May 10, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors
Greg Oden has been through a lot. He’s one of the most injury-prone athlete the NBA has ever seen. Even though he’s been the butt of many jokes, it had to be tough for him to deal with. Recently, he opened up to some of the internal struggles he was dealing with.
“If you know anything about guys in the Air Force,” Greg explained, “it’s that they drink a ton. My cousin got wrapped up in the NBA lifestyle and threw parties at my house all the time. So I got wrapped up in it too. When I played well, I’d drink to celebrate. And when I played poorly, I’d drink to forget. That second year in Portland I pretty much became an alcoholic.”
Source: Grantland
