Report: Oden to meet with Mavs, Pelicans, Kings

Former Portland Trail Blazers centre Greg Oden (Associated Press)

The list of suitors for former No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden continues to grow despite the fact that he has had three microfracture surgeries and has not played an NBA game since 2009.

Oden, who has already been linked with the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat, is scheduled to meet in Las Vegas this week with the Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelicans, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein.

First up on the schedule will be the Dallas Mavericks on Monday afternoon who have Canadian SamUuel Dalembert waiting in the wings as a backup plan.

He was drafted first overall in 2007 after spending a season at Ohio St.

Oden sat out last season after undergoing his last microfracture surgery in February 2012. The former Trail Blazer spent the season in Columbus trying to recover while attending classes at his alma mater,

Heat president Pat Riley recently told local reporters that he’s had an extended exchange with Oden already.

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