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Former UNC basketball guard Danny Green suffers torn ACL

UNC basketball guard Danny Green suffered a torn ACL during the Philadelphia 76ers season-finale.

The Philadelphia 76ers saw their season come to a close on Thursday night but that wasn’t the only negative news to come from the game as former UNC guard [autotag]Danny Green[/autotag] left the game with a knee injury.

On Friday, it was announced that Green had torn his ACL. The injury came when 76ers center Joel Embiid drove under the basket on the baseline and slipped, falling into Green’s planted leg.

Green turns 35 in June and with a normal rehab process of nearly a year before getting back to feeling like yourself following an ACL injury, Green could go into free agency in 2023 without much time to prove himself.

Green averaged 5.9 points per game this season while shooting 38 percent from the three. He had 21 points in the 76ers Game 3 win.

The former Tar Heels guard is a three-time NBA champion (2014, 2019, 2020) and has career averages of 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He is also a 39.9 percent shooter from three during his career.

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WATCH: Hubert Davis gets emotional as UNC punches ticket to Final Four

UNC Basketball head coach Hubert Davis gets emotional after the Tar Heels punch their ticket to the Final Four.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are off to New Orleans and a date with arch rival Duke in the Final Four. But before the tense week begins, the Tar Heels are going to celebrate their 69-49 over Saint Peters.

Following that win, UNC head coach [autotag]Hubert Davis[/autotag] was interviewed on the court by CBS reporter Jamie Erdahl to get his reaction to the win and a Final Four in his first season as head coach.

But as Davis started to answer questions, he got very emotional and couldn’t hold back his tears. Watch as Davis goes through those emotions during the interview:

Davis has done a fantastic job for the Tar Heels in his first year as head coach and this team has come a long ways. They lost big to Purdue, Tennessee and Kentucky this Winter and then lost big at Wake Forest and Miami.

The Tar Heels were even a bubble team in February before earning a No. 8 seed in the tournament. Now, they are playing their best basketball of the year and it’s resulted in a trip to New Orleans.

Enjoy it, Hubert. You deserve it.

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