This article is about the basketball player, Nate Green. For the author, see Nate Green (author).Nate Green (born December 2, 1977) is a retired American basketball player who played professionally in the Australian National Basketball League, the NBA Development League and Italy's Lega Serie A. Green, a 6'5" guard from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, played collegiately at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1996 to 2000.