Former Hampton University Devin Green signs with Miami Heat

MIAMI – The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed free agent guard Devin Green. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Green spent the 2006-07 with three different teams. He played in eight preseason games (two starts) for the Los Angeles Lakers, averaging 4.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.10 steals in 12.8 minutes per game. He was waived by the Lakers on October 30, 2006, and played in 14 games (14 starts) for the L.A. D-Fenders of the NBA Development League. There, he averaged 19.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.50 steals in 38.4 minutes per game.

Halfway through the 2006-07 season, he left for the German team RheinEnergie Köln, where he helped the team win the German National Cup and guided them to the German national championship semi-finals.

During the 2005-06 season, Green played in 27 games for the L.A. Lakers, totaling 25 points, 24 rebounds and 135 minutes.

The 6’7”, 210-pound guard out of Hampton University also played for the Lakers 2006 Summer-Pro League team, where he averaged 14.4 points per game while also handing out 2.0 assists.