Greg Oden, the 2007 NBA draft’s first overall pick, was reportedly invited by the Celtics to assist the team in its evaluation of 2019 NBA draft-eligible prospects this week as the team’s front office gears up for the draft itself June 20.
Oden is only 31. His highly-anticipated NBA career was derailed by a series of injuries that limited him to only 105 career games, and he missed three seasons (2010-13) in their entirety, while the players drafted immediately after him, Kevin Durant and Al Horford, thrived.
After his professional career officially ended, he re-joined the Ohio State University basketball team as a student manager while he worked toward his degree at the school.