Evolution of the basketball uniform.

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I would hate playing in every uniform prior to the 1990s.

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“WHAT HAPPENED was, I had blood on my shorts, so I had to get an alternate pair of shorts,” he said in a nearly two hour-long “Legends Week” interview for Raw Sports Films. “Now, mind you, the shorts that I did wear, they were big, too. They weren’t THAT big though …”

He then added while laughing, “But listen, I always say this, I’m on a chat with my college guys … I told them, man, I don’t have good friends. Somebody was supposed to tell me: Do not wear those shorts. They were supposed to not let me wear those shorts. Twenty years from now, this is going to look bad.

“That’s it, that’s all they had to do.”

By his admission, though, Green’s own shorts were always an attention-grabber. And while some may have viewed them as being goofy or impractical, it mattered little, as he was almost always one of the best players on the floor.

But why so big?

The Bona All-Time Team member was just trying to stay warm, he said.

“The reason I wear them big shorts and the long socks is because I get cold fast,” said Green, who also noted that he never dribbled between his legs, so they were never a big deterrent. “Anybody who knows me knows I get cold. If your air is on too high, I’m going to freeze and I’m not going to have a good time.

“I’m no good cold at all; overseas, (the) practices, gyms that are cold … I had to go to Lithuania, the hotel had no heat; it was cold. I just can’t function when I’m cold.”

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If it doesn't cover the vast majority of my thigh, I don't want to wear it.

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