Green beats odds, keeps getting better for Golden State

Jason Richardson loves every second of it, thrilled to see such emotion from a player he knows beat long odds to reach basketball's highest level. Richardson takes great pride in Green's challenging road to stardom with the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, because he took an almost identical route: From Saginaw, Michigan, to Michigan State to Golden State. Green wears No. 23 primarily for Richardson - Michael Jordan, too - and has been motivated by their parallel career courses.