When he was 11, Green was playing in his Houston home, where he had put up a makeshift hoop over a doorway. While wearing his mother's class ring, he caught the ring on a nail that was holding up the basket. "I was trying to see how high I could jump,'' he said.
Almost a decade later, Green's father, Gerald Sr., still cringes when talking about the accident. "They couldn't re-attach it,'' the elder Green said. "So they had to shave off part of his finger. I had nightmares about it.''
2007. ALL STAR SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS..
2007 3-PT. SHOOT OUT & SKILLS CHALLENGE RECAP: Facing defending champion Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas and Washington scoring machine Gilbert Arenas in the finals, Kapono made 19-of-25 shots, including all five "money" balls - the final ball in each of the five racks worth two points each. He came up one point shy of Craig Hodges' record set in the opening round in 1986.