Complex sentence: Despite becoming a manager at the school, Oden is reportedly still waiting to be offered a contract by any basketball team overseas in order to continue his basketball career, but when asked in October if he'd play basketball again, he said, I wish.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite becoming a manager at the school, Oden is reportedly still waiting to be offered a contract by any basketball team overseas in order to continue his basketball career. But when asked in October if he'd play basketball again, he said, I wish.