Team: Houston Rockets (2025-26 / unsigned holdover) · Status: unrestricted free agent · Positions: SF/PF · Age entering season: 40 · As of: 2026-07-18
Houston baseline and re-sign scenario
| Scenario | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsigned Houston baseline | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| If re-signed into depth role | 30 | 6.0 | .430 | .750 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Nine-cat: unrosterable. Conditional reference points: 3.6 FP/G, grade E. Dynasty: 0.5/10.
Role and evidence
The Houston Chronicle identified Green as one of Houston's 2026 unrestricted free agents. He is absent from the 2026-27 contract table despite remaining on the public team page.
Green played 30 games in 2025-26, averaging 2.2 points and 0.8 rebounds in 5.8 minutes while shooting .368 from the field and .273 from three (Basketball Reference). Veteran leadership may still earn a roster spot somewhere, but it does not create fantasy production.
Range, confidence, and reversals
- Ceiling: a minimum role as an emergency stretch forward.
- Floor: retirement or no NBA contract.
- Confidence: Houston roster low; minutes extremely low; rates medium-low.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Georgetown 2004-07; final season (2006-07): 14.3 PPG, Big East Player of the Year, Big East Tournament MVP, first-team All-Big East, USBWA second-team All-American. Draft: 2007, Round 1, Pick 5, Boston — traded on draft night to Seattle in the Ray Allen deal.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | 21 | SEA | 80 | 28.2 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | .427 | .744 | 2.0 |
| 2008-09 | 22 | OKC | 78 | 36.8 | 16.5 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .446 | .788 | 2.2 |
| 2009-10 | 23 | OKC | 82 | 37.1 | 15.1 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .453 | .740 | 1.6 |
| 2010-11 | 24 | OKC/BOS | 75 | 32.4 | 13.3 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .449 | .811 | 1.3 |
| 2011-12 | 25 | — | 0 | missed season: open-heart surgery (aortic aneurysm) | |||||||||
| 2012-13 | 26 | BOS | 81 | 27.8 | 12.8 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | .467 | .808 | 1.6 |
| 2013-14 | 27 | BOS | 82 | 34.2 | 16.9 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .412 | .795 | 2.0 |
| 2014-15 | 28 | BOS/MEM | 78 | 31.5 | 15.0 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .430 | .833 | 1.4 |
| 2015-16 | 29 | MEM/LAC | 80 | 28.2 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .430 | .745 | 1.2 |
| 2016-17 | 30 | ORL | 69 | 22.2 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .394 | .863 | 1.1 |
| 2017-18 | 31 | CLE | 78 | 23.4 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .477 | .868 | 1.0 |
| 2018-19 | 32 | WAS | 77 | 27.2 | 12.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .475 | .888 | 1.3 |
| 2019-20 | 33 | UTA/HOU | 48 | 20.0 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .462 | .802 | 0.9 |
| 2020-21 | 34 | BKN | 68 | 27.0 | 11.0 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .492 | .776 | 0.8 |
| 2021-22 | 35 | DEN | 75 | 24.7 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .524 | .833 | 0.9 |
| 2022-23 | 36 | DEN | 56 | 19.5 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .488 | .744 | 0.8 |
| 2023-24 | 37 | HOU | 78 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .455 | .819 | 0.6 |
| 2024-25 | 38 | HOU | 32 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | .504 | .808 | 0.3 |
| 2025-26 | 39 | HOU | 30 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .368 | 1.000 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | — | 1,247 | 26.8 | 11.6 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .450 | .804 | 1.3 |
Career TO computed from the season table (GP-weighted); StatMuse's career query returned 0.8, inconsistent with its own season rows.
Durability: Remarkably durable around one catastrophic event: an aortic aneurysm found in December 2011 cost him the entire 2011-12 season after open-heart surgery. Otherwise he played 68-82 games in every season from 2007-08 through 2018-19 and won the 2023 title with Denver; the 32- and 30-game totals of 2024-26 reflect a vanishing role, not injury.
Trajectory: Nineteen seasons and 1,247 games trace a full arc: 15-17 PPG forward in Oklahoma City and Boston, decade-long journeyman scorer, then end-of-bench elder in Houston whose 2025-26 (5.8 MPG, 2.2 PTS) was ceremonial. At 40 he competes only for a veteran-leadership roster spot, in Houston or elsewhere. There is no realistic condition under which he becomes fantasy-relevant in 2026-27; he is rosterable in no format.
Career sources: StatMuse season averages · StatMuse career per-game · Wikipedia
Open questions
- Does Green intend to play a 20th NBA season?
- If Houston wants his leadership, is there a standard roster spot available?