Born Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. on January 22, 1988, the 22-year-old US Basketball Player was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1^st round (1^st pick, 1^st overall) of the 2007 NBA draft.  Leading up to that, Greg studied at Ohio State University, after graduating Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He was born in Buffalo, New York, but at the age of seven, moved to Indiana with his family.  Today Greg Oden weighs 250lbs and is 7”0 (or 6”11 without shoes!)   In 2007 Oden chose the uniform number 52 since they combined the numbers from his high school and college numbers which were 50 and 20.