| 18 February 2010
Name: Olumide Oyedeji
Claim to Fame
After the Sonics selected him in the second round of the NBA Draft, he initially refused to sign with them because he thought he should have been a first round pick. He probably decided to end his “holdout” when his agent told him how much money he’d make anyway.
Was he any good?
He certainly wasn’t in the NBA. He was a moody head case with no discernable skill set. Sure he could run fast and jump high, but he couldn’t rotate defensively, avoid fouling every thirty seconds, or figure out the concept of a drop step. His offensive game consistent of one move: the wide-open dunk. However, Oyedeji seems to have found his basketball calling playing in China. He plays for Liaoning, leads the Chinese Basketball Association in rebounding, and routinely posts stat-lines around 35 points and 20 rebounds.
Anything else to know?
Really, there isn’t. I don’t know why anybody wants to know what happened to Olumide Oyedeji. I don’t know why I wrote this profile. I once spent an entire period of an AP class having a back and forth contest with a friend to see who could name the most Mariners. Then Sonics. These old scrubs are just intriguing!
