Ohio State Weekend III: Greg Oden Thoughts

As for Oden, he scored Ohio State's first 8 points and led all Buckeyes with 20. All hook shots and free throws (for a center he's a fantastic free throw shooter). Had a couple blocks which the crowd oohed and ahhed. There are flaws though. He doesn't finish shots strong instead takes too many finesse hook shots. Maybe he's just trying not to get hurt this year but he looks tepid when he gets the ball down low for a guy who's 7'1". Also he only played roughly 32 minutes despite never being in serious foul trouble. If you want to be a 48 minute guy in a 80+ game NBA season, you probably should be a 40 minute guy in a 30+ game NCAA season. Still, tremendous upside, long, has great ceiling. All those good things people say during the NBA draft. He could sell a lot of Celtics tickets.