Jeff Green (basketball)
Green in 2017
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| No. 34 – Orlando Magic | |
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| Position | Power forward / Small forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 28, 1986 Cheverly, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Northwestern (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| College | Georgetown (2004–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2011 | Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder |
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2011, 2012–2015 |
Boston Celtics |
| 2015–2016 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2016–present | Orlando Magic |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
Jeffrey Lynn Green (born August 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three seasons of college basketball for Georgetown, before entering the 2007 NBA draft, where he was selected fifth overall by the Boston Celtics. He was subsequently traded to the Seattle SuperSonics (now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder). He spent four seasons with the franchise before being traded back to the Celtics during the 2010–11 season, where he played until 2015 before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. In 2016, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He spent half a season with the Clippers before joining the Magic following the 2015–16 season.
Green was born in Cheverly, Maryland, to Jeffrey Green Sr. and Felicia Akingube. He attended Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he led the NHS Wildcats to the state basketball championship in 2004.
Green was recruited to Georgetown University by coach Craig Esherick in 2003. However, Esherick was fired before Green arrived on campus and John Thompson III was hired as the new coach. The two top recruits of Esherick's tenure, Green and center Roy Hibbert, would be the key components of Thompson's future success.
Standing 6'9", Green played forward under Coach John Thompson III. He was the captain of the squad. Thompson stated in a Sports Illustrated interview: "You'll stop and think when I say this, but it's true: Jeff Green is the smartest player I've ever coached. You would know this better than most: that's a hell of a statement."
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