Since he’s out for the season with knee surgery, he sure has a lot of time on his hands and ESPN the Magazine decided to wrangle the budding star for a commercial shoot promoting his appearance on the magazine’s cover recently. Though the commercial has been around for a while, it’s cracked me up to the point where I decided I had to post it — much like the Chris Bosh spot. Enjoy the subtle humor of one Greg Oden:
I love that guy. He may look like he fought in World War II, but Greg Oden is one funny ass young dude. He has such a warm personality and is definitely a guy I’ll be rooting for when he gets healthy. Here’s to a speedy recovery because that big man can sell.
UPDATE: Yet another reason to love Mr. Oden via SPORTSbyBROOKS

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“I’m a chameleon.”
What delivery. Awesome.
boom.
Portland is great without Oden. Imagine how sick they’ll be when they get him back. Look out Celtics.
Shaq sighs and reminisces about the glory days.
LOL! Thank you for posting… I actually hadn’t seen that one before. Oden is the bomb.
can’t see it enough
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