AC Green

A. C. Green
Player information
Full name	A. C. Green junior
Nickname	"Iron Man"
birthday	4th October 1963
place of birth	Portland, Oregon , United States
size	206 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	Power forward
High school	Benson Polytechnic (Portland, Oregon)
college	Oregon State
NBA draft	1985, 23rd Pick, Los Angeles Lakers
Jersey number	45
Clubs as active
1985–1993 Los Angeles Lakers 1993–1996 Phoenix Suns 1996–1999 Dallas Mavericks 1999–2000 Los Angeles Lakers 2000–2001 Miami Heat
1 As of July 16, 2013

A. C. Green junior (born October 4, 1963 in Portland , Oregon ) is a retired American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers , Phoenix Suns , Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat in the NBA . The 2.06 meter green played the position of power forward and occasionally center and was a member of the Lakers teams that became NBA champions in 1987, 1988 and 2000. Green is the absolute record holder in this category with 1,192 NBA games played continuously. He was also known for his celibate lifestyle.

Career

In the 1985 NBA draft, the reigning NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers Green drew 23rd pick. Green established himself at the Lakers as a supplement who plays as a defensive and rebound specialist do the dirty work for the stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Magic Johnson and James Worthy completed and despite his massive physique was fast enough to the famous Lakers- Fastbreak mitzulaufen under Johnson. Green became NBA champions with the Lakers in 1987 and 1988, scored 12 points and 9 rebounds in 30 minutes of playing time per game, gradually became a regular player and played there until 1993.

In the 1993/94 season Green was transferred to the Phoenix Suns under superstar Charles Barkley and was his water carrier there. Green made it to the NBA Finals, failed at the Chicago Bulls around Michael Jordan . Green played in Phoenix until 1996, when he was transferred to the Dallas Mavericks mid-season. There he was later a teammate of the young Dirk Nowitzki . In the fall of his career, Green played again with the Lakers in 1999/00 and was there at the age of 36 as a reserve player for the third time NBA champions. In the following season he was transferred to the Miami Heat and ended his sports career.

NBA record

Green played 1192 consecutive NBA games in his career, making him an absolute record holder. This also included a period with the Suns when he broke his nose and continued to play with a face mask. Therefore Green was respectfully called "Iron Man".

Private life

A. C. Green (his full name) was known throughout his career for his very religious lifestyle. He refused to have sex before marriage and openly professed his virginity . This earned him some ridicule but also sincere respect in the macho NBA. It is said that his Lakers teammates once bet for a season which woman would seduce Green on the many away trips, and the pot grew to over $ 600. Once, according to Lakers team-mate Michael Cooper , a Laker sent "the most beautiful woman in the world" to Green's hotel room and they really thought "they were going to get him." The next morning, however, Green was reciting Bible verses, and the colleagues knew their mission had failed. Green married his wife Veronique in 2002, now runs basketball camps and continues to preach the Christian lifestyle and sexual abstinence as a way to a better life.

After all, Green was known for his lifelong struggle with chronic hiccups . His seizures were so bad that he could only sleep two hours a night for his entire career. Connoisseurs therefore claim that Green's real triumph was to have been so successful despite the constant insomnia. A few years ago he was finally healed and lives with no problems.

Web links

• official homepage
• AC Green - player profile on basketball-reference.com (English)
• Green on nba.com
• Article on Green's virginity
• Article on Greens Hiccups
• Short biography