Greatest Lakers of all time: 31- AC Green
- 9 seasons, 735 games, 3 titles
- 10.6 PPG
- 7.7 RPG
Consistency and durability are the reasons for AC’s ranking. He earned the nickname “Iron Man” by playing in an NBA-record 1,192 consecutive games, over 60% of them with the Lakers. After missing 3 games in his second season, he never sat out another until he retired.
Green ranks 18th in RPG, 15th in total points, 36th in PPG and 10th in games played. A year after being drafted 23rd in the 1985 draft, he replaced Kurt Rambis in the starting lineup at power forward at least in part because he provided more of an offensive threat.
AC was a solid, unspectacular type of player who was pretty good at everything without excelling at any one thing and was a cog during the last few Showtime years. At only 220 pounds, he was often out-weighed by his opponent but he mostly managed to hold his own and was a reasonably good defensive player.