SI.com · Jun 17, 2021
Inside Jeff Green's Long Road to Brooklyn
Before his impressive playoff performance with the Nets, before 10 teams in 13 seasons, before the heart surgery that saved his life, Jeff Green had a decision to make.
Raised in Prince George’s County, MD—a basketball hotbed that served as the childhood home for Kevin Durant, Victor Oladipo and the late Len Bias—Green exited his high school career in the spring of 2004 with a flurry of programs looking to add the 6' 9" star. Green originally committed to Georgetown, then reopened his recruiting process when the Hoyas fired former head coach Craig Esherick. When Green ultimately walked on campus that fall, his arrival came as a surprise.