![]() Green playing for Bnei Herzliya in 2016
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No. 11 – Bnei Herzliya | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | Israeli Premier League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Boca Raton, Florida |
November 28, 1986
Nationality | American / Georgian |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 177 lb (80 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) |
College | Florida (2004–2007) |
NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52nd overall |
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
Playing career | 2007–present |
Career history | |
2007–2008 | Portland Trail Blazers |
2007 | →Idaho Stampede |
2008 | Denver Nuggets |
2008 | →Colorado 14ers |
2008–2009 | CAI Zaragoza |
2009–2010 | AEK Athens |
2010–2012 | Gran Canaria |
2012 | Tofaş Bursa |
2012–2013 | Sigma Barcellona |
2013–2014 | Limoges CSP |
2014–2015 | ASVEL Basket |
2015–2016 | Sidigas Avellino |
2016 | AEK Athens |
2016–present | Bnei Herzliya |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Taurean James Green (born November 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Premier League. He is the son of former NBA journeyman Sidney Green. Green played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He also played internationally for Georgia after gaining citizenship in June 2010.
Green was born in Boca Raton, Florida in 1986. He attended a different school for each of his four years of high school.(Freshman/Lake Howell HS, Sophomore/Westminster Academy, Junior/Bradenton Pendleton Academy, Senior/Cardinal Gibbons HS) Following his sophomore year, in which his Westminster Academy team won the Florida Class 2A State Championship, Green was named MVP of the State Playoff Tournament and Broward County 3A-2A-1A Player of the Year. His signature game came at home during the regular season against Dillard High School, the three-time defending Class 6A State Champions, where he scored 38 points and made nine 3-point shots in leading his team to a blow-out victory. Green completed his senior season and high school career at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Green accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2004 to 2007. He was a starting member of the Gators teams that won the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on April 3, 2006, and the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on April 2, 2007, as well as the 2006 and 2007 SEC Tournaments. Green also passed the 1,000-point benchmark in his career at Florida, racking up over 1,170 points in just three seasons, the first of which he did not play much. Four of his former teammates have also passed the 1,000 point mark: Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Lee Humphrey and Al Horford.