NBA DPOY – Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors
The NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award was a much tougher decision than the other two awards, so I decided to go with the best defender on the best defensive team so far this season in Draymond Green.
Draymond currently has a defensive rating of 97.2, which is 3rd in the entire NBA (all positions), and the Warriors have the best defensive rating in the NBA at 99.2. Draymond has always been an aggressive defender, so it seems that the new foul rules have helped him out tremendously in having a resurgent year on the defensive end.
As mentioned before, this was a close call for me, so I wouldn’t be surprised if within a couple of weeks, I change my mind and pick someone like Rudy Gobert or Bam Adebayo for DPOY. I think by the end of the season, Bam Adebayo will end up winning the award in a close race.