{"id":133191,"date":"2025-04-08T07:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=133191"},"modified":"2025-04-08T06:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T10:57:30","slug":"draymond-green-dpoy-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/08\/draymond-green-dpoy-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Highlights Play that Makes Him a DPOY Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Draymond Green<\/a> has been quite vocal since the All-Star break. The Warriors went and got Jimmy Butler<\/a> in a trade. Since then, they have slowly climbed up in the Western Conference standings. With Butler on the team, Green can take more responsibilities on the defensive end. Over the last month or so, the four-time champion has talked a lot about winning a Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) award. Slowly, he is becoming the favorite to win the award.<\/p>\n

Draymond Green Highlights Play that Makes Him a DPOY Favorite<\/h2>\n

Victor Wembanyama<\/a> had the Defensive Player of the Year award locked in for the first several months. Then, he got hurt, and his season was over. Because of the new rules in the league, players need to play a minimum of 65 games to be eligible for some awards. That is when the window opened for Draymond Green to win DPOY, or somebody else.<\/p>\n

Green has been vocal for quite some time about his desire to win another<\/a> Defensive Player of the Year. In his latest podcast, he talked about specific plays that make him a favorite. Baron Davis<\/a> asked him about a recent steal on Luka Doncic<\/a> during the Warriors\/Lakers game, and Green said,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a Heisman moment. It\u2019s always fun to make those plays down the stretch because the reality is, they usually come on a Luka, or a Joker, because those are the guys that are going to have the ball down the stretch. I am always looking for that moment because it\u2019s my chance for a winning play.\u201d<\/p>\n