The Unique Impact of Draymond Green 

Who's been the DPOY so far this season?

That bit about his backwards jump when defending slashers is nuts, never noticed that before but it makes a ton of sense.

Draymond is the basketball equivalent of a middle linebacker. A LeBron James on defense if you will. He literally is the Mike that communicates, coordinates, and does everything on defense for a full 24-second shot clock. He has always been elite on D, and the most versatile defender for a while now (yes, even when people were saying he's washed when the Dubs weren't making any noise after KD left). His greatest value is as a team defender, coordinating his team while manning the gaps/holes every advantage the offense creates. He can play every position one-on-one, and is a good help defender too. Jack of all trades, master of none. Except he is the best short roll passer of all time. The ultimate role player, the best complimentary piece to milk Steph's and Klay's court-warping gravities. Off of a rebound, he rams the ball down your throat in transition like Magic Johnson, and he can also serve as your primary playmaking hub on te halfcourt. Truly a unique type of player.

Since 2014, I have already highlighted Green as the smartest player I have seen. NBA is an offense centric crowd mostly. They see Curry change the way NBA game is played from an offense point of view. But people fail to realize that Green is starting to change the way defense is played too. Most coaches in the NBA right now are looking mostly for player in the same mold as Green.

You forgot to mention draymond also the best playmaker on the warriors averaged the most assists on the squad

With all the respect, i completely disagree with the idea that Draymond is neutral or just slightly positive on offense. When we're talking about Draymond Green, we need to think of him as a TEAM player. To me, he's almost the definition of make your teammates better, and that is so more valuable than what people ussually think. This team would not be the same (both on defense and offense) without dray. He set all the screens that the team needs, he always make the right play, he is an elite passer, among the very best of the league. I mean, he is not the point guard, he is not a scoring threath, he is not a great shooter, he is not the leader of his team's offense, he got almost 0 gravity, and still manage to be in the top 10 of assists per game this season. thats just INSANE, because all his assists comes exclusively from his IQ, his vision, his extremely quick reading of the opponents defense and of his teammates movements off the ball. Draymond Green its the only power forward on that top 10 list. You could bring Jokic or Lebron as big guys or non point guards who can pass too, but they are two franchise players, two primary offensive options in their teams, thats not the situation of Draymond. What im trying to say is that judging by the relation between the usage rate and the number of assists, Draymond Green its the best passer in the NBA. In summary, Draymond is a very special offensive player (due to his unique IQ and vision), and his impact on that end of the court is HUGE, not only for what he does, but (and especially) for what he enables his teammates to do.

My favorite Draymond play will forever be the block he had on Noah Vonleah on a 2-1 fast break with Damien Lillard.

A player with very high basketball IQ. Very few players like him. He can read opponents offense and so fast to react on defense. He will be a very good coach someday.

Draymond Green is definitely 100% my favorite player. He’s so good at so many things that it makes up for him not being a great scorer. He is just as important as the other two in that big three.

He is incredible, without him GSW wouldn’t be that great

Draymond understood exactly his role once he started working with Bogut and Iggy!!! 💯

Somehow people still don't think he should even be an all star

He is DPOY rn and it’s not close

Nice breakdown. Just mindblowing seeing all of these defensive possessions and how locked in Draymond is.

Excellent breakdown of Draymond's defensives prowess & his affect on BOTH offense, defense & his ability to at times direct both the offense & defense! It would be an interesting breakdown of his effectiveness. It would be quite interesting if a chart was charted showing his impact on both ends of the court in a game.....

Most definitely my DPOTY💯💯💯

Love the video bro keep up the good work!

Great video. ! Draymond is underrated .

Great vid HV

first time seeing your content, good stuff bro keep it up

Another great video, nice breakdown

Great vid Subbed

We are talking about NBA players and I believe NBA players can put on at least 10 points and 10 rebounds a game if you are a big guy easily if you have control of the ball in your hand all the time, you may lose games, but you can have a reasonable stat line. Draymond is the core of the warrior offence and defence, he can easily put on double-doubles all the time, but he does not care about his stats as long as they are winning.

why is your channel so small ? your content is so polished! keep it up!!!!

I just love how your intro is a sinister one piece theme 🔥 W

Draymond is the man

a bit late but around 7:30 in the video instead of letting the audio drop out you should probably describe the play that currently happened by saying something like “like this excellent feed to poole for 3” just suggestion and really enjoyed the video

He’s like having a coach on the court

Draymond Green is one of the best decision maker I’ve ever see.He definitely maximize Steph’s offensive gravity.He just make people around him better on both ends of the floor.

To be honest Draymond should have atleast 3 DPOY awards plus this one!!

He should be the all time DPOY !!! He can be a coach too!!

W Video bro

dray future nba coach💪

Draymond is the best defender I have ever seen.

"one of the best Team defenders" No THE Best ! Especially Since it's a Team Game. and a player like Rudy Gobert is Hidden in the paint most of the time and don't deal with guards. And No coach will go at Draymond to score. Which is exactly what the Clippers did at times to beat the Jazz, Going at Gobert...

Actually he is the coach on the floor while they are in it!

LFG!!!

Is draymond playing his best ball since 17?

he blocked Dmae, Lebron, Joker He can guard every position

Draytio

His innate ability to read both sides is what makes him a player that people should respect. Thanks for the analysis, it would be interesting to hear why Kevin Looney I a fascinating Warrior, how he does things in that system the right way, etc. The Warriors don’t always have that glorified big, but their system makes it almost unnecessary. I’m not talking about their offense, I’m talking about accepting two points, while constantly challenging, and the switch heavy defense. How many top tier bigs stay in the 4th quarter against these guys? Why does that happen?

Honestly I think draymond is a modernised Dennis Rodman if you to ever compare him to someone

This video and analysis is very similar to the Thinking Basketballs RU-vid channel…

there is a new but old narrative going around again, Draymond is on the trade block????? C'mon man let the man be. he will retire a Warrior

Draymond carries Curry

curry is draymond’s sidekick

Draymond: 6’5, fat ass, long arms and big brain. Man is a dog!

Did this bum. Pay you to post this?? Why don't you post how he had the worse Finals of any starter in the history of modern basketball???