06-03-2007, 12:33 PM
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Oden dares you to call him a gentle giant
BY DICK WEISS
DAILY NEWS SPORTS COLUMNIST
Sunday, June 3rd 2007, 4:00 AM ORLANDO - Greg Oden most probably will go to Portland with the first pick in the June 28 NBA draft.
Ohio State's 7-foot, 280-pound freshman center could have gone No.1 last year if the NBA hadn't created a rule that limits admission to the league to players who are at least 19 and have been out of high school for a year.
But he had no interest in growing up too quickly. He wanted to experience college life, even if only for a year. "My thought was I was ready to go to college, no matter what," Oden said. "I wasn't ready to be a grown man. That year of college did me some good. It might help some other people who think they're ready and get to go to college and they learn otherwise. "I love walking the Oval at Ohio State in the spring time. It's great. I just like being around students, kids coming to learn and enjoy themselves while they're there. With Ohio State being a football school, there wasn't as much pressure on me as there was on Troy Smith and Ted Ginn Jr. I got to mosey along as a regular guy until after the national championship. And I really can mosey.'"
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