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Green Enjoying Solid Season With San Antonio
North Babylon hoops star finds a home with the Spurs.

Former North Babylon basketball star Danny Green is enjoying a solid season with the NBAβs San Antonio Spurs, and scored 14 points in Sundayβs 111-86 win over the Nets in Brooklyn.
Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich said Greenβs success this season stems largely from a βmental transformationβ the player has made.
βHe always had a little bit of trouble focusing, being intense enough,β Popovich told Newsday. βHe needed to approach it like he wanted to beat somebody out, that he wanted to get a job.β
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The San Antonio head coach said the last time he cut Green he explained the reasons why and the areas Green had to work on to improve his game. Popovich also enlisted the help of Greenβs college coach, North Carolinaβs Roy Williams, to help get through to the player.
βI got coach Williams to help me double-team him and we smacked him around a little bit,β Popovich said. βWhen he came to camp this year, he was hell-bent for leather. He came to kick butt and he did it and he's had a great year. I'm really happy for him."
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This season, Green has played in 50 games and is averaging 10.2 points per game. He is also leading the Spurs with 112 three-point field goals made.
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