Demond Greene

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Demond Greene
Brose Baskets
2009–2010Olympia Larissa
2010–2014Bayern Munich
As coach:
2018–2020Bayern Munich II
2020–presentBayern Munich (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player
As Coach
  • German Cup
    winner (2021)
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  Germany
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2005 Serbia and Montenegro
National Team

Demond Greene (born 15 June 1979) is a German–American professional

Olympics
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Early life

Greene was born in

Fort Hood, Texas, to an American father and German mother. The family later moved to Aschaffenburg in Germany where he grew up.[1]

Professional career

Greene played with the number 24 for

Brose Baskets from Bamberg and one year for Alba Berlin. During his time at Bayer Giants Leverkusen (2002–2005), he became one of the best German shooters. From 1997 to 2002 Greene played with DJK Würzburg, where he was a teammate of 13-time NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki.[2]

National team career

Greene was a member of the senior

FIBA World Cups of 2006 and 2010. He also played at the Summer Olympic Games in 2008.[3]

In all competitions, he averaged 7.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08
Bamberg
11 11 27.0 .476 .393 1.000 1.5 1.4 1.2 .0 9.2 6.1
Career 11 11 27.0 .476 .393 1.000 1.5 1.4 1.2 .0 9.2 6.1

Coaching career

Until 2018, he served as coach in the Bayern Munich youth set-up, from 2018 to 2020 he was the head coach of Bayern's reserve team and was named an assistant coach of the Bayern Bundesliga squad in 2020.[4]

Personal life

Greene's father is African American, and his mother is German.

References

  1. ^ a b Andreas Burkert (19 May 2010). "Diesel Demond". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ Ingo Schmidt-Tychsen (23 October 2005). "Weitspringer unter dem Korb Albas Demond Greene kam spät zum Basketball". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Demond Greene". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Greene, Vertemati und Lindner neu in Trinchieris Trainerteam". FC Bayern Basketball.

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