Draymond Green changes mind on Victor Wembanyama as Defensive Player of Year with San Antonio Spurs 

Team record matters but it shouldn't. Top 5 D with Vic on the floor, bottom 5 without him. That's says enough for me for an individual award.

Welcome to the party Dray. Record aside, he is simply the best and most impactful defender this season =‘DPOY.

Remember guys, "Team" record and "Team" performance changes the narrative in winning an "Individual" award.

Wemby is so fun to watch. Really hoping the Spurs become great again with him. And when Draymond praises you, that tells me something

He’s clearly the best defender in the league definitely should win the award regardless of record it’s mot the mvp award.

If Wemby's blocks stats goes down it only means players just stop attempting to shoot the ball when he's around.

Respect to Draymond for speaking the truth. It would be embarrassing to the league if they pretend anyone else is the DPOTY. It's plain to see Wemby affects the game defensively like no other.

Of course Wemby is DPOY 🔥

4th-ranked defense when Wemby is on the court; 28th-ranked defense when he's not. also, look at the Spurs' record and performance the 2nd half of this season versus the 1st half. as Wemby has improved, the team has improved as they learn to play through him.

Draymond saw the backlash😂

The kid is amazing fr . 👽👽👽

Couldn't agree more on the Braun "missed" layup. Anybody but Wemby there, that's a layup, but this dude will block it from the free throw line. Lucky MPJ was there to bail him out with a 3.

Defensive “Player” of the year we got a top 3 defense in the league when he’s on the court and the worst when he’s off

So much respect for guys who have the maturity and humility to change their minds! Shout out to you Draymond! 👏🏻

9 blocks against Denver in mile high, kid is crazy. He should be DPOY

Draymond is doing this podcast only to prevent Gobert from getting a 3rd DPOY award

Draymond with the Spurs jersey in his house for the next 15 years, makes me smile

This channel gonna blow. I love the perspective from green after he plays the game I watched. His wemby take is awesome to here from his view. Subscribed to the channel. Keep it up 👍

It's Defensive PLAYER Of the Year, not Defensive TEAM Of the Year. Give him the DPOY!!! 🛸👽

man speaking truth

I'm a Spurs fan, Wemby fan, and I think he should win DPOY but we all know Draymond is starting this campaign because he doesn't want Rudy to win DPOy

Don't be fooled, Draymond just doesn't want Gobert to win one more dpoy 😂

Respect for changing your mind. That's rare in todays media. Wemby is DPOY

Respect to you Dray for the new perspective. Appreciated both takes.

Loved this video

Wemby should win DPOY and ROY

Respect and love ❤️ that he got the jersey for his kid ❤️💯🙌

I mean.....then again they could come up with a (DTOY)defensive team of the year award, but until then DPOY means just that,...a single person, and Wemby Is that dude!!! Spurs4Life baby!!! 😎🤟💕💯

I agree. Victor is DPOY

Like MVP voting has changed from 'Best player of Best team.' to real MVP itself. DPOY voting should be changed too. It's individual award.

I am delighted to subscribe to you because the big man from michigan state that was the only big man and played like a true big man and to see you get to a system that was perfect and it wouldn't have happen without you. And to see you transition to the league and be a big man is lovely to see man just dont hurt nobody. I salute you big man.

A solid wing defender, a solid PG with good court vision / lobbing capability, some solid shooters and a bench that doesn't hemorrhage points when he's off the floor and they're winning multiple multiple championships

Dray is always on point

if you look at the stats its almost impossible for wemby to do anything more to impact the team it has to be taken into account that his team is playing like actual shit without him so when he can put up the performances hes doing currently without assistance from his team to play off him half the time maybe just maybe the individual award of DPOY should take Individual stats depending on the circumstances into account

Finally dray talking sense

Being a top defensive player...u should know a lot of it is effort... A young player as good as Wemby playing with that effort.....is refreshing

Preach Dray! I think both Wemby and Gobert can be DPOY. The French team is gonna be tough to beat at the Olympics especially since there is no way the Sixers will let Embiid compete this summer after his injury.

The team record rule is stupid. They literally draft the #1 draft pick to the worst team in the league, no shit he has a bad record. A rookie can only do so much for a bottom record team. With this nonsense, a #1 draft pick will never be able to win these rewards. Thats completely unfair to them.

Love it Dre

This is from a real one.

Vic DPOY 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Dammit Draymond I cant hate you if you keep sending props to my boy Wemby and Pop……….Subscribed.

The Jeremy Sochan disrespect ouch!

YOU STEPH AND CLAY MAN KEEP YOU THREE TOGETHER IF THAT BREAKS UP I'LL BE VERY UPSET GOTTA HAVE MY THREE ALWAYS TOGETHER

I didn't know you were this wise.. bigup bigman

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Wemby 🎉

MY DAWG DG I ROCK WITH YOU AND THE WARRIORS MY #1 TEAM

I appreciate the change of heart Dray. Wemby can’t overcome how bad his team is because no one could

Players should be contractually Obligated to host a podcast😂 I need more Player podcasts.

I agree

I knew as soon as draymond played against wemby he was gonna change his narrative cause anyone who watch wemby defense in game can see it's elite and every team in the nba is afraid of scoring in the paint that they have to change gameplans just to not get blocked or stopped against wemby.

FACTS!

Much love to draymond, wemby IS the BEST defender in the league. Team record matters but at what point does it matter for an individual award. I personally think they don’t want to give him the award bc winning Roty and dpoy is insane.

Draymond for president!

It's Defensive PLAYER of the Year. Otherwise change the name of the Award to Defensive TEAM of the Year.

Depends on how you measure team records such as with him and without him comparison…

It's defensive PLAYER of the year, not, defensive TEAM of the year.

its defensive PLAYER of the year.. not defensive TEAM of the year

I know you see me dray😂 now that marvel sees u you’ll get more subscribers

As bad as the spurs are, i think wemby is in a situation with pop. It also helps that the kid seems to have a great attitude.

Salty donkey doesn’t want big Ruuuu to have the most DPOY of all time.

Great takes DG! And a better move on the change of mind on DPOY. Not only its genius, but few years from now, you might regret if you did not😅!

Draymond describing what I've been saying all year. Players do literal u-turns when Wemby is lurking. Wemby broke up a 2 on 1 vs Memphis just by being near, with both Memphis players making u-turns in the lane because of Wemby.

Wemby also played around 26mins a game for like 50-60% of the season...

Hey Dreymond, Iʻve changed my mind on you as well. I hope you stay on the Alien throughout his journey, critique him to the bone. We will listen, success to your channel indeed.

I think an interesting angle on this reward would be is what Wemby did this season unique enough to break past deciding factors of the reward. Every reward has had this happen, where it be some MVP like Russ not having the best team record but still winning MVP or like Alvin Robertson winning DPOY in 1985-86 on SAS with a 35-47 record and the team defense being 17th out of 23. It DID happen. Is Wemby’s season unique enough to break the mold?

Wemby deserves it

One thing I will never get is how winning matters the most in DPOY awards more than any other award. Just look at the all-time winners, I can't recall a time where a player below top 4/5 seed has not won. It is to the point now where even MVP voting does not even care for team records as much - just witness Jokic won MVP as a 6 seed, Westbrook won MVP as a 6 seed, and now possibly (although slim) Luka Doncic as a 5/6 seed. DPOY's absurdly high factoring of winning astounds me, especially when it takes accounting winning much further than an MVP award. I'm fine with factoring winning heavily for awards with the face-name keyword "valuable" within them, but for awards recognized by "...player/rookie/man/coach of the year", IMO it should just go the best, regardless of team record. Just look at the NFL criteria for instance - it goes to the man whos done the best visual and statistical combined job at something. NBA should do same, because some of these talking heads cluster narratives way too hard for these awards.

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Can’t remember the video but I saw an interview of chuck on Tim Duncan. He said he only had better stats than Duncan because he was the best in a bad team and that’s why he himself admitted he wasn’t as good as Duncan was. Same here yes Wembanyama has the edge on stat but he is basically having more opportunities to show off, on the other hand Rudy is putting those stats with Mc Daniels being an elite defender too. That’s why team succes should be taken into account : when the whole team defends it is much harder to stand out than when you are the only defender on your team

Agreed Wemby as DPOY

Team dont matter on a individual award. Im sorry. But keep up the solid takes Dray. 💪🏾💯

Wemby should have been on that All-Star team regardless if he's only a rookie, but they didn't let him in. He should win the DPOY, and if they still wouldn't let him have it, there's gonna be a very big problem.

THEY should see the diffensive rating with/without Wemby on the floor and compare it to Gobert and Davis.

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It's an individual award not a team award wemby is the DPOY

if there would be a stat name for what wemby is doing, it should be called EVICT. wemby would lead the nba in evicts. also, it's so fitting for him. that would he be called EVICTOR WEMBANYAMA.

Draymond: I need to create a son in that lab. DJ: I don't like Wemby anymore

Draymond and JJ Reddick are highly educated about NBA and best talk show hosts. When Draymond retired I hope to see him in the ESPN or big network as analyst or talk show host.

Draymond you got to get wembenyama to the goldenstate warriors the missing piece

GSG🎉

He doesn't think Rudy? What a surprise.

I for once agree with draymond

Lol the guy hates Rudy Gobert, hé would say anything to annoy Gobert

Draymond and Steph to the Spurs 🤞

Fun Fact when he's playing the team is number one in defense when he's not playing they are in last place

Could Draymond be kind of greasing the wheels to go to San Antonio if things go south this off season?

Dray just dont want Rudy to win again lmaoo, but Wemby should win regardless!!

Defensive PLAYER of the year should mean just that....currently it does not.

Dpoy last year was Jaren Jackson. Team record was 27 w 55 losses. Team record doesn't matter

If team record is a significant factor, then change the name of the award. Best Defensive Player on Best Defensive Team of the Year Award. But if it’s just player, then Wemby has a real good argument. Swap Wemby and Gober - will Minnesota’s defense get worse?

People keep saying he hates Rudy when his last video he literally said Rudy should win

Wemby deserves DPOY

Another case of when a person speaks before they think.🤣

DG is a real Rudy hater.

Phew, I thought he was D Riding Gobert

Its crazy this will be Wembys worst defense ever

team record matters when you’re on the fence about who should get the award. it’s a no brainer wemby is the best defender in the league. easily.

Brother draymon by looking at your hairline but it's time to come home lol 😅😅