Hey Guys, What a shame that Greg Oden didn't pan out because of injury? Crazier that Kevin Durant became a legend...What if Oden didn't have two different sized legs? Thoughts & Opinions... Let me know what you guys want to see next? - M I K E
Mike Korzemba do a what if Greg Oden never had two different sized legs with 2k simulations. You can use @xvclutchoz for the roster. Hit me a message on Instagram and I can tell what you should do with Greg Oden if you were to do that. 👍🏼
Guys, even if he did did pan out, do you really think he would be better than KD? Would he win MVP? Or carry his team to a championship? I don't think so because the NBA was transitioning from dominant big men in that time, big mistake by the Blazers, this is just as bad as Portland selecting Bowie over MJ, cause with Clyde Drexler they had an excuse in 1984, but none in 2007.
Mike be like : The ONLY players to average 19 ppg, 4 ast, and 3.5 rebs while shooting 45% from FG on Atleast 9 attempts on a Tuesday night in November while wearing white shoes are Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and .... *TJ WARREN*
I had micro fracture surgery when I was 23ish.. I could pretty easily dunk and was fairly athletic. Micro fracture surgery is no fucking joke. I cannot even explain to you the difference in explosion. I went from feeling like 10ft rim was like..really low (I know this sounds weird now but I'm getting there) to after the surgery when looking at the rim of same height to honestly looking like it's 2ft higher. It's insane..your brain will like literally correct itself for your new un-athleticism. It will see that 10ft hoop and basically send warning signs that "you can't do that anymore". I could of course still jump and grab the rim..but I couldn't come close to dunking. For people who think once you're grabbing rim you're close to dunking....It's more like..when you can start to grab rim you have another 6-8 inches to go. I had a pretty serious ankle and foot injury before...and that shit didn't take away from my vertical at all...In fact somehow I came back from that surgery and was able to jump higher...But microfracture surgery..I now don't understand how ANYBODY ever comes back from that looking anything like they use to. But most don't anyway... TLDR: Microfracture surgeries are the worst.
At least we got a glimpse of how good prime Rose is gonna be back in 2010-2012. Oden never got to show what he was fully capable of in the NBA. Really unfortunate.
technically, he was, but Oden is clearly a case of 100% unfortunate circumstance. most busts are just mentally weak and lazy (anthony bennett) but with oden he clearly showed to be the opposite of both. still a bust tho, however he went downhill
@@samwescoat5750 You can't be a bust if your injured.. Unless you say he literally bust (a knee) Was Len Bias a bust? Derek Rose got hurt...is he a buss?
@@d.balbas6952 derrick rose won mvp in his SECOND year in the nba before going downhill. he already proved to everyone that he was a star player. greg oden didn't do shit and he never showed us anything even though he had three years to play in the league. whether that was his fault or not is debatable, but he is definitely a bust. and let's be honest here, greg oden wouldn't have been as good as kd is now. kd is literally unguardable, and is arguably the best offensive player of all time.
Bro THANK YOU everyone be taking about Greg oden like he was just some bum that got taken ahead of KD but he was 100% worthy of the pick and he always had the talent and ability but injuries just but fkd him an his career
It’s so sad injuries can just ruin a players career I remember watching odens highlights in college and I thought he was going to be the Hakeem Olajuwon
You can’t blame Portland in picking Greg oden over KD, remember they already had Aldridge and Brandon Roy for the scoring they needed defense and KD isn’t an elite defender like Oden was and could’ve been, he was a complete freak athlete it made sense and the only reason it went wrong was because of his injuries
Gj Lipana jr he did get injured during that all star break this year giving his spot to Booker. But I think he recovered just before the quarantine. Hopefully no more injuries in the future for dame.
Great video! It was a shame we missed out on what could have been, but it's even a bigger shame Greg Oden missed out on it. Tons of respect to you for doing this video. He deserves some love for what he was. He wasn't a bust, just injuries.
Then reason he was a “bust” was because one leg was longer then the other and he had a lot of injuries. But if those 2 things never happened and his legs were normal, he would’ve been the next Shaq, or Bill Russell
I remember how he was laughed at as the weakest player EVER to do the NBA combine and supposedly he had never worked out at all before...literally couldn't do one pull up, one rep of a bench press, etc.
@@SpeedOfThought1111 nba scouts and front office people are paid good money to see things that you and me cannot....kd is probably going to end up as a top 10 player of all time...
@@thunderhammer593 geez i wasn't bashing him as a player at all...everybody knows he's amazing...just saying i agreed with OP that he was "built like a stick of liquorice" before he started lifting weights...it didn't take a pro scout to see that KD had a lot of potential
Love your vids, Mike! I played against both Conley and Oden (among others) in High School, and they were a force. Just a small correction, they played at Lawrence North, not North Central. However, North Central is also a powerhouse in Indy (Eric Gordon played there)
Im from Indianapolis ...Greg Oden had so much hype and filled high school stadiums when he was a freshman...tho he and Conley went to Lawrence North not North Central... Eric Gordan went to North Central
Greg had a rare issue that many young players don’t have. He developed so quickly that his body started breaking down from size and use at an early age.
You touched on the concerns people had with Durant. The skill was there, but scouts and GM's were worried he wouldn't put on the weight to be able to handle the physical grind. He also couldn't handle the bench press exercise during his work out. So a supposedly 6'9 wing that was too slow to play the 3 and too weak to play the 4 or the monster center that could come into the league and contend for DPotY.
One thing: Greg and mike Conley didn’t go to north central. They went to Lawrence north lol. Played against him in high school, and I went to north central
I really like this calmer style of narrating from you. Feels more like an actual bio rather than sensationalism. Enjoyed the video a lot. Keep it up Mike.
I honestly think he would've worked out if it weren't for the whole different sized legs thing. He was very quick and strong and even had a little shooting in his game. Kevin Durant was also very weak. This is not an understatement, go ahead and look it up. This was a league where strength still mattered a lot. Also durant's defense was called into question, everyone knew that oden was very good at defense. (Also Kevin Durant said he was 6'7 or 6'9 so he could play small forward, so the whole height thing wasn't taken into account)
I remember watching Greg Oden play against Florida in the National Championship. I was 8 years old then. I just remember how amazed I was watching him in that game. It really is a shame that G.O. didn’t have the long NBA career everyone thought he was going to have. He would have been a legend.
People act like oden was a bust player and got drafted over a superstar but oden before his injuries had so much potential with his defense and rebounding and was a okay offensive player
I’m probably one of the few that thought Durant was the better prospect. I remember watching him ball out in the McDonalds game. Then I saw him play at Texas and be just as great. I also thought that someone with that height and versatility was rare and better. I also know a little about physical therapy. Oden having different size legs meant knee and/or back problems his entire career. I said the same about Jared Sullinger, who has the same issue. I did not predict the foot issues though. People may not believe me, but I called it. Being from the Midwest, this was not a popular opinion, but I stuck with it
he was clearly a better prospect. The league just have a obsession on a big man with good body and athleticism. KD is a very very unique athlete but the scouts are dumb because they thoughts his frail body cant handle the Nba. KD literally almost swept Evey single individual awards in college and they still had Oden #1 LOL
@@drewmark3549 KD was the first freshman to win ALL the player of the year awards. I think scouts were enamored with how good Oden was when he came back from that wrist injury, even though he didn’t look like he was 100% healed. I also remember wondering why it was even a question of who should have been the first pick that year. The red flags with Oden should have made him fall in the draft and that isn’t hindsight. Those team doctors that evaluated him had to know about the great potential injury with him, even he hand not had a major knee issue yet. NBA basketball is way more punishing on the joints than any other level of professional basketball
Don't quote me on this, but I'm fairly certain he wasn't born with different sized legs. He had an undiagnosed injury for too long which made his legs that way.
Joey yes you are right www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19868061/cursed-body-was-blessing-greg-oden-headed-back-ohio-state www.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2007/11/thats_not_a_limp_thats_just_od.html
Oden was by the best player in that draft class. Much better than KD was at that time. Unfortunately due to injury which happens all the time he never made it. He fell apart before his carear ever started. And durant became not only the best to come out of that draft class but also one of the best scorers the nba has ever seen before. But like i said this is way to common. MJ wasnt the number one draft pick in his rookie class and he went on to be arguably the best player in NBA history. Kobe Bryant didnt even get drafted in top 10 in his rookie class. Kawahi Leonard another one not even drafted by a team in the lottery thats how late he went in draft. The list goes on and on. This happens year in and year out. Thats how a team like the spurs who have arguably the best scouts in the game are able to draft players year after year that are able to come in to the league and contribute on the nba level despite being drafted late in 1st round and these players are being passed on by 20 other teams. And the reason is there not being drafted after playing only 1 year 2 years max in college so there realy being picked based on being top high school player in the country year earlier and based on what they expect them to grow into. How many number 1 picks only played a few college games cause of injury. So there being drafted based on expectations. Were the spurs are drafted players with 3 or 4 years college experience and are drafted them based on what they accomplished already in college and know there what there bringing to table immediately and what they can improve on and are capable of improving on which a good scout can see by watching them play at college level for a few years were they cant see can only predict when there one and done based on small sample size in high school. Big difference but thats how they get guys like Kawhi Leonard that turn out to be so successful. Which is how there capable of staying ontop year in and year out. U can only do so much making trades and signing free agents cause that's expensive and only gives u a few pieces to be deep u need a few more pieces at a cheaper price which means getting them through the draft which means not being a top team so u can get a lottery pick or it means having great scouts like spurs do so they can stay ontop and still be successful in the draft by getting talent out of a 20 somthing pick. Which there great at
I really didn't expect to be hit so hard by this, but whenever you said he was done bc of injuries at the age of just 22 I couldn't help but cry a little bit. I'm 22 and have always loved basketball, I can't imagine how depressing it must have been to know that you could have been one of the all-time greats but your dreams came crashing down because of something you couldn't control... that's absolutely devastating. I've always felt bad for the guy but damn.
Mike post more I’m so bored at home I love watching you while playing a little basketball. Thank you for entertaining me. You don’t have to post more but if you want to.
@@robertosalazar8170 i felt bad for my comment keep on diggin man, learn the history of the game, the greats and the one's who where on the verge of greatness like Greg himself
Greg was the next great big man. If healthy he would have been a HOF'er. He had 13 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 4 BLOCKS the game before his injury in Dec 2009. This man would make Joel Embiid cry. All you need to know about how good Greg was was finding the video of his first NBA points. An offensive rebound, and pivot step to 2 HANDED JAM vs the Miami Heat in MIAMI in the 08/09 season. ODEN was a bigger Bill Russel.
Just an awesome video!! As someone who didn’t follow college ball as closely that year, it great to hear the complete story of Greg Oden and what all the hype was about! Well done! 👍
As a Buckeye basketball fan, watching him was just unbelievable man. You knew, this dude was going to be a once in a generation talent. He had surgery on his shooting wrist before he came in, so he shot free throws with his off hand.. Dude still shot like 70%..unreal
Swaggy Cash shaq was not better than kd niqqa they specialized in different things kd was the greater scorer and shaq was the better post player to say he was better sounds foolish when they didn’t even do the same thing yeo😂 so nigga what’s your point
Swaggy Cash idk who’s better but we are talking about oden he was really athletic but just like football I look at the game he averaged 15 to kds 25-27
Mike: “Greg oden was BORN to play basketball” Also mike: “Greg oden was born with two different lengthened legs.” He was great DESPITE the birth setback
Greg Iden was supposed to be in the ‘06 draft, Raptors were supposed to get him. It was because of that high school rule change that the NBA implemented which resulted in the Raptors taking Bargnani n Oden not having much of a career.
Hey Guys,
What a shame that Greg Oden didn't pan out because of injury?
Crazier that Kevin Durant became a legend...What if Oden didn't have two different sized legs?
Thoughts & Opinions...
Let me know what you guys want to see next?
- M I K E
Blazers deserve to be laughed at for choosing Bowie over Jordan but not for drafting Oden over Durant.
as a blazers fan this makes me feel a sliver better
What if Oden and Roy never got injured?
Mike Korzemba do a what if Greg Oden never had two different sized legs with 2k simulations. You can use @xvclutchoz for the roster. Hit me a message on Instagram and I can tell what you should do with Greg Oden if you were to do that. 👍🏼
Guys, even if he did did pan out, do you really think he would be better than KD? Would he win MVP? Or carry his team to a championship? I don't think so because the NBA was transitioning from dominant big men in that time, big mistake by the Blazers, this is just as bad as Portland selecting Bowie over MJ, cause with Clyde Drexler they had an excuse in 1984, but none in 2007.
Mike be like : The ONLY players to average 19 ppg, 4 ast, and 3.5 rebs while shooting 45% from FG on Atleast 9 attempts on a Tuesday night in November while wearing white shoes are Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and .... *TJ WARREN*
😂😂😂this needs more likes
😂😂😂
Did u actually see if that was true
I wish i can like more
This is such a good comment, I’m mad I didn’t write it
Mike is so convincing he can convince me that a cup of Milk has more potential than Bronny
Bronny is trash. There are already like 15-20 players his age that are better than him. He is just popular bc he Bron's son.
Jack Klnet but look at the cup of Milk. It never misses a shot, is one of the strongest drinks in its class, and is overall a solid player.
Jack Klnet so only 15-20 players being as good or better than him makes him trash...?
Jack Klnet the thing is his potential and improvement is insane. Give him 2 years
Jack Klnet shittin me
GREG ODEN! I feel bad about how his career ended, at least he fell on his feet and is still apart of the game.
What does he do now
Mewtwo Strikes Thunder he’s an assassin for Mossad
Same bro I agree with u , but it was fate, at least he is in an alright place
@@ahmadoosman9678 what does he do
I mean dude did win a championship with the heat, and now he is playing in the big 3
Mike: *low voice for the whole vid* Mike when it’s ad time: *screaming*
Fr bru I was tryna go to sleep to his commentary then he started yelling in my ear
Johnson ASMR why... why were you tryna sleep to an nba vid
Reese Kennedy it’s relaxing hearing basketball while falling asleep
Hit the return button instead of the space bar next time. You’ll thank me later
R M ..?
Never forget that Oden Roy and Aldridge were 50-12 when they all played together
Aidan Chow add Lillard to that team and you’ve got urself a dynasty.
KennyD even without lillard they are easily a dynasty because they had nick batum in his prime almost as well
@@gaswvtv1400 nick batum was a good player, but nowhere near lillard.
JuYoung Kim well with or without lillard they could’ve been a dynasty
Gaswv Tv nick batum in his prime 😭😭😭 dude prime is not even good
Greg Oden’s career will tell us that injuries can ruin an upcoming talent’s career
The Dude824 no shit Sherlock
I had micro fracture surgery when I was 23ish.. I could pretty easily dunk and was fairly athletic. Micro fracture surgery is no fucking joke. I cannot even explain to you the difference in explosion. I went from feeling like 10ft rim was like..really low (I know this sounds weird now but I'm getting there) to after the surgery when looking at the rim of same height to honestly looking like it's 2ft higher. It's insane..your brain will like literally correct itself for your new un-athleticism. It will see that 10ft hoop and basically send warning signs that "you can't do that anymore". I could of course still jump and grab the rim..but I couldn't come close to dunking. For people who think once you're grabbing rim you're close to dunking....It's more like..when you can start to grab rim you have another 6-8 inches to go. I had a pretty serious ankle and foot injury before...and that shit didn't take away from my vertical at all...In fact somehow I came back from that surgery and was able to jump higher...But microfracture surgery..I now don't understand how ANYBODY ever comes back from that looking anything like they use to. But most don't anyway... TLDR: Microfracture surgeries are the worst.
@@odonnellcaleb no one asked
The Dude824 same wit D Rose
@Ethan Nelson unfortunately yes
Greg Oden is one of those players I'm sad we never really got to see what he was capable of.
And Derrick rose
iamlatsku we did. In college 😂
Rehana Nabi and drose won an mvp at 22 😂 don’t matter what injuries you have. Ya game before those injuries is what you are judged on.
At least we got a glimpse of how good prime Rose is gonna be back in 2010-2012. Oden never got to show what he was fully capable of in the NBA. Really unfortunate.
he was great in hs we went to the same school
Oden looked 30 years old in highschool...when i first saw him I asked where is his kid....didnt know it was him
....
LMFAO
Lol 30 years old wont look like that he looks like 50 actually
I’m glad he didn’t call him a bust
technically, he was, but Oden is clearly a case of 100% unfortunate circumstance. most busts are just mentally weak and lazy (anthony bennett) but with oden he clearly showed to be the opposite of both. still a bust tho, however he went downhill
@@samwescoat5750
You can't be a bust if your injured..
Unless you say he literally bust (a knee)
Was Len Bias a bust?
Derek Rose got hurt...is he a buss?
@@d.balbas6952 derrick rose won mvp in his SECOND year in the nba before going downhill. he already proved to everyone that he was a star player. greg oden didn't do shit and he never showed us anything even though he had three years to play in the league. whether that was his fault or not is debatable, but he is definitely a bust. and let's be honest here, greg oden wouldn't have been as good as kd is now. kd is literally unguardable, and is arguably the best offensive player of all time.
@@sammylam1649
But get what I mean...
Oden is bigger BUST than Flynn. Jonny Flynn played full season 82 games
Bro THANK YOU everyone be taking about Greg oden like he was just some bum that got taken ahead of KD but he was 100% worthy of the pick and he always had the talent and ability but injuries just but fkd him an his career
It’s so sad injuries can just ruin a players career I remember watching odens highlights in college and I thought he was going to be the Hakeem Olajuwon
You can’t blame Portland in picking Greg oden over KD, remember they already had Aldridge and Brandon Roy for the scoring they needed defense and KD isn’t an elite defender like Oden was and could’ve been, he was a complete freak athlete it made sense and the only reason it went wrong was because of his injuries
And he was a better impact player than KD
Great pick, just injury prone..
Not in the bust conversation at all
seems that Portland has a superstar career ending injury tradition
I hope dame wont go the same path as his predecessors
Gj Lipana damn 8 years in, DONT wanna jinx anything but I think he’ll be cool
Knock on wood jay, you done jinxed it. Injury coming soon
Gj Lipana jr he did get injured during that all star break this year giving his spot to Booker. But I think he recovered just before the quarantine. Hopefully no more injuries in the future for dame.
Lillard ain't no bust
Great video! It was a shame we missed out on what could have been, but it's even a bigger shame Greg Oden missed out on it. Tons of respect to you for doing this video. He deserves some love for what he was. He wasn't a bust, just injuries.
Dude looked like a 35 year old in high school 😭
💀💀💀💀
JT Vickery that’s probably his grows pert and “(puberty)”
I thought he was Lebron's uncle
@@JacobParkYusuk Oden is actually LeBron's dad.
😂😂😂😂
5 blocks in his first college games? Damn he playing like my 2k player
I was gonna say this guy in college play my center in park😂
@@chentayy4309 probably was oversized compared to the competition
Then reason he was a “bust” was because one leg was longer then the other and he had a lot of injuries. But if those 2 things never happened and his legs were normal, he would’ve been the next Shaq, or Bill Russell
He played most of his second season... He didn't look anything like shaq
No way, more like a slower Gobert.
1/2 savage Not like Shaq, but he was a back to the basket center. Those are starting to become rare.
Have you seen his college and high school games? He could’ve have been a star.
@@TheConcernedSum7 Did you even watch the video? His 3/4 sprint was 3.27... Gobert's is 3.57.... How is he slower?
Oden would’ve been an all time great if it weren’t for his injuries smh
Cause Kevin Durant was built like a stick of liquorice in college and oden was a beast when before injuries
That sums up the other half.
I remember how he was laughed at as the weakest player EVER to do the NBA combine and supposedly he had never worked out at all before...literally couldn't do one pull up, one rep of a bench press, etc.
@@SpeedOfThought1111 hoopers hoop.
@@SpeedOfThought1111 nba scouts and front office people are paid good money to see things that you and me cannot....kd is probably going to end up as a top 10 player of all time...
@@thunderhammer593 geez i wasn't bashing him as a player at all...everybody knows he's amazing...just saying i agreed with OP that he was "built like a stick of liquorice" before he started lifting weights...it didn't take a pro scout to see that KD had a lot of potential
Ya I'm pretty sure oden was like 30 and in his prime when he was in highschool, so makes sense he started to fall apart by the time he got to the nba
I can't express how genuine your smile was when you drank that coffee
not gonna lie that coffe was amazing,
3:36 Pretty sure Greg Oden went to my school Lawrence North and not North Central. But I can be wrong. Like your videos still. Keep up the grind
He did go to lawrence north
Yep
The titled grabbed my attention
hope you enjoy my dude!!
Mike could make an avocado sound like it deserves the first pick in the NBA draft 😂
Love your vids, Mike! I played against both Conley and Oden (among others) in High School, and they were a force. Just a small correction, they played at Lawrence North, not North Central. However, North Central is also a powerhouse in Indy (Eric Gordon played there)
Greg Oden and Mike Conley went to Lawrence North High School, not North Central High School
Only because Lawrence North poached him from Terre Haute South 🤷
Never knew they went to high school in Indiana
Right....Eric Gordon went to North Central
Teague went to pike, mcroberts Carmel, hill broadripple. Early 2000s ihsaa basketball seemed pretty good
Im from Indianapolis ...Greg Oden had so much hype and filled high school stadiums when he was a freshman...tho he and Conley went to Lawrence North not North Central... Eric Gordan went to North Central
When LeBron was on the Heat I used to tune into some of the games and I would spot Greg Oden on the bench low-key looking like LeBron in 10+years
3:07 I never realized how much he looked like rampage Jackson except wayyyy taller haha
I met greg once - nicest guy you could meet
Damn....just imagine the duo between Greg Oden and Brandon Roy....that would´ve been like watching the reincarnation of Penny and Shaq
And LaMarcus Aldridge
And Dame and CJ
@@SMoneyB96 Wouldn't have been able to get them if they were healthy
@@DeathofTakeo Honestly, I think at that time being a Portland would've been pretty rough......
@@kylethomas2993 Maybe it's just karma that was sent by Black Jesus Jordan on why Sam Bowie was selected before him
at 1:40 you said North Central HS - it was Lawrence North HS. LNHS is my alma mater so I had to say something! great vid
great vid mike!! keep em coming. love the second channel grind lol
wow true fan! yea i love the second channel again, more content on the way
Mike Korzemba wow man I appreciate you saying that. I’ve been watching for a couple years lol.
Greg had a rare issue that many young players don’t have. He developed so quickly that his body started breaking down from size and use at an early age.
Blazers went 50-12 when Greg Oden, Aldridge and BRoy were all on the court.. us blazer fans have no souls left in us
You touched on the concerns people had with Durant. The skill was there, but scouts and GM's were worried he wouldn't put on the weight to be able to handle the physical grind. He also couldn't handle the bench press exercise during his work out.
So a supposedly 6'9 wing that was too slow to play the 3 and too weak to play the 4 or the monster center that could come into the league and contend for DPotY.
It’s kind of sad that Greg oden had so many injuries. Thanks for the awesome content man, you’re the best
thanks dudeee, love the support
One thing: Greg and mike Conley didn’t go to north central. They went to Lawrence north lol. Played against him in high school, and I went to north central
If he had stayed injury free he'd have been worth that pick, easily
I really like this calmer style of narrating from you. Feels more like an actual bio rather than sensationalism. Enjoyed the video a lot. Keep it up Mike.
I honestly think he would've worked out if it weren't for the whole different sized legs thing. He was very quick and strong and even had a little shooting in his game. Kevin Durant was also very weak. This is not an understatement, go ahead and look it up. This was a league where strength still mattered a lot. Also durant's defense was called into question, everyone knew that oden was very good at defense. (Also Kevin Durant said he was 6'7 or 6'9 so he could play small forward, so the whole height thing wasn't taken into account)
I remember watching Greg Oden play against Florida in the National Championship. I was 8 years old then. I just remember how amazed I was watching him in that game. It really is a shame that G.O. didn’t have the long NBA career everyone thought he was going to have. He would have been a legend.
I need NBA back
@SmittyC Baseball ur not alone
you and me both man, i just want them to sim to playoffs lowkey
@@MikeKorzemba If they did a 2k sim, some team like Orlando would win.
People act like oden was a bust player and got drafted over a superstar but oden before his injuries had so much potential with his defense and rebounding and was a okay offensive player
Korzemba could convince me about anything after this
Shows how competitive Indiana h.s. basketball is that Oden's team actually lost seven games in high school.
Eric Gordon, Jeff Teague, George Hill, Josh McRoberts all playing in the Indy Area at the same time.
I’m probably one of the few that thought Durant was the better prospect. I remember watching him ball out in the McDonalds game. Then I saw him play at Texas and be just as great. I also thought that someone with that height and versatility was rare and better. I also know a little about physical therapy. Oden having different size legs meant knee and/or back problems his entire career. I said the same about Jared Sullinger, who has the same issue. I did not predict the foot issues though. People may not believe me, but I called it. Being from the Midwest, this was not a popular opinion, but I stuck with it
he was clearly a better prospect. The league just have a obsession on a big man with good body and athleticism. KD is a very very unique athlete but the scouts are dumb because they thoughts his frail body cant handle the Nba. KD literally almost swept Evey single individual awards in college and they still had Oden #1 LOL
@@drewmark3549 KD was the first freshman to win ALL the player of the year awards. I think scouts were enamored with how good Oden was when he came back from that wrist injury, even though he didn’t look like he was 100% healed. I also remember wondering why it was even a question of who should have been the first pick that year. The red flags with Oden should have made him fall in the draft and that isn’t hindsight. Those team doctors that evaluated him had to know about the great potential injury with him, even he hand not had a major knee issue yet. NBA basketball is way more punishing on the joints than any other level of professional basketball
Thank you my cousin said that when Greg Oden player in college he deserved to go before Kevin Duran
Mike: Greg Oden was born to play basketball
Me: Oh yeah? That's not what his longer leg said to his shorter leg.
lmao facts
Don't quote me on this, but I'm fairly certain he wasn't born with different sized legs. He had an undiagnosed injury for too long which made his legs that way.
Joey yes you are right
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19868061/cursed-body-was-blessing-greg-oden-headed-back-ohio-state
www.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2007/11/thats_not_a_limp_thats_just_od.html
Greg Oden was the #1 pick because of his mature-looking face and facial hair!
Can we just acknowledge Grayson Allen guarding him at 3:52 😂🤣
Thats not grayson allen. Grayson Allen was 11 when Oden was drafted.
@@saucesb.z.i4907 😂😂😂
A lot of people call Oden a bust, but he wasn’t. His career was cut short due to injury, not lackluster play on the court.
The goat is back at it great vid
thanks my dude!! glad you like
Mike Korzemba no problem they never disappoint
Mike Korzemba but mike I just wanted to ask you if you remember in one of your what if video years ago you called Joel embied a bust😂😂
Mike. I love your videos. please make another what if! we would love to see more!
Oden looked 35 when he was in HS
It is Lawrence north not north Central..that is where Eric Gordon went
This is exactly why people are concerned of Zion one injury and everything could go downhill
Oden had a historical looking face...like a civil rights leader
Finally someone makes a video about this. Greg Oden really had a chance to be good, but he got hurt.
dude his athleticism and speed was crazy
Oden was by the best player in that draft class. Much better than KD was at that time. Unfortunately due to injury which happens all the time he never made it. He fell apart before his carear ever started. And durant became not only the best to come out of that draft class but also one of the best scorers the nba has ever seen before. But like i said this is way to common. MJ wasnt the number one draft pick in his rookie class and he went on to be arguably the best player in NBA history. Kobe Bryant didnt even get drafted in top 10 in his rookie class. Kawahi Leonard another one not even drafted by a team in the lottery thats how late he went in draft. The list goes on and on. This happens year in and year out. Thats how a team like the spurs who have arguably the best scouts in the game are able to draft players year after year that are able to come in to the league and contribute on the nba level despite being drafted late in 1st round and these players are being passed on by 20 other teams. And the reason is there not being drafted after playing only 1 year 2 years max in college so there realy being picked based on being top high school player in the country year earlier and based on what they expect them to grow into. How many number 1 picks only played a few college games cause of injury. So there being drafted based on expectations. Were the spurs are drafted players with 3 or 4 years college experience and are drafted them based on what they accomplished already in college and know there what there bringing to table immediately and what they can improve on and are capable of improving on which a good scout can see by watching them play at college level for a few years were they cant see can only predict when there one and done based on small sample size in high school. Big difference but thats how they get guys like Kawhi Leonard that turn out to be so successful. Which is how there capable of staying ontop year in and year out. U can only do so much making trades and signing free agents cause that's expensive and only gives u a few pieces to be deep u need a few more pieces at a cheaper price which means getting them through the draft which means not being a top team so u can get a lottery pick or it means having great scouts like spurs do so they can stay ontop and still be successful in the draft by getting talent out of a 20 somthing pick. Which there great at
Mike back in his true form 🧘🏻♂️🔥
glad you like the content my dude!
I really didn't expect to be hit so hard by this, but whenever you said he was done bc of injuries at the age of just 22 I couldn't help but cry a little bit. I'm 22 and have always loved basketball, I can't imagine how depressing it must have been to know that you could have been one of the all-time greats but your dreams came crashing down because of something you couldn't control... that's absolutely devastating. I've always felt bad for the guy but damn.
Why would anybody dislike a mike korzemba vid?
idk man its baffling
Warms my heart to hear Mike’s NY pronunciation of the word “coffee” in the ad read.
He look like shaq and lebron combined 💀
Oden was clearly the better player and prospect at the time..he was destroying teams by himself and the league was thin on bigs at the time.
LOVE THE VID
thanks my man!!! love the support!
Oden went to Lawrence north not north central but they’re both in indianapolis
Mike post more I’m so bored at home I love watching you while playing a little basketball. Thank you for entertaining me. You don’t have to post more but if you want to.
love the support man!!
Mike Korzemba I love your videos because it’s kind of like learning history but in a fun way.
Greg Oden and Mike Conley went to Lawrence North, not north central.
Love these videos. I be discovering guys I've never heard of
You did not knew about greg? Then you ain't no fan
@@stkvictor guess not
hey, gotta start somewhere my man am i right?
@@robertosalazar8170 i felt bad for my comment keep on diggin man, learn the history of the game, the greats and the one's who where on the verge of greatness like Greg himself
Everyone thought Oden deserved to be picked number one no one criticized the pick until after he became a bust. Post hack error.
hey mike can you do some myteam content?
Amazing video
Was always curious to learn about Greg oden
man was super impressive
Didn’t know Mike played with Oden crazy
Mike's dad got Greg started in organized ball
Greg was the next great big man. If healthy he would have been a HOF'er. He had 13 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 4 BLOCKS the game before his injury in Dec 2009. This man would make Joel Embiid cry. All you need to know about how good Greg was was finding the video of his first NBA points. An offensive rebound, and pivot step to 2 HANDED JAM vs the Miami Heat in MIAMI in the 08/09 season. ODEN was a bigger Bill Russel.
Mike he didn’t go to north central he went to Lawrence north high school
Bro I go to Lawrence North and when I saw this video I got hyped for him to talk about LN
just for him to say North Central 😓
@@Hmmmmmmmm_.._638 lmao
Mike coming out with a new banger!
the title made me spit out my lemonade
we'll never get that lemonade back
Everyone got Pritch Slapped, none worst than the Trailblazers themselves!
Who else was hear when this vid had 19 views!
The way Mike smiled during that first part of the Trade Coffee thing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yo second Mike I love ur vids plz respond to this
Hugh Desmond me to
thanks man! love the supprot
Oden was like Shaq with a 40 inch vertical!!!!!
Second
Do an 82-0 challenge and dont stop until you go 82-0, you'll be the first, i believe in you
Edit: Thanks Mike your the best
PLEASE GUYS
Just an awesome video!! As someone who didn’t follow college ball as closely that year, it great to hear the complete story of Greg Oden and what all the hype was about! Well done! 👍
Mike! Love your channel! Can you reply to this!?
thanks my man! love the support
As a Buckeye basketball fan, watching him was just unbelievable man. You knew, this dude was going to be a once in a generation talent. He had surgery on his shooting wrist before he came in, so he shot free throws with his off hand.. Dude still shot like 70%..unreal
All he was was more athletic than Kd Kd should’ve been number 1 he was more skilled
King TD3 ok Shaq was more athletic than KD and was better than KD. What’s your point?
Swaggy Cash shaq was not better than kd niqqa they specialized in different things kd was the greater scorer and shaq was the better post player to say he was better sounds foolish when they didn’t even do the same thing yeo😂 so nigga what’s your point
Swaggy Cash idk who’s better but we are talking about oden he was really athletic but just like football I look at the game he averaged 15 to kds 25-27
DatFootballPlayer fax
36 minutes and 6K views, you're doing good ✌🏻
Hey Mike, I messed up the heart streak last video....
New Streak?
wasn't it like 3 in a row?
@@spicyfire2219 yeah he hearted my comment 3 vids in a row but i messed up cause i was late to the last vid
@@en4008 tbh I think he'll do it again
sure thing my dude
@@MikeKorzemba thx so much!!!!
Hey Mike huge fan here love your videos. 🇵🇭 represent.
thanks dude! love the supprot my man
I sent you the broom clip on insta and Twitter
yea man im keepin a tally
Refreshing Topic Mike!!..thanx for that..about time it's not about the GOAT anymore!!
Mike: “Greg oden was BORN to play basketball”
Also mike: “Greg oden was born with two different lengthened legs.”
He was great DESPITE the birth setback
Great job Mike! Your passion for the NBA is off the Charts! Amazing video, Greg Oden..."What If"
YOOOOO That's crazy I go to north central in indiana. Wildcats.
He and mike conley went to lawrence north, mike just said it wrong lol
G.L.C crew yeah you don’t go there if you don’t realize that they’re not the wildcats
@@nolanreed4869 lol
G.L.C crew why’d you like my comment quit lying about what school you go to
Mike I watched a video about this on Dom2k's channel. You are one of the best basketball youtubers.
thanks man! love the support!
“Different sized legs” sounds like a joke what
it isnt, trust me
Mike Korzemba I can’t believe you responded to my comment but Bulls fans unite I’m from naperville if yk where that is 🤙🤙
Greg Iden was supposed to be in the ‘06 draft, Raptors were supposed to get him. It was because of that high school rule change that the NBA implemented which resulted in the Raptors taking Bargnani n Oden not having much of a career.