Ricardo Greer

Ricardo Greer ( born August 18, 1977 in Bronx, New York City ) is an American- Dominican basketball player. Greer began after studying in his native country a career as a professional in Europe, where he plays a one-year break in the French LNB Pro A since 2002. He was with two different clubs once each champion of France and has received various awards and appointments in All-Star teams in the league. In many stages of his career, he played along with his almost two years younger brother Jeff, with whom he also won two French Championship title.

Career

Greer studied in the USA at the University of Pittsburgh, where he played from 1997 to 2001 for the high school team Panthers in the Big East Conference of the NCAA. The Pitt Panthers played during Greer's term initially negative season balances one, but under the leadership of Greer, which was in 2000 awarded the "Most Improved Player " of the Big East, was reached in the fourth and final college season of Greer again a positive record this season and came up won in the final game of the Big East championship tournament before, but the difference with 22 points against the Eagles of Boston College has been lost, which dominated the tournament and not a game with less than 14 points difference. Nevertheless, it was enough for the Panthers not to qualify for the national NCAA finals, instead they played in the National Invitation Tournament, but in which one was eliminated in the second round. Greer's personal achievements were a bit stagnant, despite the success of the Panthers team result in the final season and he could not recommend it for a contract in the most highly endowed professional league NBA also below.

In the summer of 2001, he first played in the country of his ancestors for Los Padros in the Distrito Nacional of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Then signed a professional contract with BK Kyiv in the Basketball Super League Ukraine, but this was resolved after a few weeks. It first been active for a team from La Vega in 2002, he returned for the season 2002/ 03 returned to Europe and played in LNB Pro A for Saint Thomas Basket from Le Havre. He was invited as a representative of his team to the All- Star game the French league and was also the player with the most average winning ball of the season. The crew of STB Le Havre, which had reached in the previous season in the league only because of the better direct comparison could first qualify after returning to the top flight as a table of eight for the play- offs to the French championship at the end of the season where you However eliminated against the former runner-up and later champions Élan Béarnais in the first round. While his brother Jeff moved to Le Havre, Ricardo Greer went to the British Basketball League to the Towers of London, who withdrew as a third in the regular season 2003/ 04 in the semifinals of the playoffs against the eventual champions Sheffield Sharks. At the end of the season Greer moved across the Channel back to France and played for the Basket Club Maritime Gravelines, for which he still completed three games in the play- offs. However, BCM Gravelines lost the final series for the championship against defending Élan Béarnais.

For the season 2004 /05, the two brothers alternated Greer together to Illkirch- Graffenstaden Basket to Strasbourg. The team had held in 2003, the class only by increasing the league. After the team was eliminated in the first play-off round against defending champion Pau - Orthez Élan Béarnais 2004, the balance of power had turned in the season 2004/ 05. In the first play-off round could turn in third place to sixth from Pau and completely dethrone after winning the championship final on SLUC Nancy. Ricardo Greer was awarded the first championship success of the club as the " Most Valuable Player " ( MVP ) of the final match and impressed by his athleticism. In the following season the team played in the highest European club competition ULEB Euro League 2005/ 06, however, where you could win only three of the 14 qualifying matches in the preliminary round and left early. In the French championship, they lost this time in the semi-final against SLUC Nancy, who were runners-up again. Subsequently, the paths of two brothers separated at first. While Jeff moved to Israel, Ricardo went to the previous competitors Élan Pau - Orthez Béarnais.

In the season 2006/ 07 Greer won with Élan Béarnais from the Southwest of France the cup competition " Coupe de France " and reached with the club in the ULEB Euro Cup 2006/ 07, the round of the last 16 teams in which one but only one of could win six games. But in the championship handed it with a slightly positive season record with 18 wins in 34 games because of the poorer direct comparison only for ninth place, so that the otherwise successful in the past, club, who won between 1996 and 2004 six of the nine championships, the first time since introduction of the play-offs in 1985 was not qualified for the final round to name it. The Stade Lorrain Université Club ( SLUC ) from Nancy, who had consecutive losses three times against a variety of clubs, the championship finals, committed for the season 2007/ 08 the two Greer brothers and was actually in second place of the main draws in the final match of the play-offs defending Chorale Roanne with dethrone 31 points difference and also as Strasbourg IG three years before celebrating their first title success in the championship. In the ULEB Euro Cup 2008/ 09 was for the first participation of the club in this competition with only two wins in ten games after the first round already re- terminus and also in the championship they lost as fourth in the regular season, the play-off semi-final series against the main round First and subsequent title holders ASVEL. After Greer had briefly belonged to the squad of the national team of the Dominican Republic in 1999, he was appointed for the final squad for the basketball Americas Championship 2009 2009. In the second round they lost the decisive game of the semi-final against Canada with four points difference. Although Greer was appointed in the following season 2009/10 as " MVP étranger " the best foreign player in the LNB Pro A and invited for the fifth time to the All -Star game the league, divided the team of SLUC Nancy as main round fifth in the first round the play- offs.

For the season 2010/11 Ricardo Greer signed a contract with the Croatian first runner- KK Zadar, but returned back yet before the season starts to Strasbourg IG, who had held as Third last preseason just under the class. His brother Jeff played for BCM Gravelines, against the SLUC Nancy was excreted in the preseason in the first play-off round. In a balanced participants Strasbourg IG got like four other teams only twelve victories in 30 games and was able to place order in eleventh place in the final table. The following season, 2011/12 it reached despite two victories over only a slight improvement on the tenth. In the 2012/13 season, the two brothers were reunited when Jeff EnBW Ludwigsburg returned from the German basketball league on the other side of the Rhine. In addition, Louis Campbell moved from another club Württemberg Tigers Tubingen to Alsace where the two - Greer brothers and the former French international Aymeric Jeanneau three protagonists of the first championship win were gathered in 2005. As a second main round one remained in the play- offs first unbeaten and reached the Cup final, which was first held as before again as a play-off place in the series " Best-of -Five " mode in a single game. Opponents of the championship series was the previous climber JSF Nanterre, who had first reached in the club's history the play-offs only because of the better direct comparison as main round eight, but these also previously undefeated. In the first final game before the home crowd Strasbourg IG could inflict the upstart supposedly damning with 34 points difference, the first play-off defeat. However, the following three finals went against the Parisian suburb club lost, so that the two - Greer brothers lost for the first time a joint championship finals in France.