Power Forward: Draymond Green – Golden State Warriors
First round averages: 13.2 points, 9.6 rebounds and 6.6 assists
Draymond Green is one among very few players in the league whose biggest asset is their versatility. With Stephen Curry out with either ankle or knee issues, lot of players stepped up, with Green as the center piece of the team, to take the Warriors past the Houston Rockets in five games.
Other than a particularly bad Game 3 (seven turnovers), Green was simply amazing for Golden State. With the importance of his role on the team, to commit just five turnovers in the other four games of the series is remarkable.
It’s been repeated time and again over radios and broadcasting channels about how Green is the heart and soul of the Warriors. He is their vocal leader, their instigator, their fire when they desperately need one and he proved that in Game 4.
When Curry left for the locker room in Game 4 after spraining his right knee, Green along with Thompson shot lights out from beyond the arc and brought some much needed swagger back to the Warriors’ bench.
With the role he plays on his team, there hasn’t been any player giving Green a tough competition for this spot. Paul Millsap dropped 45 points on the Boston Celtics but it was a game spark and it came in a losing cause. Kevin Love was good against the Detroit Pistons but nothing close to Green.
