He pauses and grins. By choice, too. There is another streak that Green has going that is just as impressive to those in basketball. He has played in more than 1,100 consecutive games, spanning from November 1986 to present. No other player in U.S. professional basketball history has played as many in a row.
Basketball is a physically taxing game full of huge bodies constantly crashing into each other.
The opportunity for injuries is enormous, and Green has had a few, but not serious enough to keep him sidelined. There hasn t been a game where I thought about not playing, Green told the Times. My thought always has been, God, give me the faith to be able to play. You can only prepare yourself so much to get yourself right and ready. Sometimes, that s just not enough, you have to ask for extra help.