Draymond Green is an American

United States

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 college basketball

College basketball

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 player at Michigan State University

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represents Michigan State University and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The team currently plays at the Breslin Student Events Center...

. He plays the forward position.

High School

In high school, Green led the Saginaw Trojans to two state championships. During his high school career, he averaged 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 2 blocked shots a game. His senior season, his high school team recorded a 27-1 record and was ranked number 4 in the USA Today

USA Today

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 national high school rankings. Coming out of high school, he was recruited by the Michigan

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Wolverines play home basketball games at the...

, Kentucky

Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

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, Michigan State

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represents Michigan State University and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The team currently plays at the Breslin Student Events Center...

, and Indiana

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

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College

Originally committed to the Kentucky, Green eventually decided to play for Tom Izzo

Tom Izzo

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 and the Spartans. His freshman year, he spent most of his time on the bench for the Spartans averaging 3.3 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game. During his sophomore

Sophomore

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 year, he would win the Big Ten sixth man

Sixth man

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 of the year award averaging 9.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. During his Junior year at MSU, Green averaged 12.6 points per game and 8.6 rebounds per game. On February 10th, Green became the third Michigan State player to record a triple-double to only Charlie Bell

Charlie Bell (basketball)

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 and Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson

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. In the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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 he recorded his second triple-double of the season and the seventh in NCAA tournament history in the loss against UCLA

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

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