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The Miami Heat signed Gerald Green on July 9 to provide depth at shooting guard and small forward. Green is unique as he has a partially amputated finger on his right hand. Talking about the injury is something he really doesn't like to discuss, although his feelings have changed a bit as he gets older. From Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
- "For years, it was a subject too personal, too hurtful for the athletic 6-foot-8 swingman to discuss, of how, when attempting to dunk as a sixth-grader while wearing his mother's class ring, he caught the ring finger of his right hand on a nail in a makeshift rim in a doorway.