Mika Vukona
July 23, 2020
Brian Green
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 17/04/76
- Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas (USA)
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 193
- Weight (KG): #N/A
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: Nevada (1992-96)
- NBL DEBUT: 18/11/05
- AGE AT DEBUT: 29
- LAST NBL GAME: 4/02/06
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 29
- NBL History: New Zealand 2006
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Brian Green was born in San Antonio, Texas (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Brian Green made his NBL debut with the New Zealand Breakers at 29 years of age. He scored 12 points in his first game.
With the Breakers still searching for their first winning season, they chose not to re-sign Mike Chappell, the Breakers’ leading scorer from the past two seasons and appointed a new head coach Andrej Lemanis. Lemanis had played in the NBL during the 1980s and 1990s and spent the previous five seasons as a assistant coach with the Townsville Crocodiles.
Lemanis inherited a Breakers squad who had seen both its national team players, Pero Cameron (Gold Coast) and Dillon Boucher (Perth), leave for better opportunities on other NBL team’s.
Lemanis looked to build around its young turning core group, which included Aaron Olsen, Ben Pepper, Lindsay Tait and Paul Henare, who was named team captain with the departure of co-captain Pero Cameron.
Rugged defender Ben Thompson and New Zealand born Adrian Majstrovich (both via Perth) were added to the roster, as was the import duo of Rich Melzer and Brant Bailey.
The Breakers started the season poorly (1-5) and quickly made the decision to replace Bailey (18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists) with Brian Green (18.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1.5 steals).
Melzer (18.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists) would lead New Zealand in scoring while the Breakers continued to see strong development from young gun Aaron Olson (17.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists) and Ben Pepper (14.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks) was a force inside the paint. Green averaged 18.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3 assists, appearing in 17 of the Breakers’ games.
Lemanis’ first season in charge was not particularly memorable. During the season, the Breakers endured a team-worst eleven straight losses, but after making the personnel changes, the team split their final twelve games of the season and finished the regular season tenth out of eleven team’s (9-23).
Brian Green played one season in the NBL. He averaged 18.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3 assists in 17 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | 29 | New Zealand | 9-23 (10) | 17 | 575.0 | 322 | 73 | 51 | 22 | 51 | 26 | 9 | 58 | 72 | 118 | 305 | 39% | 50 | 143 | 35% | 36 | 68 | 53% | 48% | 47% | 34 | Totals | 17 | 575 | 322 | 73 | 51 | 22 | 51 | 26 | 9 | 58 | 72 | 118 | 305 | 38.7% | 50 | 143 | 35.0% | 36 | 68 | 52.9% | 48% | 47% | 34 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | 29 | New Zealand | 9-23 (10) | 17 | 33.8 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 39% | 2.9 | 8.4 | 35% | 2.1 | 4.0 | 53% | 48% | 47% | 34 | Total | 17 | 33.8 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 38.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.0% | 2.9 | 8.4 | 52.9% | 48% | 47% | 34 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 34 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Spain - C.B. Valls Fèlix Hotel (2003–2004)
Green joined C.B. Valls Fèlix Hotel for the 2003–04 Spanish LEB Plata season, playing his first verified professional season in Spain.
During the 2003–04 campaign with C.B. Valls, Green registered one of the league’s notable single-game scoring outputs by hitting 40 points in a game during the 2003 season window credited to Valls in the LEB Plata record listings.
COLLEGE
Green played college basketball at Nevada during the 1992–93 season and competed with the Wolf Pack from 1992 to 1996, concluding his collegiate career prior to graduating before 2005.
In the 1992–93 season, Nevada competed as a member of the Big West Conference under head coach Pat Foster, and Green appeared as a freshman in conference and non-conference play during the Wolf Pack’s Division I schedule.
During the 1993–94 season, Nevada continued Big West competition, with Green contributing as part of the Wolf Pack rotation across regular-season play and conference matchups, participating in games against league opponents including New Mexico State, Pacific, and UC Santa Barbara.
In 1994–95, Green remained on the Nevada roster as the Wolf Pack posted a winning season and advanced through Big West Conference play, appearing in multiple regular-season contests and contributing in minutes off the bench and in starting assignments during the campaign.
In his senior season of 1995–96, Green competed in his fourth year at Nevada, taking part in Big West Conference competition and postseason eligibility play.
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