Javonte Green

About

Javonte Green (born July 23, 1993) is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Radford Highlanders.
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Green played five years overseas before making his NBA debut in 2019 with the Boston Celtics with whom he played for 1 1/2 seasons before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls in 2021. After nearly 3 seasons with the Bulls, Green played in the NBA G League for the Santa Cruz Warriors before returning to Chicago late in the 2023–24 season. The next season, Green played for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Green was born and grew up in Petersburg, Virginia, until he was 12 years old, when he moved in to live with his aunt in Alberta, Virginia. He attended Brunswick High School in nearby Lawrenceville, where he played basketball for former Virginia and NBA shooting guard Bryant Stith. As a senior, Green averaged 18.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 3.1 steals per game and led the Bulldogs to the VHSL Group AA Division 3 state title. He was named first team All-State and the Virginia…