New Balance recently announced the addition of All-American Cooper Flag to the EnB family,

joining Cameron Brink and an elite player roster in the Brands mission of growing the game with the next generation of athletes.

In part of New Balance's ongoing commitment to supporting athletes off the court,

the Boston-based brand plans to work with Cooper on community initiatives in his home state

of Maine.

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balanced basketball products visit new balance dot com today.

Now playing open floor. This is open floor.

Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it.

An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer.

I think it's time that the world get to know my guy Chris Mannix I think your opinion shared by everyone and now it begins now it begins

This is the Open Floor NBA Podcast where we talk about the League and all the big stories going on in it.

My guest this week was a very big story during his playing days.

Greg Oden was one of the most heralded draft picks ever

when he went number one overall the 2007 NBA draft.

His career was very quickly derailed by a string of devastating knee injuries that resulted in

Odin being limited to just 105 games over six official NBA seasons, three of which Odin

missed completely. He was out of which Odin missed completely.

He was out of the NBA after 2014

and finished with basketball altogether

a couple of years later, setting down a new path

that led him to furthering his education, including a recently earned master's degree

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