JaMychal Green

Green led Montgomery's St. Jude to the Class A State Championship in 2006 and 2008,^[1] and was voted the MVP of the 2006 tournament. He scored more than 2,500 points in his high school career, and was a member of the National Honor Society at St. Jude. He also garnered many awards in his high school career, including: 2008 McDonald's All-American, 2008 Alabama Mr. Basketball, a three-time Alabama Sportswriters Association "Player of the Year" (2006, 2007 and 2008), and was also rated the #6 overall and #1 power forward in the 2008 recruiting class according to ESPN.^[2] Green also played for the USA National U18 Team in Argentina at the 2008 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship where he was coached by Anthony Grant, who would eventually serve as his head coach during his time at Alabama.

College career

On August 23, 2007, Green committed to Alabama over Ole Miss. During his freshman year at The Capstone, Green started all but one of 32 games on the season, while averaging 11.6 points per game and ranking first in rebounding among SEC freshmen with 7.9 per game. He was second among all SEC players with five double-doubles, including four consecutive double-doubles against Georgia, Vanderbilt, Florida and Mississippi State. He was a unanimous Freshman All-SEC selection, and named a collegeinsider.com Freshman All-American.

During his second season, he finished ninth in the SEC in rebounding (7.2) and 17th in scoring (14.1). He scored in double figures in 10 of the last 11 games in the 2009–10 season, including eight straight at one point. Green was named to the 2009 Old Spice Classic all-tournament team; he won the game against No. 15 Michigan with a put-back dunk with 5.4 seconds left and blocked Michigan's game-tying shot attempt as time expired. Green posted his career-high 27 points with 13 rebounds in a win over Mercer and was named the SEC Player of the Week for his efforts.

To start his junior season, Green changed his number from 32 to 1, and was named to the first team All-SEC voted on by the coaches.^[3] After Alabama went 0–3 in the Paradise Jam Tournament, Green was suspended for three games for "conduct detrimental to the team" by Anthony Grant; Alabama went 2–1 in Green's absence.^[4] On January 22, 2011, Green scored 15 points against the Auburn Tigers, surpassing 1,000 points for his career at Alabama.^[5]

Professional career

D-League and France

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Green joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On October 22, 2012, he signed with the Spurs, but was later waived by the team on October 26.^[6] On November 1, he was acquired by the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of San Antonio.^[7] In 44 games for the Toros in 2012–13, he averaged 12.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.^[8]

In July 2013, Green joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Clippers,^[9] but waived by the team on October 8.^[10] On October 31, he signed with Chorale Roanne of France for the 2013–14 season.^[11] In 25 games for the club, he averaged 11.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies

In July 2014, Green joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On August 6, 2014, he signed with the Spurs,^[12] but later waived by the team for a second time on October 25.^[13] On November 1, he was acquired by the Austin Spurs.^[14] On January 18, 2015, he signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs.^[15] Following the expiration of his contract on January 28, the Spurs decided to not re-sign Green to a second 10-day contract,^[16] and he subsequently returned to Austin.

Before reappearing in a game for Austin, Green returned to the NBA, signing a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on February 2.^[17] He signed a second 10-day contract with the Grizzlies on February 19,^[18] and then a rest-of-season contract with the team on March 2.^[19]

Green returned to the Grizzlies for the 2015–16 season and played decent minutes off the bench early on. His minutes increased post All-Star break thanks to multiple injured teammates, and on March 6, 2016, he scored a then career-high 17 points in a loss to the Phoenix Suns.^[20] On March 9, he recorded 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in a loss to the Boston Celtics.^[21] Two days later, he recorded a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds in a 121–114 overtime win over the New Orleans Pelicans.^[22]

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014–15	San Antonio	4	0	6.3	.571	.000	.000	1.5	.0	.0	.5	2.0
2014–15	Memphis	20	1	7.0	.575	.000	.800	2.0	.2	.3	.2	2.7
2015–16	Memphis	78	15	18.5	.465	.333	.752	4.8	.9	.6	.4	7.4
Career		102	16	15.8	.474	.294	.755	4.1	.7	.5	.4	6.3

References

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
Alabama Crimson Tide bio

Memphis Grizzlies current roster

0 Green 1 Stephenson 3 Adams 4 Farmar 7 Andersen 8 Cotton 9 Allen 10 Martin 11 Conley 14 Munford 15 Carter 19 Hairston 22 Barnes 33 Gasol 34 Wright 50 Randolph

Head coach: Vacant Assistant coaches: Bzdelik March Respert Thornton Ticknor Townsend Turner

United States squad – 2011 Summer Universiade – 5th place

Abromaitis Denmon Gibbs D. Green J. Green Jardine Jenkins Johnson Mangano Mbakwe McCallum Miller Coach: Painter

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