doesn't stand under the hoop and wait for a teammate to deliver the ball, then dunk the ball. He doesn't leave the gym after practice until he converts 80 percent of his free throws. As a junior, he worked on his passing skills. Last summer, he worked on improving his offensive skills 12 feet from the basket.

"He works on his game more than most big players I've seen,'' Coleman said. "Only Mourning played at his level of intensity in high school as a pure post player. He ranks with the top five or six big men ever to play in high school.
"But people get too hung up by thinking a kid will play the same way in the NBA as he does in high school. Oden has the knowledge and work ethic to get better. He has better footwork and touch around the basket than he had two years ago. He will get stronger. But will he be as dominant?
"What impresses people is how he attacks the backboard, how active he is on both ends of the court and how he challenges everything on the defensive end. He becomes better when challenged by another big man.

What is toughest for him is he doesn't get to play against great players every night.''
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I still find it hard to believe that Greg is coming to tOSU. I get giddy just thinking about it. It's one thing to get one of the top players of the year, but to get one of the potential all-time greats is incredible. Greg seems like such an incedible young man on top of his talent. Even if he stays only one year, he will have a huge impact on tOSU basketball for years to come.
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The diary is a nice read thanks for posting the link. I can't wait to see this guy on the court for the Bucks. I saw him at one of the football games this year, and seeing him around all the fans you could tell he was having a good time.
 
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USAToday

2/14/06

Let the games heat up: Best play better vs. greats

Great individual performances, in some cases against elite competition, highlighted games involving USA TODAY's Super 25 boys basketball teams last weekend.

In Evanston, Ill., center Greg Oden (31 points, 11 rebounds) and point guard Mike Conley Jr. (24 points, four assists) led No. 5 Lawrence North (Indianapolis) to a 79-61 victory against then-No. 16 Glenbrook North (Northbrook, Ill.) in a game pitting defending state champions.


The game drew a standing-room crowd of 8,494 to Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena. A third Preseason Super 25 player, guard Jon Scheyer of Glenbrook North, scored a game-high 33 points, including 11 of his team's first 15, but Lawrence North led 41-27 by halftime.


Oden, USA TODAY's reigning player of the year, and Conley have signed with Ohio State, and Scheyer is headed to Duke. Oden had a season-high 38 points last week against Ben Davis (Indianapolis).
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Scheyer vs Oden (Duke BB)

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Posted: 2/12/06 2:06:55 am well i just got back from the bars didn't see any threads so I figured I'd fill ya in.


Final score LN 79-GBN 61.

Scheyer was 9-19 from the field and 5-8 from 3pt range. 12-15f from the foul line. 32pts was the games high scorer.

Oden was absolutely dominating in every way possible. He had 31 pts on about 75% shooting. He is taller stronger and mean as hell. GBN's tallest guy is 6ft7 and had no chance. He fouled out in like 3 quarters, then scheyer had to guard him which i think he did better than the other kid. He passes well and you must double him thus a hs team will always be out of position on D and the others on that team are bangers too.


Conley is a great player too. He had 25 i think. He's a great floor general. It is hard to tell how great of a shooter he is cause he is wide open all game long with Oden overplays. Oden is impossible to play straight up at the high school level. IMO this guys would be one of the better centers in NBA right now.

scheyer and oden went back and forth for the games first eight points and the score was real close for about 1 and a half quarters. From that point on LN led anywhere from 12-21pts the rest of the way.

GBN shot a better FG% but LN took about 25-30 more shots literally. They kill everyone they've played on the glass. I think the only team in the country that could give them a serious game is Oak Hill but LN would be the favorite even in that game.

Scheyer just has no help in a game like that. The lane is completely closed off and the other guys realy on jon being able to drive and dish. YOu need a counterweight to oden to keep him honest on d. LN is also well coached unlike many other physically dominat teams.

This game was very similar to the eric gordon game vs. Ln on espn except gbn shoots a lot better and north central (gordon) was able to rebound better. Same result.

Ohio st will be a force next year as they return a lot of that team. Oden IMO will be an all american next year. There are simply no words to descride how good he is. You can't hack him either cause he's shooting 75% (plus or minus a few) from the line on the season. Complete package and the bill russel comparisons are fair.


I'd be nice to see scheyer play with a more atheletic team. His scoring would drop a bit but he's a great playmaker. Oden's unreal. Believe the hype. Posts: 113
 
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