Table of Biography
Danny Green is a popular basketball player who hails from North Babylon, New York, USA. Danny Green has signed a contract together with the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team. Also, he has played from the side of the University of North Carolina collegiate basketball.
Early Life
The full name of Danny Green is Danny Richard Green. His birthdate is on 22nd June 1987 and his birthplace is North Babylon, New York, USA. As of 2024, his age is thirty-six years old and his sun sign is Gemini. Likewise, Green is an American native and is of Caucasian ethnicity. He was born in a Christian family and also has been following the Christian religion.
The name of his father is Danny Green Sr. and his mother’s name is Rene’ Darell. Green also has two brothers, Devonte Green and Rashid Green and both of them also are basketball players. As for the footballer’s educational background, he went to St. Mary’s High School. Later, he attended North Babylon High School and then to the University of North Carolina.
Caption: Danny Green with his mother when he was young (Source: Instagram)
Danny Green – Career and Professional Life
Danny Green began his professional football career first playing from the side of St. Mary’s High School. The basketball player then was recognized as a 4-star recruit. In 2005, he was on the list of the No. eight shooting guards and also in the list of No. thirty-one players in the country. Green then got into the University of North Carolina and improved his scores in every season of the following 2 seasons. After that, he was chosen to become a part of the ACC’s All-Defensive Team and even became the team’s captain.
Starting his professional career, he first played together with the Cleveland Cavaliers in twenty games in a newbie year. Cleveland Cavaliers chose him as the forty-sixth overall pick of the NBA draft of the year 2009. The team even waived Green at the start of the following season. He then was chosen by the San Antonio Spurs waived him on November 17, 2010, after 6 days of appearing in 2 games.
In January 2010, Rena Bighorns of the NBA D-League found him and played sixteen games against the Bighorns. The Spurs then chose him once again in March 2011. On 2nd April, Green got an assignment to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League and again recalled him on 3rd April. However, Green turned out to be the beginning shooting guard of the Spurs after Manu Ginobili got back to become the 6th person in the rotation. He completed 9th in the league while voting for the NBA Most Improved Player Award.
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On July 11, 2012, he again made a deal together with the Spurs for $12 million within 3 years. Green together with the Spurs of the 2012 season helped to win against New Orleans which was his 1st game. On November 1, 2012, he became the winner against the Thunder and helped the Spurs to win over the Utah Jazz on November 3. On November 13, he won the game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Likewise, on February 6, 2013, he won against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
However, the Spurs were defeated in the series in 7 games. On April 11, 2014, Green won against the Phoenix Suns. He won the NBA championship for the first time after winning against the Miami Heat four games to one in the 2014 NBA Finals on June 15, 2014. On July 14, 2015, he again made another deal together with the Spurs for 4 years worth $45 million. The athlete turned out to be the 127th player in league history to get a hundred career three-pointers on December 28, 2017.
On November 10, 2018, he was given to the Toronto Raptors. Then, Green promoted the Raptors to get into the 2019 NBA Finals and even got the 2nd NBA championship. On July 6, 2019, the Lakers made a deal of 2 years worth $30 million and played for the Lakers on October 22, 2019. Moreover, he together with his friend and sports broadcaster, Harrison Sanford formed a podcast, “Inside the Green Room” in the year 2018.
Caption: Danny Green playing basketball (Source: Instagram)
Danny Green – Net Worth 2024
Danny Green has been earning a great amount of fortune from his professional career being a football player. The football player has a net worth of around $25 million as of 2020. He signed a contract of 2 years with the Lakers which is worth $30 million on 6th July 2019. This makes it clear that their salary must be $15 million and the other $30 million is guaranteed.
From the year 2019 to 2020, he earned a base salary of $14,634,146 when having a cap hit of $14,634,146 and also a dead cap worth $14, 634,146. Moreover, he owns a mansion worth $1.9 million which is in Suffolk Country, on Long Island, New York. This makes it clear that the football player has been living a luxurious and peaceful life together with his family.
Relationship Status
Danny Green is an unmarried personality but has been in a romantic relationship with a beautiful and kind girl for a long time. The couple often shares their together images on their social media accounts which shows their love. Luckily, he and his girlfriend, Blair Bashen did their engagement in the year 2020.
Moreover, Green and Blaire started dating each other in the year 2015. The couple even has two pet dogs and their names are Gizmo and Buke. Apart from this, he has never been in any kind of rumors or controversy as well.
Caption: Danny Green together with his girlfriend (Source: Instagram)
Danny Green – Body Measurements
Regarding the athlete’s body measurement, Danny Green has a good height of 6 feet 6 inches or else 194 cm or 1.94 m. He weighs around 98 kg or 215 lbs and the size of his biceps is 15.5 inches. Likewise, he wears a shoe size of 11 (UK) and the size of his chest is 42 inches. The size of his waist is 32 inches and the size of his hips is 36 inches. Moreover, the athlete also loves tattoos and has tattoos on both of his hands. He has a pair of black eyes with black short hair.
Social Media
The athlete is very popular on social media platforms as he has worked very hard to become a professional player. He has an Instagram account with 1.3 million followers. Similarly, Green has a Twitter account with 641.1 thousand followers. He even has a Facebook page with 824 thousand followers. The football player’s social media accounts are all full of his professional career’s related posts.