GREEN
Joshua

• 1. Professional career
• 1.1. Dallas Mavericks (2020–present)

Joshua Benjamin Green is an Australian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.

Green was part of the Australian basketball team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Professional career

Dallas Mavericks (2020–present)

Green was selected with the 18th pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks. He signed his rookie scale contract with the Mavericks 30 November 2020. Green made his NBA debut on 23 December, scoring two points in a 106–102 loss to the Phoenix Suns. On 18 February 2021, Green received his first NBA G League assignment, to the Salt Lake City Stars. The Mavericks qualified for the postseason, but were eliminated in the first round by the Los Angeles Clippers. Green played four total minutes during the seven-game series.

On 19 October 2021, Mavericks picked up Green's option for another year until the 2022–23 season. On 27 December, after a stint in health and safety protocols, Green had a career-high 10 assists in a 132–117 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. On 7 January 2022, Green scored a season-high 17 points in a 130–106 win over the Houston Rockets. Two days later, he surpassed his season high by scoring 18 points in a 113–99 win over the Chicago Bulls. On 21 April 2022, during the Mavericks' first round playoff series against the Utah Jazz, Green recorded 12 points, three rebounds, six assists and two steals in a 126–118 game 3 win. The Mavericks won their first playoff series and reached the Western Conference Finals, both for the first time since 2011. However, they fell to the eventual champions, the Golden State Warriors, in five games.

On 20 November 2022, Green scored 23 points, alongside two rebounds, in a 98–97 loss to the Denver Nuggets. On 9 December, during a 106–105 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, he suffered an elbow injury. He missed twenty straight games before returning to the lineup on 18 January 2023, scoring nine points in a 130–122 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. On 6 February 2023, Green scored a career-high 29 points in a 124–111 win over the Utah Jazz.