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2005-06 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Averaged 22.6 points, 3.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 40 games for Carpisa Napoli of the Italian League ... shot 48.3 percent from three-point range and 91.3 percent from the free throw line for the season ... averaged 21.3 points during Carpisa’s three-game sweep at the mid-season Coppa Iatlia tournament in Flori ... played in the Boston Celtics summer mini-camp in June, 2006 ... played with the Charlotte Bobcats in the Orlando Summer League in July, 2006.

PRO CAREER
2004-05: Helped Dynamo Moscow (Russia-A Superleague) to the ULEB Cup … averaged 13.1 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 11 games … averaged 9.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 41 games in the Russian A Superleague … 2003-04: Played with the Los Angeles Clippers summer league team in the Southern California Summer Pro League … signed with the Milwaukee Bucks on 9/30/03, but was waived on 10/23/03 … played with Idea Slask Wroclaw (Polish-Eurobasket League) … averaged 25.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 14 games in the Euroleague … averaged 20.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 32 games with the Polish League … 2002-03: Played with the Dallas Mavericks summer league in the Rocky Mountain Revue … played for Near East in Greece, averaging 16.7 points in 14 games ... played with the Greenville Groove in the NBA D-League in February … averaged 25.0 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 13 games.

PLAYOFF HISTORY
No NBA playoff experience.

COLLEGE
Played four seasons at Temple University … ranks second all-time on Temple's career scoring list with 2,099 points and ranks first in school history for three-point field goals made (305) … named honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press as a senior in 2001-02 … Named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team during his junior and senior seasons … was a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and was a Naismith Player of the Year candidate during his senior year … averaged 23.2 points (tops in the Atlantic 10 and 6th in the nation) during his senior season … averaged a team-best 18.2 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 steals during his junior year … helped lead his team to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament … led the nation in minutes played with 1,465, missing only 25 minutes the entire season … averaged 12.3 points during his sophomore (third on the team) and helped his team to the 2000 Atlantic-10 Tournament title … played in six games during the 1998-99 season before being granted a medical redshirt after suffering a broken orbital bone … averaged 10.2 points during those six games … averaged 7.9 points in 30 games as a freshman during the 1997-98 season.

	Personal

Personal


	Son of Lynn and Alma Greer ... has a sister, Kelli ... has a son, Lynn Greer III (four years old) ... his father played in the ABA (Carolina Cougars) ... helps out with a non-profit organization called “I’m Committed”, which helps children in the Philadelphia area learn the skills of basketball (ages 9-15) ... loves all kinds of sports, especially tennis and soccer ... his favorite city in the world is Naples, Italy because of the great weather and people (he lived there for a year) ... he says his favorite thing to eat while he was in Europe was “souvlaki” (“the hamburger of Greece”), which consisted of lamb, lettuce, tomato, onions, and a cucumber-yogurt-garlic sauce on warm pita bread ... another food favorite of his is Philly cheese steak ... if he designed his own uniform, it would be black and red ... he’s the only left-handed person on either side of his family ... shoots left handed ... he says the greatest television show of all-time is “Martin”.