BIOGRAPHY
Jeff Green was born on August 28, 1986 in Cheverly, Maryland. He is a forward in the NBA.
A former top-five pick (No. 5 in the 2007 NBA Draft), Jeff Green has played for seven different franchises—Seattle/OKC, Boston, Memphis, LA Clippers, Orlando, Cleveland, Washington, Utah, Houston, and Brooklyn—over his NBA career. Green also sat out one season (2011-12) due to a heart condition.
After his junior season at Georgetown, Green was named the Big East Player of the Year and entered the NBA Draft. He was drafted by the Celtics and traded—along with Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West—to the Sonics in return for Ray Allen. With Seattle, Green was named to the All-Rookie First Team. Despite leaving school early, Green spent the next four summers taking classes at Georgetown and graduated in 2012 with a degree in English and a minor in theology.
Green averaged a career-high 16.9 points while starting all 82 games for the Celtics during the 2013-14 season.
On November 23, 2020, Green signed with the Brooklyn Nets, reuniting him with former Sonics and Thunder teammate Kevin Durant and once again with James Harden upon his trade to the Nets.
On August 12, 2021, Green signed with the Denver Nuggets. He made his debut for the team on October 20, scoring 13 points in a 110–98 win over the Phoenix Suns. On January 15, 2022, Green logged a season-high 26 points, alongside three rebounds and four assists, in a 133–96 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Green finally became an NBA champion when the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat in 5 games in the 2023 NBA Finals.
