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Danny Green plans to make his season debut on February 1.

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Danny Green plans to make his season debut on February 1 against the Portland Trail Blazers.

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The 35-year-old confirmed his intentions on the Inside the Green Room podcast.

"What I bring is definitely needed here: perimeter shooting and perimeter defense," Green told ESPN late Tuesday night. "I think I can bring maturity and help a young team understand what it takes to win. This has been an A-1 organization from top to bottom in handling this entire rehab with me."

Green sustained a torn left ACL injury in May last year and didn't play since then.

Green averaged 5.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 21.8 minutes in 62 games (28 starts) in the 2021-22 season for the Philadelphia 76ers.

"It's not realistic [to come back from this injury this quickly]," Green said on his podcast. "Everybody's body is very different, but I've been lucky to have a pretty good surgeon, a pretty good body that healed really well and quickly, and the right people around me to help me get there. A lot of things had to fall in place for this to happen this way."

The three-time NBA champion has career averages of 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 819 games (709 starts) for the Cleveland Cavaliers (2009-10), San Antonio Spurs (2010-18), Toronto Raptors (2018-19), Los Angeles Lakers (2019-20) and the 76ers. He is a 39.9-percent shooter from 3-point range for his career.

Green signed a two-year, $20 million contract in May 2021. He will become a free agent at the end of the 2022-23 season.

"This is a place I hope that I can call home for the next couple of years," Green told ESPN. "I'm lucky to be in a great situation with a winning team."

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