User:Angela Bernadette/Nathan Anthony Green

Nathan Green attended Idaho State University (ISU) making a major impact in his first year. His team put him in the stating line up and ISU stepped up to win 11-1 and then went on to win the Big Sky Conference Championship. He was selected for the Big Sky ALL Conference team and he was ISU's MVP This brought on an invitation to the Portsmilth Invitational Tournament - NBA Pre-Draft Camp. Utah Jazz took notice of Green and invited him to the Rocky Mountain Review NBA Summer League. He had a successful run which led to an offer to play in te NBA for the Utah Jaza.

Later, Green went on to play with the famous Harlem Globetrotters. He met the challenging schedule heads on andand learned about the importance of motivating others. This skill was then fine tuned in 2002 when he played with the NBA San Antonio Spurs. Following this he played in various countries around the world and competed agaist top international players. In 2006, as one of the first Americans to play in Kuwait, he won npt only the Kuwait title but thepresitchampionship in Kuwait and took home the prestigious GCC Championship.

For the 2007-2008 season Nathan played for the Great Falls Explorers of the CBA where he made the 2008 CBA All-Star team and was coached by former NBA player Scott Wedman. In the same season Nathan was traded to the Oklahoma Calvary where he was a key factor in winning the 2008 CBA championship, coached by former NBA player Michael Ray Richardson. As a result he was asked to workout with the NBAs Atlanta Hawks. He successfully finished an extreme summer workout with them to their satisfaction. He then received a call to go overseas to play with the Vaqueros De Bayamon in the BSN league of Puerto Rico and won the championship in 2009. Most recently he participated in te higly competitive FIBAs Americas League against the top latin and U Nathan Green is All Star player, who understands the game of basketball and how to make the players around him better. His ability to adapt to teams and motivate others to work harder, smarter and together, has been to his longevity in basketball. He is one of the few players to combine Bikram Yoga with basketball training and because of this, he will most likely continue to experience an injury free career. He has the athletic aptitude and energy of a younger player, but the knowledge of the game like an old pro.