Prim Siripipat sits down with former NBA player and 2007 No. 1 overall pick, Greg Oden, to discuss the highs and lows during his athletic career. In Part 1 of a two-part series, Greg discusses his childhood and the influential forces that nudged him toward basketball, including his parent’s divorce, moving from New York to Indiana as a child, and his “uncomfortable” height.

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