Taurean James Green was born on November 28,1986 and is a Georgian-American professional basketball player who last played for Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League.
13 Facts About Taurean Green
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Taurean Green is the son of former NBA journeyman Sidney Green.
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Taurean Green played internationally for Georgia after gaining citizenship in June 2010.
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Taurean Green attended a different school for each of his four years of high school.
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Taurean Green completed his senior season and high school career at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Taurean Green accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2004 to 2007.
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Taurean Green was a starting member of the Gators teams that won the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on April 3,2006, and the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on April 2,2007, as well as the 2006 and 2007 SEC Tournaments.
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Taurean Green passed the 1,000-point benchmark in his career at Florida, racking up over 1,170 points in just three seasons, the first of which he did not play much.
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In 2008, Taurean Green signed with Basket Zaragoza 2002 of the Spanish ACB league.
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Taurean Green debuted in the 2008 Supercopa and scored 18 points in his first game, against Joventut Badalona.
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On June 6,2017, Taurean Green signed a two-year contract extension with Herzliya.
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On November 8,2018, Taurean Green returned to France for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with the Antibes Sharks.
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Taurean Green has citizenship with Georgia, and he played with the senior men's Georgian national basketball team at the qualification tournament for EuroBasket 2011, where he averaged 11.0 points, 2.5 assists, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.4 steals per game.