31-year-old NBA journeyman who said he was practicing in his driveway all year signed with the Rockets a week ago and now he's on fire

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January 5, 2018 8:21 PM

Gerald Green has been such a spark for the Houston Rockets that they signed him for the remainder of the season after five games.

Gerald Green was unemployed for the first two-and-a-half months of the season, practicing by shooting in his driveway.
The Houston Rockets signed Green to an unguaranteed contract, and he's responded with a remarkable scoring outburst.
Green has played so well that the Rockets guaranteed his contract for the remainder of the season after just five games.

In the absence of James Harden, out several weeks with strained calf, the Houston Rockets have found an unlikely player to pick up the scoring slack.

Last week the Rockets signed 31-year-old journeyman Gerald Green to an unguaranteed contract, hoping to fill some of the offensive void left by Harden on the wing.

What they've gotten has been a remarkable string of scoring outburts from Green, who has played on eight different teams since being drafted out of high school in 2005. Throwing out a scoreless first game with the Rockets, through the last four games, Green is scoring 21 points per game on 58% shooting, 60% from three.

Green has bounced around the NBA and was cut by the Milwaukee Bucks at the end of training camp. After that, he was unemployed.

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