Greg Ostertag, Salt Lake City Big White Bear with one kidney missing

I think no one still remembers Greg Ostertag, the Salt Lake City Big White Bear with one kidney missing back then.

Greg Ostertag, Greg Ostertag, 7 feet 2 inches (218 cm) tall, plays as center (C). He was born in Dallas, the third largest city in Texas, USA in March 1973. He was produced by the University of Kansas. The Utah Jazz was selected with the 25th pick in the first round of the 1995 NBA Draft, thus officially entering the NBA.

11 seasons in NBA professional career, Greg Ostertag played for two teams, the Jazz (1995-2004, 2005-2006) and the Kings (2004-2005). He played a total of 756 games in the regular season, including 321 starts, averaging 19.5 minutes per game, scoring 4.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.3 steals and 1.7 blocks. In the playoffs, they played 89 games, including 37 starts, averaging 19.9 minutes per game, scoring 4.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.3 steals and 1.9 blocks.

Greg Ostertag's tall figure gives him a natural advantage when defending at the basket. He has outstanding blocking ability, good frame protection ability, and strong rebounding ability, excellent awareness, landing point judgment, and position position, but his skills are rough and his offensive means are single, mainly concentrated in the basket. His shooting feel and movement speed are very bad, he has no independent offensive ability, and his offensive end threat is small, especially as a 7-foot-2-inch big center, in that era of muscle jungle where the inside is king, his confrontation ability is relatively weak.

Local time in the Utah Jazz defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in overtime at home 98:95, Greg Ostertag started for 49 minutes, scored 3 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and sent out the highest 11 blocks in a single game in the NBA career. On April 18, 2001, in the Utah Jazz lost to the Phoenix Suns 93:95 away game, Ostertag played for 40 minutes on the bench, made 10 of 11 shots and 5 of 9 free throws, scoring the highest single-game 25 points in NBA career, plus 11 rebounds and 1 block. On November 3, 2003, in the Utah Jazz's 93:88 home victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ostertag started for 36 minutes, scoring 12 points, 21 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 blocks, of which 21 rebounds set a single-game rebound record in his NBA career.

Ostertag's sister was suffering from diabetes at the age of 7. Both kidneys began to fail in 1999. Ostertag successfully matched with her sister. Greg Ostertag, who was at the peak of her career at the age of 29, resolutely donated a kidney to her sister, and the surgery was successfully transplanted in June 2002. He continued his life with his selfless love and received widespread respect. He quickly returned after the operation. The Salt Lake City Big White Bear, who had one kidney, continued to compete in the NBA for 4 seasons. After the end of the 2005-2006 season, Greg Ostertag announced his retirement. In December 2011, he made a brief comeback and signed with the NBA Development League Texas Legends, and retired again due to injury in just 10 games. After retirement, Greg Ostertag and his wife jointly run a company called The Ostertag Group. In addition, in addition to participating in some basketball-related activities, they also actively engage in charity and use their influence to contribute to society.