The Ghost of Greg Oden Haunting NBA Hopeful Jared Sullinger

Posted by Luke Johnson on June-19-2012 Add Comments

Oh boy. Oh boy. Here we go again.

Another great talent with poise and NBA-ready foot work around the rim has been haunted with the angry ghost of Greg Oden. The former No. 1 draft pick in 2007 out of Ohio State hasn't found his footing in an NBA uniform.

Might I remind you Oden was the heir apparent to Bill Russell and a pick above the formidably freakish, Kevin Durant. But knee issues have belittled the one-and-done 7'0" college star to bench warming and wishing, while Durant carries the NBA as a whole on his bone-thin shoulders.

And now, just a month out of the NBA draft, another soft tempered, smooth as silk big man and Buckeye, Jared Sullinger, has b...

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