Position Rankings: Top 10 Power Forwards in the NBA
2. Draymond Green
Age: 26
2015-2016 Season Averages: 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 1.4 blocks, 1.5 steals
Shooting Percentages: .490/.388/.696
Draymond Green, like him or hate him, is one of the best all-around players in the NBA.
We saw his value to his team when he was suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, and it is substantial. Not many players can do so many things to help his team win like Green can.
Green is one of the best point forwards in the league, regularly handling the ball and playing the distributor. His court vision is elite and he can always find an open shooter. Green’s ability to create for others is impeccable. His own ability to stretch the floor makes him that much more of a threat. We know that Green is a physical body inside that can finish in the paint, but when you take him outside he is that much more dynamic. Green’s play-making ability from the forward spot can be matched only by LeBron James. What a creator Draymond Green is.
Green has, arguably, been robbed out of the Defensive Player of the Year award for two years in a row. An All-NBA Defensive First Team member, Green is always tasked with guards the best player on the other team that is not a guard. He versatility to in guarding centers allows him to play center in small lineups, making the Warriors the most dangerous team in the league. Green is an absolutely lock-down defender, and can make plays on that end and in transition as well.
Draymond loses no luster when we talk about rebounding either. He is so strong in the paint and always out-wills his opponents to the ball. Not many can match the fire and intensity of Green and it really shows on the interior when hitting the glass.
What else could one want in a forward? A versatile play-maker that can lock down any opposing team’s best player. Draymond Green is here to stay, ladies and gentlemen.
Next: No. 1: The Brow