Jeff Green Chose Jazz Despite Wizards Desire To Retain Free Agent
Jul 5, 2019, 12:53 PM
(Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
(Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – With reports saying that the Utah Jazz have agreed to terms with free agent forward Jeff Green, it also being reported that the Washington Wizards wanted to retain Green but the veteran forward wanted to join the Jazz.
That shows how much respect that the Jazz have around the NBA and what veterans are seeing with Utah and where they are going.
The Wizards wanted Jeff Green back. He was an unrestricted free agent and chose another team. Simple as that. https://t.co/rdY4bNwr2J
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) July 3, 2019
Many national pundits have labeled the Jazz as Western Conference title contenders after agreeing to terms with Bojan Bogdanovic, Ed Davis, Emmanuel Mudiay along with Green and acquiring Mike Conley in a trade with Memphis.
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His relationship with Conley was likely a factor in his decision to sign with the Jazz. They played two seasons together in Memphis.
Green spent the 2018-19 season with the Washington Wizards, where he averaged 12.3 points, 4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, while shooting 47 percent from the field, including 34 percent from the three-point line.
He was selected as the fifth overall pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2007 NBA Draft, but was traded to the Seattle Supersonics. Green played in Seattle for their final season before moving to Oklahoma City. After two and a half seasons with OKC, Green was traded to the Boston Celtics, where he played three and a half seasons.
The Celtics traded him during the 2014-15 campaign to the Memphis Grizzlies, who traded the Georgetown product to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Green spent the next three seasons with three different teams that include the Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Wizards. He played in the 2018 NBA Finals with the Cavaliers.
Throughout his 11 year career, Green has averaged 13.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
Green will bring his veteran leadership and could very well start as the power forward for the Jazz this upcoming season
