Last Saturday I had an event for Oregon Mentors called Greg Oden's Summer Slam, it was a fun event where lots of kids and their mentors came out and just had a fun day. It was open to the public so there was also booths where people can sign up to be mentors. I went to every booth and learned a little about all the mentoring programs that are around Portland, there are some really good ones that need help. So if anyone out there that wants to look into it, believe me there are a lot of kids that need and older influence in their lives thats not their parents. The event also had games like Guitar Hero 3, Pin Pong, Air Hockey, a Shuffle Board, blow up things, and kareokee. People have already seen the video of me singing N'synce "Its Gonna Be Me," im not gonna lie, i sound terrible. My thing was it was for the kids they enjoyed me singing so thats all that matters. Also the court at the Rose Garden was open so i went down and ended the day playing Knock Out with the little kids first then the big kids, and yes I WON, i even dunked on a kid. Dont ask me how in a game of knock out, but i managed. In all it was a fun day and im happy the idea of mentoring and that the mentors and mentees had a fun time out.

Next weeknd Im going to be holding my Topps Camp at the hoop facility in Beaverton. Its a 2 day camp on the 13th and--th from 9am-1pm. My boys Brandon Roy and Martell Webster are now coming so it will be a good time. Top coaches will teach basketball fundamentals, there will be prizes and you get the chance to go one on one with me. Its open to boys and girls ages 7 to-- but there arent to many spaces left so go to www.toppscamp.com and sign up. hope to see you there.

This week has been very good one for me. Last Monday was the first day that I could play 5 on 5. I felt really good out there. The first couple of games was really hard to get back in to the grove of things but after I settled down the game became alot better for me. They still havent just thrown me into playing every game, but I play every other game and every other day. The second day was so much better for me my wind was doing ok and I slowed myself down. Getting out there just got me really excited for when the season starts.

Other than me playing on me I moved into my new place. It really nice and just relaxing to have a view of the city of Portland. Also knowing that im in the place that I own feels good too.

I came back out to Portland last week to get going with my last stage of rehab for my knee. Before that i was in Indiana the week before i came out. I stayed at my moms house, and i know shes gonna call me and cuss me out cause of this but ill try to make it nice. The first thing i noticed when i got to my moms house was that her house is really big but something happen to the lawn. I guess she put in a sprinkler system. Well the guys doing it messed up our whole house. So i go in the house and tried to take a shower. After letting the water run for 10 mins and it not getting hot i asked her and she said there hasnt been any hot water since they put that in, so i had to take a 2 minute cold shower. I say 2 minutes cause i couldnt stand it any longer. So after i get out of the shower i go to use the computer and the wireless was cut off too, also the house phone didnt even work. So i went through the whole week with no phone, no internet, and no hot water. It was just something kinda funny to me because i remember that stuff happening when we lived in a little house, but now we are in a huge house in a beautiful neighborhood and it still happens. I love my mom and i hope she will be ok, my brother leaves for prep school sunday so she will be at home all by herself. Goodluck to my brother too. Love you both!

This past weekend i was in San Diego at the comic convention. It was pretty crazy, there were a lot of people dressing up in costumes. A lot of star wars and a lot of jokers walking around. I got to go there because Viz Media brought me out to do a photo shoot with the basketball comic book they have coming out really soon. I also signed autographs and took pictures too. While i was doing the photo shoot i had to look like i was reading the book, i got hardcore into the book and forgot about the pictures. Its actually a really good book. It is as big as a real book but its in comic book form. Also you read it backwards, that got me confused a lot. Once i got started reading it the right way it was actually pretty good. All i can say about it is that there is a dude in there who has a box and he got dunk on. I got to meet a lot of interesting people. I meet some of the cast from Death Ride they were really cool. My weekend was pretty fun San Diego is a very cool and beautiful city, i had a great time and ill like to go there and hang out some more.

Last night the ESPY awards aired, and i was in attendance. I have to shout out my boy David Shottenstein for hooking me up with my suit, and my boy Kenny for cutting my hair, so i was looking good. That red carpet was so hot that i was sweating all through my shirt, so i had to keep my jacket on the whole entire time. Other than that i had an outstanding time. I actually had a performance skit with Justin Timberlake, he is cool. I was playing the piano in a extra small tuxedo, tie and some Elton John Glasses with tube socks. No one knew i could play the piano. I also had a couple of one liners but my favorite is when Will Ferrell said 'I want to be tucked in by Greg Oden and have him tell us stories about the old days.' The ESPYs also gave all the athletes free gifts and i got some really good things. I had a great time being in Los Angeles this past week. The ESPYs allowed me to bring out my brother and cousin to enjoy everything with me. We went to alot of different places all through Los Angeles and i got to take my brother and cousin to places they have never been. We didn't make it to the beach though. So i got to come back sometime soon to do that. I met some good people while i was out there and we had some fun.

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So far summer has been good to me. I've been in school and working out in Columbus. It feels good to be back here. Im taking biology 101. It has a 2 hour lecture and a 3 hour lab 3 days a week! Im also still working out 4 days a week. Last weekend I went to Chicago for the taste of Chicago and I had a really good time. For those of you who dont know what that is its basically a huge festival in Chicago that has music and food from like 60 different restaurants that you can try. I only gained like 3 pounds even though I couldnt get a lot of food from the taste cause there was too many people. But my weekend was good and now I'm back in Columbus. Gonna get ready to go to class.

Here I am training in Indy for my ESPN Sweat Spot video. Tiger better watch out.

Two days ago I went to the Kanye West, Rihanna concert. N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco were there also. It was a very good concert. There were alot of people and great energy, it was held at the Rose Garden in Portland. I heard and knew almost every song that was performed, so i was jammin all night. I also had the chance to meet Rihanna and Kanye. I have been a fan of theirs since they both came out, but I have had a crush on Rihanna since I first saw her on TV. When I met her i froze up. I had all this great stuff in my head about what i was gonna say to her, but none of it came out. I ended up saying the cheeziest thing ever: "umm, who are you," I could of punched myself. Her beauty did that to me though. She is nice and when i get that picture i will blow it up and put it in my room. Hopefully i could meet her again and not freeze up. When i went back to our suite i watched her with binoculars and didn't look at nothing else. After coming down from cloud 9 from seeing her perform and meeting her, Kanye West had a unbelievable performance, so that ended the best concert i ever been to.

This past weekend I had the chance to go to the Indianapolis 500, it was a lot of fun. My brother, cousin, and I went and had a blast. We sat in the suites at turn 2. The front seats were like 10 feet away from the wall. There was some Indianapolis Colts players in the suite too. While i was at the race i went into the infield, where everybody was getting a little crazy. It was a lot of fun though, except things got really weird when people recognized me while i was in the rest room, people where yelling my name, thats when i knew it was time to leave. While I was driving in the golf cart heading back I would see people I know and so I would get out to say hi and then I was swarmed in like 5 seconds. So I had to stay on the move. All in all we had a great time and thanks John for the tickets.

The playoff are still going on and I've been watching bits and pieces. The teams are looking really good and I think that it will be Boston and Lakers in the championship. If that happens I think that would be really good on the league just to have that old rivalry back. With two good teams with so much history. I have no predictions on who will win it all, but I'll say the team who scores the most points has a really good chance.

So i'm sure you all have seen the news lately and what's been happening in China. I just wanted to take a minute to send my condolences to everyone in China. Something like this should never happen so when it does it takes the power of everyone coming together to help make things better. This just makes me appreciate everything i have that much more and makes me realize how truly lucky we all are. My thoughts go out to all of the families and everyone that was affected by the earthquake. Stay strong.

I just got back from Hawaii this afternoon. It was a great time. I got a lot of work done in those 10 days. I worked out everyday but 1, my workouts were split between riding the bike for 13 miles and having a basketball workout for an hour. I also got to go enjoy the island of Kona. I went on a helicopter ride of the island. I never been snorkeling before but by the time i left I went 5 times and felt like i've been doing it for years. I also went to some really good restaurants. "Tommy Bahamas" became my favorite spot. I just thank our owner Mr. Allen, my coaches, and everyone who helped set that up. It is a beautiful island and the wind is crazy, and so are the hills and mountains.

I just got into Hawaii today, and it is different out here but it's beautiful. The people are really nice. While driving to the hotel i got to see some of the land and here in Kona, a lot of the land is freshly made from lava... it kind of freaks me out. They said that the island is always getting bigger because there is an active volcano. The Villa i have has 3 bedrooms, a kitchen and like 4 living rooms. It's pretty big and it has a pool and a spa that's heated. The only thing is that there is no food in the refrigerator. I got to go grocery shopping tonight.

I've made it through the first weekend of my break. We didn't make the Playoffs so our season ended Thursday after our exit meetings. I have been traveling since my exit meeting and I've got a couple more places to go. This summer i have big plans to do a lot of rehab with my knee so i can be ready for next year. This is the start of my season with all i have planned but I'm looking forward to it. I also will be going back to The Ohio State University to take some summer classes.

This past week has been pretty lazy for me. I have been sick. I haven't worked out or ran. I've done nothing except sleep. I think its a cold that I got. It's def not the flu or strep throat. I heard that answer like 100 times for people who think they are doctors. This week was not a good one to be sick. My brother was here for his spring break, and my mom and my dad came and visited me to help me decided on this new place that I want to buy. I somehow managed to get a lot done even with the sickness. I also managed to sleep a whole lot. I even missed a game I was so sick. Today was the first time I was really with the team. I went to the game and we lost and Joel got hurt. The injury is going to end his season. I hope everything goes alright with his hand.