Greg Oden is entering the NBA draft.

“He’s the kind of kid that, even though he’ll have a lot of money, he needs to do more than just basketball,” Greg Oden Sr. said. “They had an exciting season, but why take the chance on him getting hurt?”

The elder Oden also said Conley and fellow Ohio State freshman Daequan Cook also were expected to put their names in the draft.

The players have until midnight on April 29 to declare whether they intend to make themselves available for the NBA draft.

Translation: Ohio State is Eff-ed. Everyone pretty much assumed Oden was gone, but most speculation was that Mike Conley Jr. was going to return; I hadn’t heard a single thing about Daequan Cook leaving early.

This should lock up Oden as the number one pick. Some speculate Kevin Durant will be the fist chosen, but I think it’s going to be hard for any team to not take a 7′1″, 280 pound grown man (who’s thirty).