Litterial Green

Litterial Green
Personal information
Born (1970-03-07) March 7, 1970 (age 54)
Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolMoss Point
(Moss Point, Mississippi)
CollegeGeorgia (1988–1992)
NBA draft1992: 2nd round, 39th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career1992–2002
PositionPoint guard
Number11, 9, 12
Career history
1992–1994Orlando Magic
1994–1996Quad City Thunder
1996–1997Detroit Pistons
1997–1998Quad City Thunder
1998Milwaukee Bucks
1998–1999Quad City Thunder
1999Cleveland Cavaliers
1999–2000Marinos de Oriente
2000Polluelos de Aibonito
2001Egepen Altay
2001Unia Tarnów
2001–2002Zlatorog Laško
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

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 Illustrated's 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

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
1992–93 Orlando 52 4 12.0 .439 .100 .625 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.1 4.5
1993–94 Orlando 29 0 4.3 .386 .250 .757 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 2.5
1996–97 Detroit 45 0 6.9 .469 .000 .638 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.0 2.0
1997–98 Milwaukee 21 0 5.9 .217 .000 .750 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.2
1998–99 Cleveland 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 148 4 8.0 .420 .077 .665 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.0 2.9

References

  1. ^ Litterial Green. NBA.com. Retrieved on January 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ 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. ^ "Bulldogs sign son of former UGA basketball star Kessler | Athens Banner Herald Mobile". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  7. ^ University of Georgia 2011–12 Men's Basketball Media Guide. 145.
  8. ^ NBA Veteran Litterial Green Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. American Basketball Institute
  9. ^ Litterial Green. Street Basketball Association.