Was Peak Draymond Green The Best Defender EVER?

I’ve never seen someone with the inherit ability to be able to stop fastbreaks by himself

No. Next video.

Ben wallace, hakeem, rodman, bill russel, gary Peyton, scottie, MJ, Kobe

Draymond is a top 75 player ever

He is the second greatest power forward of all time. 4 rings matters

Unfortunately his infamous reputation has taken away from the fact that he's a really high level defender and playmaker that 100% will be in the hall of fame.

Do you think Draymond Green is mentally disabled? It's not about the nonsense he says, it's not about that stupid facial expression or that idiot's ever-open mouth, it's about how he behaves in the court. his fascination with male genitalia is dangerous to other players - maybe the idiot should be permanently disqualified for the good of the players? he's not a clown anymore, he's a bandit.

Rudy Gobert's got a lot of hardware that belongs to Dray (and Kawhi might have one too, but idk if we're ready for that conversation)

Draymond is second on my list of greatest power forwards after Tim Duncan argue with a wall 💯

No

He's definitely closer to it than most people give him credit for. I would say that he's a top 10 all-time defender ahead of Rodman.

My favorite player

When I consider all aspects of defense, there's a case he's number one. He's def. the best guy alltime who can guard 1-5. His IQ on defense is 2nd to none. The stats will just blind people.

Big fan of Green ....but he's not over Hakeem or the Worm

Draymond would have won unanimous DPOY in 2022 if he didn’t have the back injury

Draymond was the complete NBA package. He was like Laimbeer, Rodman, Jokic in one. And as far fast breaks, he is second to none

No he wasn’t, but he was at his peak on par with everybody who isn’t Olajuwan Duncan Pippen or Kawhi. Outside of those four and maybe a few other GOAT level defenders??? He’s genuinely in the conversation with anybody. His team defense, his quarterbacking and doing for the defense what a guy like Magic did for the offense is incalculable. But even then, his genuine lockdown ability was massive. And his swithchability is almost unparalleled throughout history. He might not completely stop them, but you were never like “damn, he got Draymond on him we’re cooked.”

Top 20 yes Top 10 maybe

I hope when he retires he gets more credit and respect everyone acts like draymond does nothing when in reality golden state don’t win a single ring without draymond there

Great video, draymond is so underrated because of his image. He deserves the praise

You are either paid by Draymond or not very intelligent. you describe normal defense sequences as "the best I've ever seen" 😄I can make a video with similar clips about like 10 current defenders. Draymond's advantage is that his height is of a small forward but he plays as PF or center, and thus he's quicker and got quicker hands than real centers. But at the same time this lack of height is a liability in rebounding and rim protection. No one is afraid of driving to the basket because Draymond is there.
Draymond is not even close to the defender Anthony Davis is, let alone all-time greats like Russel, Hakeem, Ben Wallace, Motumbu, etc.

Absolutely NOT not even close

Draymond is the kind of player that his infamy will be more legacy defining than his fame. He will be remembered for his flagrant foul, suspensions, fights, like Ron Artest, that is remembered first for Malice at the Palice than for being a good player.

Draymond is a great defender

He was not even the best of his time...Kawhi was ahead of him imo

no lol

When Draymond was locked in, he was almost unstoppable defensively. Like whenever the ball would get passed to his man, I would literally have a sigh of relief lol. And of course just having him on the floor immediately made our team twice as good. Great video

guarding all five players in the same play is absolutely rancid work 😵‍💫

lol he's not even close to elite defenders like Rodman, Kawhi, Kobe or MJ. His perimeter defense is average on a good day. He's just good at reading the game therefore as help defender

That intro was hype. Also get this guy out the NBA pls

Dom2k??

No he wasn’t

thank you !!!!!

Its crazy how Dray turned into a Hall of Fame crashout 😭

I get why he has so little respect for Rudy Gobert. As good as Gobert is as a paint defender, he's lacking in other areas that you'd expect from a 4x DPOY. Prime Draymond was an elite on-ball defender, help-defender, post-defender, rim-protector, defensive floor general, pick-pocket, etc. Literally zero weaknesses in his defensive game. If any player in the modern era deserved to be a 4x DPOY, it's Draymond Green. The fact that he was given the award only 1x with how dominant he was on that end of the floor is a travesty.

"The best defender"? Nah he just knew how to hit dudes in the nuts pretty good when it really mattered. Just ask Kevin Love, I'm sure he has had a few experiences with him doing that to him.

Something you didn’t even mention is how strong he is. He’s near impossible to move off his spot in the post, can’t rip balls out of other players hands and if somebody drives into him it’s like they’re hitting a brick wall.

Crazy they rob him of the defensive player awards for Gobert.....smh

Draymond was definitely the best dynasty destroyer ever! One punch and it's all dead. No more rings for Stephen Curry.

Draymond a unique skill set on both ends makes him one of my favorite players/power forwards of all time, he literally changed the modern nba in terms of small ball center

I’ve said this many times before and I’ll say it again if you think Draymond is a bad player or he’s a liability to the Warriors… basketball is not for you

“Whether he wants to admit it or not he does seem to have a lot of control over exactly where his hands are”😂😂😂

Crazy how all of this will be irrelevant once Wemby has a couple more seasons under him

Rodman slightly better

I love it. I always see so much hate about "Mr triple single" that I'm just glad to see something positive about him. He truly was a huge reason in why the Warriors won all their rings.

Short answer: no
Long answer: hell fucking no

He is definitely the best modern defender (best in the last 10 years). It is very difficult to say ever because the game and the players have changed so much over the years, but he's up there. He Captain's the Warrior's defence and they need his presence and communication just as much as they need his physicality, his IQ and his athleticism.

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No? Obviously not? One of the greatest defenders ever for sure (top 10 easily) but uh, the answer for GOAT defender is Tim Duncan and it’s not close. Unless you want to pretend like you were alive to watch Bill Russell play, but I’m not gonna do that.

But yeah Drays very good.