American basketball player

Jalen Green

Jalen Romande Green is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and the best shooting guard in the 2020 class, with ESPN ranking him number one overall. He finished his high school career at Prolific Prep in Napa, California, and he chose to forgo college basketball to join the NBA G League Ignite team in its inaugural season. Green has won three gold medals with the United States at the junior level and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup.

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2002

February 9

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2002 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

474 Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
1003 Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
1098 A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch.
1539 The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.

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The world in 2002

When Jalen arrived

april 11 The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
april 11 Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
april 12 A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
april 14 Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.

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Arthur Edward Moore 1876–1963 New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) Bill Bergey 1945–2024 American football player (born 1945) Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor Daisuke Sekimoto 1981– Japanese wrestler John Walker Lindh 1981– American Taliban member Keʻelikōlani 1826– Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883) Kermit Gosnell 1941– American abortionist and serial killer Larry Semon 1889–1928 American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 1928)

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