Houston – Big Man Drayond Green Warriors He is a finalist for the award for the defensive player of the year 2024-25.
The NBA announced Sunday before Warrior series opener Against the rockets That Green was in the race for the Evan Mobley de Cleveland of Cleveland and Dyson Daniels of Atlanta.
Green, 35, averaged 1.5 robberies and 1.0 blocks per game in the regular season. He was appointed defensive player for the month of the West Conference for March.
Duration Green’s strong play in March, the Warriors coach Steve Kerr, compared Green with two or his former teammates of the Chicago Bulls Duration of the 1990s.
“You can see the parallels, the length, the physicality and, ultimately, it is up here, it is the brain, and Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pips were the two most intelligent defenders I have been, and Dayand is incredible in that sense,” Kerr said.
The versatile Big Man is an eight-time selection of totally defensive teams and won the 2016-17 defensive player award.
He has a lung leg seen as a superior defensive player for his ability to protect both in the perimeter and close to the edge. This season has tasks in more minute as a center, anyway assume the initial role in the middle, since the Warriors have fought to find solutions in the place.
Green has publicly been policies for the award In recent months in conferences and press interviews and through its own platform in its podcast.
“When I look around the league, I don’t see that many players impact the game on the defensive end like me, Green said.
