Orien Greene

Orien Greene

Position	Guard
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
League	NBA D-League
Team	Los Angeles D-Fenders
Number	21
Born	February 4, 1982 (1982-02-04) Gainesville, Florida
Nationality	American
College	Florida UL Lafayette
Draft	2nd round, 53rd overall, 2005 Boston Celtics
Pro career	2005–present
Career history	Boston Celtics (2005-06) Indiana Pacers (2006-07) Sacramento Kings (2007) New Zealand Breakers (2007-08) Hapoel Jerusalem (2008) MyGuide Amsterdam (2008-09) Utah Flash (2009-11) New Jersey Nets (2011) Halifax Rainmen (2011) Los Angeles D-Fenders (2011-present)
Awards	Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Orien Randolph Greene II (born February 4, 1982, in Gainesville, Florida) is an American professional basketball player. His first two seasons were spent with the NBA's Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers, respectively. He played briefly with the Sacramento Kings in 2007.

College career

A highly-touted prospect coming out of high school, the 6'4" (1.93 m) point guard originally chose to attend the University of Florida, his hometown college. However, after a couple of years Greene became dissatisfied with his playing time and decided to transfer to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he became known in the Sun Belt Conference for his aggressive play, winning the Defensive Player of the Year award his senior season.

Professional career

Greene was drafted in 2005 NBA Draft with the 53rd overall pick by the Boston Celtics.

Greene began his pro career as backup to Delonte West. His status as the backup point guard was cemented by a season-ending injury to Dan Dickau and the trade of Marcus Banks to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

On March 29, 2006, Greene was suspended by the Boston Celtics for one game after he was charged with driving his sport utility vehicle at more than 90 mph (140 km/h) on a street in suburban Boston.

On June 30, 2006, Greene was waived by the Boston Celtics. He was claimed off waivers by the Indiana Pacers, and played for their 2006-2007 team. Greene was used very sparingly in his season with the Pacers. He played in only 41 games, averaging 6.2 minutes per game; quite a drop off compared to playing in all but 2 games the previous year with the Celtics and averaging 15.4 minutes per game. The Pacers brought in Darrell Armstrong (from Dallas) and Keith McLeod (from Golden State) to compete with Greene for minutes at point guard. With Jamaal Tinsley holding the starting position, Greene fell to fourth on the depth chart, which resulted in very little playing time. Greene signed with the Sacramento Kings on August 30, 2007. He was waived by the Kings November 15, 2007 after playing just 7 games.

Greene signed a three-month contract with the Australian National Basketball League's New Zealand Breakers in late November 2007. He was signed to replace Wayne Turner, who was out for the season.

He later played for the Utah Flash of the NBA Development League. On February 1, 2011 Greene re-joined the NBA as he signed a 10-day contract with the New Jersey Nets. Afterwards, he rejoined the Flash.

On November 10, 2011 Orien Greene signed to play basketball for the Halifax Rainmen of the NBL.

NBA 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
2005–06	Boston	80	5	15.4	.395	.225	.662	1.8	1.6	1.0	.1	3.2
2006–07	Indiana	41	0	6.2	.371	.182	.600	1.1	.5	.4	.1	1.5
2007–08	Sacramento	7	2	8.7	.273	.000	.000	.9	.4	.4	.1	.9
2010–11	New Jersey	3	0	1.7	.500	.000	.500	.0	.3	.3	.0	1.0
Career		131	7	11.9	.387	.212	.642	1.5	1.2	.8	.1	2.5

External links

• Orien Greene at NBA.com
• Orien Greene at Basketball-Reference.com
• It Hasn't Been Easy Being Greene