Taurean Green

Taurean Green

Green playing for AEK Athens in 2016
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1986-11-28) November 28, 1986
Boca Raton, Florida
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
Career highlights and awards

Taurean James Green (born November 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek 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 plays internationally for Georgia after gaining citizenship in June 2010.[1]

Early years

Green was born in Boca Raton, Florida in 1986.[2][3] 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.

College career

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.

NBA career

On June 28, 2007, he was drafted in the second round, 52nd overall, by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2007 NBA Draft.

In his first year with the Blazers, Green was sent to the Blazers' development league affiliate Idaho Stampede on December 9, 2007,[4] and was recalled on the 22nd.[5] A need to get more playing time and practice time were noted by coach Nate McMillan as the reason behind the move. On February 21, 2008, he was traded to the Denver Nuggets for Von Wafer.[6]

On July 28, 2008, he was traded to the New York Knicks along with Bobby Jones and a 2010 second round pick in exchange for Renaldo Balkman.[7] However, one day later he was released by the Knicks.[8]

European career

Green playing for AEK Athens in 2010.

In 2008, Green signed with Basket Zaragoza 2002 of the Spanish ACB league.[9][10] He debuted in the 2008 Supercopa and scored 18 points in his first game, against Joventut Badalona. On August 25, 2009, he signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. In July 2010 he returned to Spain and signed a two-year contract with CB Gran Canaria.[11] In February 2012 he left CB Gran Canaria and signed a contract in Turkey with Tofas Bursa.[12] In July 2013, Green signed with Limoges CSP.[13] and won the French League title on his first season with them.

On June 20, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with ASVEL Basket.[14]

On August 16, 2015, he signed with Sidigas Avellino of Italy.[15] On February 13, 2016, he left Avelino and returned to his former club AEK Athens after six years.[16]

Georgian national team

Green has citizenship with Georgia,[17][18] and he played with the senior men's Georgian national basketball team at the qualification tournament for EuroBasket 2011, where he averaged 11.0 points, 2.5 assists, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.4 steals per game.[19]

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
2007–08 Portland 8 0 5.5 .250 .125 1.000 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.0 2.1
2007–08 Denver 9 0 3.3 .333 .333 .750 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.1
Career 17 0 4.4 .280 .182 .917 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 1.6

European carer statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–2009 CAI Zaragoza 25 25 25.0 .432 .418 .770 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.5 10.7
2009–2010 AEK Athens 24 24 33.5 .391 .373 .836 2.8 3.5 1.5 0.0 15.2
2010–2011 Gran Canaria 29 29 24.6 .339 .296 .797 2.3 4.0 1.0 0.0 8.8
2011–2012 Gran Canaria 14 14 15.2 .237 .154 .750 0.8 2.2 0.4 0.0 3.5
2012 Tofaş Bursa 6 6 29.5 .261 .225 .773 2.0 4.3 0.5 0.0 10.4
2012–2013 Basket Barcellona 56 56 31.2 .433 .368 .907 3.4 4.8 1.7 0.0 12.6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green and Hosley got Georgian passports.
  2. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=3208
  3. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greenta01.html
  4. ↑ "Green headed to D-League". OregonLive.com.
  5. ↑ "Trail Blazers Recall Taurean Green From Idaho Stampede of NBA Development League". NBA.com.
  6. ↑ "Trail Blazers acquire Von Wafer from Denver in exchange for Taurean Green". nba.com. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Nuggets Acquire Balkman". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  8. ↑ "Knicks Waive Taurean Green, Bobby Jones". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  9. ↑ "Taurean Green for Zaragoza".
  10. ↑ "El CAI ata a Taurean Green" (in Spanish).
  11. ↑ Gran Canaria 2014 signs Taurean Green to a two-year contract
  12. ↑ Taurean Green leaves Gran Canaria and signs with Tofas Bursa
  13. ↑ "Limoges CSP sign Taurean Green". Sportando.net. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Un Champion de France à la mène !!". asvelbasket.com (in French). June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Taurean Green signs with Sidigas Avellino". Sportando.com. August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ "AEK Athens lands Taurean Green". Sportando.com. February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  17. ↑ TAUREAN GREEN Nationality GEO.
  18. ↑ TAUREAN GREEN basketball profile Nationality: USA-Georgian.
  19. ↑ TAUREAN GREEN GEORGIA.

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