December 29, 2009

"Not many players can claim to have had as unlikely a career as Devin Green has over the past few years. A last minute invite to the Portsmouth Invitational tournament back in 2005—likely more due to the fact that he went to school down the street at Hampton (MEAC conference, where he played mostly power forward) than because of any real NBA interest—Green shockingly made the Lakers roster the following year and managed to stick all season long.

He spent the next few years alternating between thoroughly dominating the D-League, toiling in NBA summer leagues and training camps, and bouncing around places like Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Ukraine, never really sticking around in one place for very long and likely missing out on establishing himself as a legit NBA player in the process.

Green has regardless looked like an interesting prospect pretty much every time we had a chance to fully evaluate him, as he possesses terrific versatility to go along with a very NBA friendly profile with his excellent physical tools. He can create his own shot effectively, defend multiple positions, make plays for others, and make shots from the perimeter at a good enough rate to wonder why he hasn't gotten another chance.

He's playing in mid-level Greece this season and is clearly one of the better American players in that very competitive league, again making you ponder whether he can't play at a much higher level. He has a reputation for being overly unselfish at times, but is still young and talented enough to get yet another look this upcoming summer, if he hasn't already tired of waiting for the NBA that is."

Sounds like John Starks, at least in terms of tenacity, to me.

Cool.

Panos wrote:Ok, nyk4ever, remember that thing I said about Optimists being Realists, and vice versa.
Forget I said it.

LOL!!

misterearl wrote:"If you don't like this guy, you don't like basketball"

i like the looks of devin green. seems like he's got some good athleticism and fire. hahn said he was running point in practice.

http://knicksnow.com/posts/1746-all-access-training-camp

Devin Green is wearing uni number 13. He makes a sweet behind the back dribble in traffic, hits 14 Chris Hunter (13) for a dunk and busts a jumper from 16 feet.

Iman Shumpert has great form on his jump shot.

misterearl wrote:Watch Carefully

http://knicksnow.com/posts/1746-all-access-training-camp

Devin Green is wearing uni number 13. He makes a sweet behind the back dribble in traffic, hits 14 Chris Hunter (13) for a dunk and busts a jumper from 16 feet.

Iman Shumpert has great form on his jump shot.