Danny Green Joins Select Company With NBA Title With Third Franchise

When the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat on Sunday night to win the 2020 NBA championship, former Tar Heel guard Danny Green won an NBA title for a second consecutive year and with his third different franchise, joining select company in doing so.

Green scored 11 points in the clinching Game 6, hitting three three-pointers. For more highlights about Green's accomplishments, please see below.

Notes on Danny Green (L.A. Lakers) and NBA championships

• Green joins LeBron James as the only players in NBA history to start for three different franchises that won NBA championships.

Green: 2014 San Antonio, 2019 Toronto, 2020 Los Angeles Lakers
James: 2012 and 2013 Miami, 2016 Cleveland, 2020 Los Angeles Lakers

• Green and James join Robert Horry and John Salley as the only players in NBA history to win championships with at least three franchises.

Horry: two with Houston, three with Los Angeles Lakers and two with San Antonio
Salley: two with Detroit, one each with Chicago and Los Angeles Lakers

• Green is the sixth Tar Heel to win at least three NBA championships. UCLA and USF (San Francisco) are next on that list with three players with at least three NBA titles.

UNC's six players with at least three NBA championships:
Michael Jordan – 6 with Chicago
Rick Fox – 3 with Los Angeles Lakers
Danny Green – 3
Mitch Kupchak – 3 (one with Washington and two with Los Angeles Lakers)
Scott Williams – 3 with Chicago
James Worthy – 3 with Los Angeles Lakers

• Green is one of 17 Tar Heels to win an NBA championship as a player. Those 17 Tar Heels have combined to win 35 NBA championships (as players). The 35 titles are more than any other school (UCLA is second with 34). The next closest ACC school is Louisville, whose players have combined to win 10 rings.

• Green is the fifth Tar Heel to win an NBA title as a Los Angeles Laker with Fox, Kupchak, Bob McAdoo and Worthy.

• Green is tied for fourth all-time with 59 three-pointers in the NBA Finals.

All-Time Three-Pointers in NBA Finals Games
Steph Curry                       121
LeBron James                    101
Klay Thompson                   86
Danny Green                      59
J.R. Smith                            59
Robert Horry                       56
Ray Allen                             55

• Green is 92nd in NBA Finals history with 233 career points. Green had 11 points in Game 6, the 10th time in his career he scored in double figures in an NBA Finals game. He scored in double figures in three of the Lakers' four wins in the Finals this season (Games 1, 4 and 6).

• Green is one of three Tar Heels to win NCAA and NBA championships with James Worthy and Michael Jordan.

Make it 🏆🏆🏆 for DG 😤

1️⃣ of only 4️⃣ players in NBA history to win a championship with 3️⃣ different teams 🔥

Congratulations @DGreen_14 !!!#CarolinaFamily | #ProHeels pic.twitter.com/jaZs1ae4yg
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) October 12, 2020

𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙋 𝙋𝙀𝘿𝙄𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙀 🏆

3️⃣5️⃣ NBA Titles by former Tar Heels ➡ More than any other college 🔥#CarolinaFamily | #ProHeels pic.twitter.com/94tVwGcnli
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) October 12, 2020

Danny Green Joins Select Company With NBA Title With Third Franchise

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