Litterial Green Explained

Litterial Green
Career Number:11, 9, 12
Career Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:185
Birth Date:7 March 1970
Birth Place:Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
High School:Moss Point
(Moss Point, Mississippi)
College:Georgia (1988–1992)
Draft Year:1992
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:39
Draft Team:Chicago Bulls
Career Start:1992
Career End:2002
Years1:
Team1:Orlando Magic
Years2:1994–1996
Team2:Quad City Thunder
Team3:Detroit Pistons
Years4:1997–1998
Team4:Quad City Thunder
Team5:Milwaukee Bucks
Years6:1998–1999
Team6:Quad City Thunder
Team7:Cleveland Cavaliers
Years8:1999–2000
Team8:Marinos de Oriente
Years9:2000
Team9:Polluelos de Aibonito
Years10:2001
Team10:Egepen Altay
Years11:2001
Team11:Unia Tarnów
Years12:2001–2002
Team12:Zlatorog Laško
Highlights:

Litterial Maurice Green (born March 7, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played at the point guard position. He was listed at 6'1"[1] or 6'2".[2]

Biography

Green played high school basketball at Moss Point High School in Mississippi, where he averaged 39.7 points per game as a senior to lead the nation in scoring.[3] He also tallied 9.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game.[2] He was a McDonald's All-American and a Parade Magazine All-American.[4] In 1999, he was ranked #37 on Sports Illustrateds list of Mississippi's 50 Greatest Sports Figures.[5]

Green played college basketball at the University of Georgia, where he became UGA's all-time leading scorer[6] (2,111). He also became the school's all-time leader in assists. He led the Bulldogs to their only Southeastern Conference Championship in 1990, and was an All Southeastern Conference selection in 1990, 1991, and 1992.[7] Green is the only basketball player in UGA history to score 2,000 points, and is one of three players in the history of the Southeastern Conference to record over 2000 points and 400 assists, joining Pete Maravich and Allan Houston.[8]

Chosen in the second round of the 1992 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, Green played from 1992 to '94 for the Orlando Magic, as a backup to both Scott Skiles and Penny Hardaway. After a full season with the Detroit Pistons (1996–97), he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1997–98 and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1999, punctuated by spells with the Quad City Thunder in the Continental Basketball Association.

From 1999 to 2002, Green played overseas in Venezuela, Turkey, Poland and Slovenia.

In 2003, Green was hired to coach the Southern Crescent Lightning of the World Basketball Association. He won the league's Coach of the Year Award when his team won the league championship.[9] He later served as the head coach of the Chattanooga Steamers of the American Basketball Association. Green has also worked for ESPN College Basketball as an analyst and has been a consultant to NBA teams.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1992–93| align="left" | Orlando| 52 || 4 || 12.0 || .439 || .100 || .625 || 0.7 || 2.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 4.5|-| align="left" | 1993–94| align="left" | Orlando| 29 || 0 || 4.3 || .386 || .250 || .757 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 2.5|-| align="left" | 1996–97| align="left" | Detroit| 45 || 0 || 6.9 || .469 || .000 || .638 || 0.5 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 2.0|-| align="left" | 1997–98| align="left" | Milwaukee| 21 || 0 || 5.9 || .217 || .000 || .750 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.2|-| align="left" | 1998–99| align="left" | Cleveland| 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 148 || 4 || 8.0 || .420 || .077 || .665 || 0.5 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 2.9|}

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=litterial_green Litterial Green
  2. "Georgia". USA Today. May 12, 1988. 10C.
  3. Donald Huff. "U.S. All-Stars Strut Their Stuff in Practice". Washington Post. April 7, 1988. b03.
  4. http://clarkatlantasports.com/news/2011/11/13/MBB_1113112715.aspx UGA All-Time Leading Scorer Joins CAU Coaching Staff
  5. "Mississippi's 50 Greatest Sports Figures". Sports Illustrated. 1999. Retrieved on January 23, 2013.
  6. Web site: Bulldogs sign son of former UGA basketball star Kessler Athens Banner Herald Mobile . May 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101529/http://m.onlineathens.com/dogbytes/basketball/2012-04-25/bulldogs-sign-son-former-uga-basketball-star-kessler . March 4, 2016 . dead .
  7. University of Georgia 2011–12 Men's Basketball Media Guide. 145.
  8. http://abihoops.com/Coaches.html NBA Veteran Litterial Green
  9. http://www.streetbasketballassociation.net/staff/executive/index.html?staff_id=24 Litterial Green