As a first-time NBA champion following the Nuggets’ NBA Finals victory, Jeff Green deservedly spent Thursday living it up during the team’s championship parade.
But, even amid all the excitement, the former first-round pick made sure to shout out the team and city where it all began 16 years ago.
The 36-year-old Green paid homage to his first NBA home, Seattle, by wearing a hat adorned with a logo of the now-defunct Supersonics, who have been the Thunder since 2008. The franchise acquired the then-21-year-old former Georgetown standout in a famous draft-day trade with the Celtics in 2007, a year before the Sonics relocated to Oklahoma City.
