With Farmar Out, Nets Will Sign Orien Greene to 10-Day Contract
by NetsDaily on Jan 31, 2011 6:27 PM EST
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PrintJonathan Givony of DraftExpress tweets that the Nets are signing point guard Orien Greene to a 10-day contract. The 28 year old averaged 18.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.0 steals in 24 games with the Utah Flash this season. He was originally drafted by the Celtics in the second round out of Louisiana Lafayette in 2005 and last played in the NBA three seasons ago. In an article six weeks ago, ESPN's Henry Abbott profiled Greene, his fall from grace and hope for a return. Greene brings the Nets roster to a league maximum 15.
Before the Nuggets game, the Nets announced Jordan Farmar will be out for two games. Ben Uzoh will likely get the back-up point guard minutes on Monday against the Nuggets. Greene is expected to join the team by Wednesday's game with the 76ers.
- NBA Development League: Orien Greene Playerfile
- Orien Greene Info Page - NBA.com
- Greene gets another shot with Nets - Joshua Parrott - Lafayette Daily Advertiser
- Harris will play vs. Nuggets; Jordan Farmar will not - Colin Stephenson - Nets Blast
- Nets Up for Carmelo and the Nuggets - Al Iannazzone - In the 'Zzone
- Nets insist Carmelo not on mind with Nuggets in town - New York Post Nets Blog
- Source: Orien Greene Signs 10-Day Contract With Nets - Scott Schroeder - FanHouse
- Nets call up Orien Greene from D-League - Kurt Helin - NBC Sports
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Why a SG? Might as well signed Joe Alexander.
NoMelo Era Record: 4-3
by Andy. on Jan 31, 2011 12:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
A PG for the injured Farmar. I get it.
NoMelo Era Record: 4-3
by Andy. on Jan 31, 2011 12:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
How about a SF for the physically challenged Travis Outlaw?
Joe Alexander.
you shouldn't be negative and nasty
we clearly need help and its not like we’re just going to pick up an all-star off waivers in january. this guy is playing great in the d-league, and is a quality defense guard from what i’m reading. lets welcome orien and hope he contributes positively. calling him a bum instantly is introducing a negative element to our fan base that i hope does not persist.
by berber on Jan 31, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah look at
C.J. Watson and Will Bynum, Ime Udoka, Matt Barnes, Kelenna Azubuike, Jamario Moon, Sundiata Gaines. You never know who you’re going to get.
Rec'd so hard
there’s too much of this ish from people.
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
Relevance?
this is unnecessary and just an attempt to discredit other people’s opinion, it’s pathetic.
Just because he was signed by my team?
Pom-pom waving at its best. You want to be like that, great, but let me call it like I see it.
Because you definitively know who can succeed or not in the nba?
by muwu on Jan 31, 2011 7:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'm entitled to my opinion
Dude’s 28 and trash when he was in the NBA, yeah I should be excited about it, you people want to wave the pompoms because we signed this bum great, let other feel other way, cut the crap already.
Lmao at
how you keep responding to yourself. Seems like you have RL issues you should be taking care of.
Anyway, relax buddy. Stop watching the games if they stress you out too much.
Was he injured for the past couple of weeks?
That is, is he the same person King was thinking about over 2 weeks ago?
I get that farmar is hurt but
I think the nets should get a big time scorer from the d league like the warriors did when they got reggie Williams
No confidence in Uzoh
Official Member of the "DO NOT ABUSE BROOK LOPEZ" Movement
Uzoh just wasn't/isn't going to cut it
Dear Mr. Prokhorov: While I blame you for letting the Melo trade process get to a point where it was ruining your current basketball team, I commend you for at least having enough sense to stop the bleeding. Now, hopefully you've learned from this experience and won't repeat the same mistake(s) in the future.
or they just want to make sure they have a 3rd option?
I don’t think this is something we need to read hella far into.
I feel bad for my little brother. He walked in and saw that the score of the Nugs-Magic game was 88-89 and thought it was high scoring.
All he knows is the Nets.
by Maxyboy on Dec 14 2010
Rex Ryan lobby for championship toe ring.
Having an open mind about greene isn't pompom waving
It’s having an open mind. Please mr expert, give us the definitive list of guys outside the nba who can succeed in it. Because there’s always a couple
by muwu on Jan 31, 2011 7:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
yes, it is
28 yr old, and he’s already shown he’s trash in the NBA, you can be all the open minded you want for all I care, Mr Expert, I just don’t get why it should bother people that I think the guy’s a bum, LOL!
You can believe if you want to, Mr Mulder!
Just curious as to how Draft Express of all places got this scoop.
How does that happen?
Dear Mr. Prokhorov: While I blame you for letting the Melo trade process get to a point where it was ruining your current basketball team, I commend you for at least having enough sense to stop the bleeding. Now, hopefully you've learned from this experience and won't repeat the same mistake(s) in the future.
Draft Express just interviewed him on Jan. 11th
Its very possible he stayed in contact with Orien to see how he’s doing and he let him know first that the Nets signed him. Check out the interview below
by Henry Sanchez on Jan 31, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
There's this guy I heard about
Sean Williams or something? I heard he can block shots and he knows where to find really good weed and where to find the best computer monitors to throw at Radio Shack. Maybe we should give him a shot? He sounds good.
hes doing great
15 ppg, 10 board, 3.3 block, 55% shooting
http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/sean_williams/
oh man
Looks like it’s finally time for me to buy some tickets to the NBA Finals.
by ToddMacCulloch11 on Jan 31, 2011 1:15 PM EST reply actions
10 secs of highlights
from :23 to :33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPDmBkpRo8w
cool
looks like he can shoot, which is one of Farmar’s strengths
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
sun belt conference
Defensive player of the year in college…gotta like that..
by orecchio14 on Jan 31, 2011 1:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yeah, him and this other dude, Marcus Williams I think?
They had awesome chemistry. It was like every time Marcus had the ball in his hands Sean wanted it, and he found him! Awesome duo, for sure.
nice!
is he playing tonight?
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
Might be more I saw Chris Webber on Sixers hopefully he has something left athletically
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
I saw that.
I don’t see why that’s a big deal.
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
Murphy not being traded yet is a "good" thing.
I told everyone after Proky’s press conference that all people needed to do is watch Murphy to learn about another Melo deal.
Just don't Boo him tonight. As long as the place is Full and LOUD, he will be surprised that there are more than 30 Nets fans.
Everything that Melo has read on the Internet says there are only 30 fans.
Would have rather gone after
a shooting guard or SF, not sure how Green is going to help us.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Potential Upgrade from Stephen Graham?
The guy’s numbers are pretty sick. And from what I can gather from the Henry Abbott piece, he’s basically been out of the league because he’s kind of a knucklehead, not because of a lack of talent. Seems like a low risk/potentially high reward type of situation. Best case scenario, he provides the same kind of defense that Graham does (or better), and can actually score, and he’s cleaned his life up, realizing that this is his last chance. If it doesn’t pan out — probably not a huge loss.
I’m kind of excited.
lol don't get to excited I watched him with the Kings and Celtics before he's only 6'4 not sure he will take GrahamVP's minutes unfortunately
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
So he's point guard?
I couldn’t quite tell — though he’s averaging five assists (and five rebounds) so I guess that would make sense. Seems like he is built like a tank, athletic, and has a good handle. Does this mean that Uzoh is done?
Yeah a point guard, and yeah is pretty built reminds me of this guy used to play for bulls Randy Brown
Al is saying Uzoh has to show something today.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Physically looks like him big shoulders
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
"been outta the league because he's kind of a knucklehead"
Wait, we just went out of our way to sign a knucklehead?? Is it possible to trade a 10 day contract to the Rockets because he “wasn’t in our plans”?
Official member of the *NetsDaily Has Too Many Movements* Movement.
by JohnFromLongIsland on Jan 31, 2011 1:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'd be surprised if he actually plays.
I think this is more just about having some depth at PG since Farmar is out. Maybe he’ll get some of Uzoh’s minutes, but I’m not expecting much.
by ToddMacCulloch11 on Jan 31, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
A 28 year old back up point guard...
We’re not even gonna pretend like there’s a problem at SF, are we?
Official member of the *NetsDaily Has Too Many Movements* Movement.
by JohnFromLongIsland on Jan 31, 2011 1:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Seriously or SG someone 6'6 or something that can defend and hit a jumper
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Dude is shooting 48% from behind the arc
Says he’s almost 6’ 5"" We should give him a chance, no?
is anyone from the d-league really likely to be an upgrade over our current sf options?
I feel bad for my little brother. He walked in and saw that the score of the Nugs-Magic game was 88-89 and thought it was high scoring.
All he knows is the Nets.
by Maxyboy on Dec 14 2010
Rex Ryan lobby for championship toe ring.
Unfortunately YES also SG with Graham and Ross
Especially defensively, for the time being they are going to play hungry at a chance in the NBA, for some reason Golden State finds these Reggie Williams types that we don’t see.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Who's having success in d-league
because he is playing more like a stretch 4, which fits his strengths.
We don't have anybody to back-up Harris. Uzoh is not cutting it.
"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'"
Official Member of the "DO NOT TRADE DERRICK FAVORS" Movement
by jasperjarrod on Jan 31, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
What problem? Outlaws don't play by the rulez.
The Token Black-Jew
by NBRITM on Jan 31, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Whats going on there!?
Did he miss everything on that attempt? How does that even happen? How have a not seen this before? So many questions!
he gets up for that dunk
but i guess he just lost the handle. still you don’t see that every day. experience nets basketball
im actually dead now
i’ve diedfrom lulz
I feel bad for my little brother. He walked in and saw that the score of the Nugs-Magic game was 88-89 and thought it was high scoring.
All he knows is the Nets.
by Maxyboy on Dec 14 2010
Rex Ryan lobby for championship toe ring.
A PG whos not even in the top 50 in the d-league for assist:turnover ratio? I understand he’s a good defender, but still, don’t think this is the right fit. Why not Scottie Reynolds?
Makes no sense
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
maybe they didn't want to sign?
I don’t know how much more they’d be expected to make on a 10 day contract than what they make in the d-league but if someone’s playing every day and performing in the d-league would they really want to come here or 10 days to be the 3rd pg?
I feel bad for my little brother. He walked in and saw that the score of the Nugs-Magic game was 88-89 and thought it was high scoring.
All he knows is the Nets.
by Maxyboy on Dec 14 2010
Rex Ryan lobby for championship toe ring.
With Uzoh as our current backup PG, there would be plenty of chance for a Reynolds to get some play time. Not sure if I’ve ever heard of a d-leaguer declining to sign in the NBA, with few exceptions of players who wanted to just stay home, the main reason guys go to the d-league rather than play overseas is in hopes of getting to the NBA as far as I’m aware.
Reynolds is more of a combo-guard
This guy is a legit PG. He’s built like a tank and is a superb athlete. Tough defender and good court vision. Only real weaknesses are his outside shot and his love for the bong.
Official Member of the "GET THIS OVER WITH ALREADY" Movement ... and we succeeded!!
well as long as i think he keeps himself in check with the weed
He’ll be fine. I’m sure he’ll be able to contribute right away. This team needs a playmaker. I’m not saying that this guy will be our version of cp3 butit’s a start.With devin harris as our starting pg, we’re going to need depth at that position. I would also like the nets to pick up a decent sf that can contribute right away. This team doesn’t need to find potential. We can pick up potential at the draft. Let’s hope the nets find a diamond in the rough.
by bakedtwinkie on Jan 31, 2011 4:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is an irrelevent move
Best of luck to the kid though. Wish him well.
Nets 2011- looking forward to the lottery- again
Irrelevant....
If u r depending on guys like Stephen Graham and Orien Greene to be part of your rotation- your team is irrelevant because they wont be very good.
Nets 2011- looking forward to the lottery- again
Our management is soooo clueless...
a 28 year old pg who can’t shoot, turns the ball over too much, but he plays supposedly decent defense…dont we already have stephen graham? Why not take a flyer on somebody with some potential? who gives a crap about what position they might play?…Theres plenty of other players they could have taken, SMMFH.
It's only 10 days
but this makes me believe Farmar may be out for the week.
by Rodney Buford on Jan 31, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
FYI he’s shooting 48% from three and 52% from the field
by smp369 on Jan 31, 2011 3:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
my bad
I was following the ESPN article they wrote about Greene back in December, over the first two months of the season he was shooting 48% from three and 52% from the field…numbers have dipped but still not that bad at all (46% from the field, 37% from three)
OMG ... I remember him
He’s actually not bad. I was always wondering what had happened to him. During his days with the Celtics, he’s shown flashes of being a pretty good player. He’s a tough defender and has decent court vision.
Official Member of the "GET THIS OVER WITH ALREADY" Movement ... and we succeeded!!
I watched him a few times
when he was with the Celtics. He is very strong, very long but so what, he’s a 10-day.
when was the Nets last 10-day?
I was hoping we’d pick up Sasha Pavlovic for the remainder of the season, he could easily start over Outlaw…congrats to Orien Greene
by smp369 on Jan 31, 2011 3:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I’m still bitter at Pavlovic for a couple of dirty plays against RJ and Mikki Moore last time we were in the playoffs vs. Cleveland. Dont know if anyone else remembers that
all i know is that that 2007 clevlenad squad he was part of had the lowest scoring backcourt in the league(30th)
and when he went to phoenix in the ben wallace trade there’s a reason he ended up unsigned. he had the worst +/- out of every nba player the year he spent in phoenix. he’s not good and should be a dnp-cd unless half the team gets hurt(like dallas sorta is right now). peja is about to take up all his minutes and once beaubois comes back we wont see him anymore especially if butler can come back for the playoffs
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 1, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Does anyone know if he is coming off of an injury?
That is, is he the same D-Leaguer that King had in mind 2 weeks ago?
If not, then we could be seeing someone else brought up in another 10 days, unless Uzoh doesn’t look better.
Orien Greene, SF, Utah Flash...just the facts
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/01/05/on-10-day-contract-opening-day-d-league-call-up-candidates/
"That's life...I tell ya, I can't deny it
I thought of quitting baby...But my heart just ain't gonna buy it"
In that article, it mentioned SF PAtrick Ewing Jr.
I’m a Hoya, so a bit biased, but Patrick brings energy, defense, and athleticism. Great Spark.
If Outlaw weren’t having such an All Star year, I’d say to bring up Patrick Jr.
In the afore mentioned article, they list Greene as a small forward. He played point forward in the D-League, maybe he can play SF with the Nets ?
Let’s wait and see he might surpise you. Most of these guys are eager to prove themselves.
You only get so many times at the “brass ring”!
"That's life...I tell ya, I can't deny it
I thought of quitting baby...But my heart just ain't gonna buy it"
Problem is he's only 6'4 can't play SF
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Meaning he's not here to play SF
Might as wel brought back Hassan Adams, but he’s here for the point position.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
oh ok yeah this is a mess tho
Frustrating lol
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Everything
I just hope we put together a solid performance tonight, in front of National TV. Can’t wait until one of our assets becomes a product on the court that can drop 20 and play good defense.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Avery thought T-will was to small to play SF he's not playing him there
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
I just now went to Draft express
and it says he’s Keyon Dooling Miami Version, and I was just making an assumption.
Looks like Greene could make up for some of the lost athleticism after losing TWill. (only thing holding him back is at times he is a little out of control)
However, article says Joe Alexander is more of a PF (definitely someone who can come off the bench in the NBA).
Alexander would be perfect, after Nuggets trade Melo to Nets for Favors in 2 weeks.
Not good enough to make a D-League team?
Sign them to a 5 year 35 million dollar contract!
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
Orien Greene
can atleast dunk, Morrow, Vujacic, Outlaw and Graham have like 1 dunk combined (I would like the actual stats). Devin Harris is averaging like 10 assits his last like 7 games and doesn’t even have a guy to throw an alley-oop to or play off of like when Vince Carter was here.
*If this guy Orien Greene starts it will be the best backcourt since Harris-Carter and if you disagree watch some basketball. And don’t say Morrow or Lee because …
Orien Greene is Keyon Dooling.
lol are you joking about Green being Keyon Dooling?
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
I thought I was kidding
went on draftexpress and what do you know-it says he’s Keyon Dooling Miami version. I was just trying to find a guy he reminded me of looking at his qualities, that has played for the Nets, couldn’t find anyone this year who he reminds me of and went back to last year and thought Keyon was similar to him.
I hope he brings it
All I want is him to keep players out of the lane and hit a open jumper.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
If he can be Keyon Dooling
that’s a good thing.
Lineup of today presented by Gieco-15 minutes can save you 15% or more on Car insurence.
Lopez/Petro
Favors/Hump
Outlaw/Vujacic
Greene/Morrow
Harris/Uzoh
This is a lottery lineup
with little hope for the future….
Nets 2011- looking forward to the lottery- again
I hope this lineup never sees the light of day
Green, Ross,Graham,Outlol,Petro
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
they should cut graham
and sign whoever the d-league leading scorer is. sorry for graham but he’s not good and shouldnt even get minutes with the cavs
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Jan 31, 2011 4:53 PM EST reply actions
As bad as Graham is, he gets way too much hate on this website. He’s had his moments. For example, he was a key to the first Memphis game pretty much shutting Rudy G down.
He commits so many stupid fouls.
He was also a key to that triple overtime loss to the Thunder… fouling Jeff Green while he was shooting a 3.
his team was in Utah this morning
so maybe he is having a hard time getting here…no sense in having the 10-day start til he gets here.
So...what's this guy's nickname?
Only real weaknesses are his outside shot and his love for the bong.
Orien Greene Leaf?
Dear Mr. Prokhorov: While I blame you for letting the Melo trade process get to a point where it was ruining your current basketball team, I commend you for at least having enough sense to stop the bleeding. Now, hopefully you've learned from this experience and won't repeat the same mistake(s) in the future.
the Stickly Icky
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
Ok here is the plan people
Anytime Greene makes a shot, we have to turn a post Green in honor of it.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
He will probably wear "0"
wore it in college, the pro’s and the D League.
Not good. Jeff McGinnis was the last Net to wear “0” as I recall.
I think this guy may be 10 days and done.
He apparently isn’t the player that King was after 2 weeks ago.
It may depend on whether they feel that Uzoh is a keeper.
Don’t forget, even if there isn’t a trade for Melo, King did promise some trade activity.
Uzoh could be traded, since other teams like a cheap contract.
Naturally Murphy would be part of any trade, but I highly doubt it would occur in the next 10 days.
I assume you mean keep Uzoh, not Murphy. If they keep Murphy, then something didn't develop.
Uzoh is only 22 so he should have upside. They mentioned D-League before.
Still everything hinges on what trade activity occurs in next 3 weeks.
How's this for a Pan C?
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4hqxh7y
Nets send send GS first back to GS
GS sends Memphis a 2nd round pick
Indiana sends 2nd rounder to the Nets
Nets send Memphis Lakers 1st round pick in this years draft
Hate on this trade all you want but think about this and consider these is the type of trades that are Billy King’s Specialty
This is crazy
Over 200 posts about Orien Greene. LOL.
"We all have to decide for ourself how much sin we can live with"
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