Donte Greene

#5 Donte´ Greene

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6'11"

226 lbs

Forward

HS: Towson Catholic

Baltimore, MD

Born: 2/21/1988

Munich, West Germany

**Season Stats**
Season	Cl	Pos	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	%	FT	FTA	%	3Pt	3PA	%	Asst	Reb	DReb	OReb	Fls	DQ	TO	ST	BS	Pts	PPG	APG	RPG
2007-08	Fr	F	35	35	1253	218	521	41.8%	94	133	70.7%	90	261	34.5%	71	251	191	60	101	4	91	45	57	620	17.7	2.0	7.2
Career			35	35	1253	218	521	41.8%	94	133	70.7%	90	261	34.5%	71	251	191	60	101	4	91	45	57	620	17.7	2.0	7.2

Donte´ Greene was a highly recruited forward who played forward for Syracuse basketball for one season. Despite his height, Greene was a perimeter player with a nice three point shot, and preferred to play outside the paint rather than near the hoop.

Donte Greene Syracuse Orange Basketball Greene was a McDonald's All-American in high school at Towson Catholic. He would play on the USA Under-19 Team in 2007 and help the team to a Gold Medal in the World Games. It was widely expected that he would spend only one year in college before making the jump for the NBA.

Greene had an outstanding freshman season leading the Orange in scoring with 17.7 points per game, on an injury ravaged team. He thrived in the early season on the perimeter, shooting over 40% from the three point range. However his percentage would drop off once the Big East Conference play began. It was apparent early on in the season that he was weak at playing defense, particularly in coach Jim Boeheim's zone. Despite his size, Greene was not a great rebounder; he did well with 7.2 a game, but not nearly what one would have expected for a player his size.

Nevertheless Greene did have one of the best freshman seasons in Syracuse history. He was named to the Big East Second Team All Conference team, and was named to the Big East All Rookie Team. He set a freshman three point shooting mark with 90 three point baskets, and his 620 points was the second most any Syracuse freshman had ever scored, only trailing Carmelo Anthony. He would have a career high 27 points against Robert Morris in the NIT tournament.

Greene followed the expected course, and announced after his freshman season that he was going to make himself eligible for the NBA draft. He would be selected with the 28th pick in the 1st round by the Memphis Grizzlies, who would then trade his rights overnight to the Houston Rockets. Greene would stay with the Rockets for only a month in the off season, as they would then trade him to the Sacramento Kings in a multi-player deal involving Ron Artest.

**NBA Career Statistics**
Season	Team	Pos	G	Min	FG	FGA	%	FT	FTA	%	3FGA	3FGM	%	Asst	Reb	Fls	DQ	TO	ST	BS	Pts	PPG	APG	RPG
2008-09	Sacramento	F	55	725	77	236	32.6%	29	34	85.3%	26	100	26.0%	30	86	68		37	16	14	209	3.8	0.5	1.6
2009-10	Sacramento	F	76	1,630	244	553	44.1%	90	140	64.3%	69	183	37.7%	71	234	150		93	41	53	647	8.5	0.9	3.1
2010-11	Sacramento	F	69	1,127	156	386	40.4%	43	65	66.2%	45	154	29.2%	48	147	88		60	36	20	400	5.8	0.7	2.1
2011-12	Sacramento	F	53	777	108	266	40.6%	44	55	80.0%	25	105	23.8%	34	133	67		32	18	29	285	5.4	0.6	2.5
Total		F	253	4,259	585	1,441	40.6%	206	294	70.1%	165	542	30.4%	183	600	373	-	222	111	116	1,541	6.1	0.7	2.4

Greene would be part of the regular rotation for the Kings his rookie season, averaging 3.8 points a game, and managing to start four games. He would move into a starting roll with the Kings his second season. Injuries would slow him down his third season, and he would play in the D-League in 2012-13. Greene would sign as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies in May 2013. They would trade him to the Boston Celtics for former Orangeman Fab Melo in August of that same year.

Greene would make some headlines when he rescued a woman from drowning during Memorial Day Weekend in 2009.

Note: Donte´ Greene was born in Munich, West Germany (now Germany), though he has always been an American citizen. His mother worked for the NSA over in Germany at the time [1].

[1] Brent Axe, the Axeman.