Veteran winger Danny Green decides to retire

Longtime NBA winger Danny Green is retiring, tweets ESPN's Shams Charania.

Green will announce his decision on his podcast on Thursday. He is one of four players in NBA history to win championships with three different teams – the Spurs in 2014, the Raptors in 2019 and the Lakers in 2020.

Green had a 15-year career as a 3-and-D player. In his career, he averaged 40% on a whopping 3,946 attempts from distance. Overall, he averaged 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 25.1 minutes. Green appeared in 832 regular season contests, including 709 starts.

He also played in 169 postseason contests and averaged 7.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals in 25.3 minutes.

Green began his career in Cleveland as a second-round pick in 2009. He spent the majority of his career (2010-18) with San Antonio, then had one-year stints during those championship runs with Toronto and the Lakers. Green spent the next two seasons in Philadelphia. He played just 11 games total for Memphis and Cleveland in 2022-23 and two games for the Sixers last season.

He was released by Philadelphia in early November after it was completed James Harden Blockbuster with the Clippers and never found another opportunity as a free agent.