NBA lottery teams release their breath

The teams that didn’t make the NBA playoffs will exhale a loud sigh today when Greg Oden declares for the draft. Oden will be leaving Ohio State for the big time where he can start cashing in on his greatness and can, hopefully, turn around one of the hapless franchises that tanked games in order to get him. Oden’s Ohio teammates and fellow freshmen Mike Conley Jr. and Daequan Cook will also be declaring today but won’t garner nearly as much attention as Oden. It’s going to be a sad season next year at Ohio State.