Rookie guard Jeremy Green is averaging 7.1 points in 19 games for the Erie BayHawks this season. Photo by Janet B. Kummerer/Erie Times-News

This D-League playoff series will end in his hometown.

After Thursday night’s Game 1 at Tullio Arena, Erie BayHawks rookie Jeremy Green will return home for Game 2 of this best-of-3 series against the Austin Toros.

Game 3, if necessary, will be in Austin where Green grew up. So out of all the BayHawks, Green was probably the happiest Austin chose Erie as its first-round opponent.

“I was actually excited,” Green said. “Austin is a good team. That’s where I’m from. Everyone around the city goes to watch the Toros. It should be interesting with me coming back there as a visitor instead of cheering for the home. It should be fun.”

Out of Stanford, Green expects family and friends to attend Game 2 and Game 3 if necessary.

“It should be a pretty nice homecoming,” Green said.

No booing the hometown boy now.

“Austin is good city,” Green said smiling. ” Good fans. I don’t think there will be any booing or anything like that, but it should be fun.”

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Jeremy Green was a first-team All-Pac-10 player in his junior season, which was his last with Stanford./AP Photo.

In a season of constant roster changes, the Erie BayHawks add another player to their roster in former Stanford standout Jeremy Green.

A 6-4, 200-pound guard, Green declared for the NBA Draft after his junior season in 2010-11, but wasn’t drafted. From Austin, Green averaged 16.7 ppg. and shot shot 42.9 percent from 3 in 2010-11.

Green is a talent, but was in the news at Stanford for more than just his on-court ability. In October of 2009, Green was suspended after being arrested on suspicion of domestic violence at a campus dormitory, but was reinstated before the opener. No charges were filed.

In November of 2010, Green collapsed from experiencing dizziness and stomach pain due to exhaustion moments after a game against DePaul.

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