Congratulations to Draymond on winning the 2025 Hustle Award!
So even though Draymond didn’t win DPOY, he basically won DPOY-Lite.
To be honest, they may as well just call this the Marcus Smart award.
I’m going to need that to be figured out.
Your inability to score on them/turn the ball over is how they destroy you.
First comes the stops, then comes the Steph dagger 3PMs.
It’s been that way for a decade at this point.
Nobody doubts that he hustles/makes an impact.
Josh Hart led the NBA with 88, Dyson Daniels was 2nd with 79.
So in this category, Draymond was not close.
Charges taken:Draymond only took 14 charges on the season.
By comparison, Toumani Camara led the NBA with 31.
Austin Reaves was next at 22.
Deflections:Draymond finished with 180 deflections.
Keon Ellis at 274.
Screens:Draymond finished with 124 screen assists and 328 screen points.
Given the Warriors offense, we all know how important that is.
The thing is, Sabonis led the NBA with 416 screen assists.
Gobert was 2nd with 345.
Shit, Kevon Looney was a more effective and consistent screener than Draymond.
Contested Shots:Draymond finished with 616 contested FGA during the year, which isn’t a terrible number.
The thing is, Brook Lopez led the NBA with 1,093.
Zubac was 2nd with 801.
Don’t we think production should matter with these things?
But hey, maybe now he won’t cry about DPOY and it saves us all from that bullshit.
If he can’t, well then this will look even more like a pity award.
