It’s a cause that’s important to Oden because mentors have been such a huge factor in his own life — in particular a man named Jimmy Smith, the director of the Boys and Girls Club in Terre Haute, Ind., when Oden was growing up.
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Greg Oden was also one of the first NBA’ers to come out publicly for Barack Obama. Kudos to him.
Comment by John L. — December 17, 2008