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Draymond Green
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Draymond Green (born March 4, 1990) is an American college basketball player currently playing at Michigan State University. Green is a major in advertising at MSU. Green wears the number 23 and plays the power forward position for the Spartans. During the 2010 season Draymond Green was the first player off the bench for the majority of the games. Green just finished up his sophomore season at Michigan State after they lost to Butler in the final four on April 3rd. Childhood When Green was younger he played AAU basketball for the Michigan Mustangs but later on, during his high school days Green played for an AAU team called The Family. Green grew up in Saginaw Michigan and is the son of Raymond Green and Mary babers. High School Draymond Green attended high school at Saginaw High School where he played for Coach Lou Dawkins. He was a 3 year letter winner for the Saginaw Trojans. During Green’s sophomore year (05-06) at Saginaw he averaged 12 point per game and 11 rebounds. He was named first team all - conference his sophomore year as well. During Green’s junior (06-07) year he averaged 25 points per game along with 13 rebounds per game 3 assists and 3 steals per game. Green led the Saginaw Trojans to a 26-1 record and their 4th ever basketball state championship and their first state championship since 1996. During the 2007 State Championship game Green was just shy of a triple double, recording 27 points 8 rebounds and 7 assists. He was also named to the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News 2007 Michigan High School Dream Team, Green was the only junior selected to that team. Green’s senior year was one to remember, not only did he led the Trojans to a 27-1 record in 2008 but he also led them to back to back Class A state championships. Saginaw High School was the number 4 ranked basketball team in the State in that year, according to USA Today. Green averaged 20 points per game during his senior year along with 13 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. During this year Green was not just named to the Detroit Press Dream team but was named captain of the Dream Team. Green had an overall 75-9 win/loss record as a varsity high school basketball player. National Acknowledgement Green was rated the number 36 player in the nation in the ESPN top 150, and also the number 13 player at his position coming out of high school. Scout.com wasn’t quite as impressed but still ranked Green as the number 86 player in the nation and the 26 player at his position. Green was rated a 3 star player by Yahoo.com and Scout.com rated Green as a 4 star player. Scout.com listed him at a size of 6 feet 6 inches and 220 pounds coming out of high school. Yahoo.com lists Green at 6 feet 7 inches and 230 pounds after high school. Early College Decisions Draymond Green has been nothing short of a stud so far in his career at Michigan State, but Spartan fans have to thank the University of Kentucky or else they would have never gotten the pleasure of having Green in the Green and White. Draymond Green’s originally made a verbal commitment to play basketball at the University of Kentucky and legendary coach Tubby Smith. That was until after the 2007-2008 college basketball season came to an end and Coach Smith decided to leave the University of Kentucky. Tubby Smith decided to leave Kentucky to go coach at the University of Minnesota,and therefore Green decided to side step Kentucky and instead decided to enroll at Michigan State University and play for Coach Tom Izzo. College Basketball Career During the 2008-2009 season, Green’s freshman year at Michigan State, the Spartans made their way to a 26-5 regular season record. Michigan State was a number 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and found their way into the finals to play North Carolina and ended up losing. Green did not have the stats to “wow” you during his freshman year, but during the end of the season Green began to develop a very unique style of play in being able to know what is going on around him. Green is said to have a great basketball IQ and has the ability to make that extra pass to find an open teammate. Green played near 11 and a half minutes per game during his freshman year and averaged just over 3 points and 3 rebounds per game. When Green became a sophomore his college playing career started to take off. The Spartans had themselves another great regular season with a win/loss record of 24-7 and made it to a second straight final four. Draymond Green was a huge part of that. Green went from playing 11 and a half minutes per game his freshman year to almost 26 minutes per game his sophomore year, his points per game tripled from his freshman to sophomore year and his assists climbed from 0.8 per game to 3 assists per game. Green not only developed a great basketball IQ and passing game, but he also developed a much better mid range jumper which resulted in Green being more of a threat for the Spartans offensively. Draymond Green has proven over his first to years playing college basketball that he has a solid work ethic and a lot of talent, and to add to that he is being coached by one of the best colleges coaches of the modern day in Tom Izzo. 
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