![]() ![]() He led the Hoyas to the Final Four of the 2007 NCAA tournament, beating Belmont and Boston College in the first two rounds. After his 30-point performance in the 2007 Big East tournament semifinal against Notre Dame and his 21-point performance in the championship against Pittsburgh, Green was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament, as the Hoyas won their first Big East title since 1989. He and Hibbert were unanimous selections to the All-Big East First Team. In 2007, Green was named the Big East Player of the Year. He was named to the All-Big East Second Team in 2006 along with teammate Roy Hibbert. Green won the 2005 Big East Rookie of the Year award along with Rudy Gay of the University of Connecticut. You would know this better than most: that's a hell of a statement." Thompson stated in a Sports Illustrated interview: "You'll stop and think when I say this, but it's true: Jeff Green is the smartest player I've ever coached. The two top recruits of Esherick's tenure, Green and center Roy Hibbert, were the key components of Thompson's future success. Esherick was fired before Green arrived on campus and John Thompson III was hired as the new coach. Green was recruited to Georgetown University by coach Craig Esherick in 2003. He was raised in College Park, Maryland and then attended Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he led the NHS Wildcats to the state basketball championship in 2004. Green was born in Cheverly, Maryland, to Jeffrey Green Sr. Green has also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets. He spent half a season with the Clippers before joining the Orlando Magic following the 2015–16 season. In 2016, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He spent 3½ seasons with the franchise before being traded back to the Celtics in February 2011, where he played until 2015 before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. He was subsequently traded to the Seattle SuperSonics (now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder). He played three seasons of college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas, before entering the 2007 NBA draft, where he was selected fifth overall by the Boston Celtics. Jeffrey Lynn Green (born August 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ![]() Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (2007).Second-team All-American – USBWA ( 2007).Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder ![]()
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