A 6'10" center from Higgins High School in McComb, Mississippi, Green attended Louisiana Tech University, playing for Coach Scotty Robertson.

[5] Green played three seasons (1973–1976) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Denver Rockets / Nuggets (1973–1975) and Virginia Squires (1975–1976).

From 1976 to 1980, Green played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics (1976–1977), San Antonio Spurs (1977–1979), and Kansas City Kings (1979–1980).

He was injured in a freak parking lot accident as a car salesman in Denver that led to vertebral surgery.

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