Is Draymond Green the Best PF in the NBA?

[Dro]

Serious question.

[ShawkFactory]

All around? It's quite possible

[dubnation]

Yes, given there's another play on the team that can handle a high scoring load. I don't think Draymond would be the best if you threw him on a team with a bunch of scrubs, but on a good team he makes everything easier for everyone else.

[Klay 3D]

He's 6'7". I consider him a SF that can guard 1-5. A 4 by today's small-ball standard if you're physically and mentally tough. He's the best all-around SF and PF in the entire league. Triple double machine.

[ScalsFan21]

Dray is the best PF to have if you're trying to contend (IMO the best big man in the NBA, because he doesn't play like a traditional big). A guy like LMA may produce better scoring numbers on a scrub team and be able to create opportunities for himself with less help, maybe draw more defensive attention, but what good is a fringe playoff team with a ceiling of a 1st-round exit? Even with a respectable supporting cast the last few years he wasn't able to get that far in Portland.

Dray's impact just lends itself better to championship play due to his insane defensive prowess and versatility.

[Steven Kerry]

Arguably, but probably not.

[FKAri]

as a #2 or #3 option? yes.

[Akhenaten]

as a #2 or #3 option? yes.

EXACTLY.

Dude aint even top 5

[Papaya Petee]

No, I don't think he would be as good if he had to carry an offensive load as much.

Blake Griffin (healthy), Anthony Davis, LaMarcus Aldridge are all better IMO.

[RoseCity07]

Aldridge is better. Plus Draymond is really a small forward. He's a PF like Lebron is a PF. Real bigs abuse Draymond. But the league is small so it appears he can guard PFs.

[warriorfan]

as a #2 or #3 option? yes.

Draymond as a 2nd option would be a train wreck

[warriorfan]

Aldridge is better. Plus Draymond is really a small forward. He's a PF like Lebron is a PF. Real bigs abuse Draymond. But the league is small so it appears he can guard PFs.

wrong

there are almost no bigs in the league that abuse draymond

only bigs that have abused draymond in recent history are KAT and Whiteside...Aldridge can have his way with Green too if his shot is falling as well..that's about it...and those guys are more of centers than PF anyways

[Young X]

Yes he is. His impact is off the charts. I think he's possibly been a top 10 player this year.

[Underrated KD]

Dray is the best PF to have if you're trying to contend (IMO the best big man in the NBA, because he doesn't play like a traditional big). A guy like LMA may produce better scoring numbers on a scrub team and be able to create opportunities for himself with less help, maybe draw more defensive attention, but what good is a fringe playoff team with a ceiling of a 1st-round exit? Even with a respectable supporting cast the last few years he wasn't able to get that far in Portland.

Dray's impact just lends itself better to championship play due to his insane defensive prowess and versatility.

Totally agree.

[Underrated KD]

Yes he is. His impact is off the charts. I think he's possibly been a top 10 player this year.

Well said.

[masonanddixon]

Dirk
Aldridge
Love
Millsap
Griffin

all better off the top of my head

[hateraid]

He's a glorified role player, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. He's a great fit to any team. It would be the same thing to comparing Scottie Pippen to being the greatest small forward of his generation

[ShawkFactory]

Dirk
Aldridge
Love
Millsap
Griffin

all better off the top of my head
:facepalm

[PP34Deuce]

The best positionless forward in the top 3 today.

[masonanddixon]

:facepalm

Which do you disagree with, man?

[AirBonner]

So the warriors have the best pg best sg and best pf :biggums:
Stacked.

[ShawkFactory]

Which do you disagree with, man?
Dirk and Millsap.

Probably love too

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Easily. Hes also a top 5 player in the NBA.

I would rank the PFs

Draymond
LMA
Dirk
Love
Millsap

[Duggrr]

Green and Aldridge are definitely the top two and it's hard to say who is better because Draymond definitely shines as result of being on GSW (not to take anything away from his own key contributions to the team's greatness.) Green is a great defender while Aldridge is a very solid one, but Aldridge is a much more reliable scorer and has the most complete scoring game of any big in the game by far. Also Green wouldn't be capable of being a first option while Aldridge could and I doubt Green could be relied on as a 2nd scorer either. He's a support player that feeds off of us others, but a great one that makes players around him better

[masonanddixon]

Dirk and Millsap.

Probably love too

Dirk was excellent this season. He was a beast in the postseason, was better than both Durant and Westbrook.

I can see Millsap as debateable though

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Dirk was excellent this season. He was a beast in the postseason, was better than both Durant and Westbrook.

I can see Millsap as debateable though
Westbrook was much better in the Dallas series than Dirk

[Dro]

Didn't he have like 19 points in the 3rd quarter the other day?

[Jasper]

Serious question.
Serious answer = NOPE

[bobopenguin]

healthy bosh eats draymond for breakfast.
anthony davis eat draymond for desert.

[hiphopanonymous]

:roll:

[Vino24]

Peaked in 2016

[SpaceJam2]

Peaked in 2016


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[tanibanana]

His peak is 2016, and that year the answer is still No.

[SouBeachTalents]

He literally peaked that Game 7 in 2016

Both on the court

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYyvMsdZic

And in the parking lot on his cell phone

[Young X]

The Warriors won 73 games this year. Higher than any Bulls/Celtics/Lakers team, higher than any Lebron team, higher than any Shaq or Kobe team.

Obviously Curry had a GOAT-level season (or close to it). But even with that, how could the Warriors have won all those games with just him playing amazing? With him being the only top 10 player on the team?

Was Curry just that much better than the best players on those teams or did he also have teammates playing at an elite level?

When Curry got injured in the playoffs that year, how were the Warriors able to still win playoff games/series?

Maybe Draymond really was that good?

[hiphopanonymous]

The Warriors won 73 games this year. Higher than any Bulls/Celtics/Lakers team, higher than any Lebron team, higher than any Shaq or Kobe team.

Obviously Curry had a GOAT-level season (or close to it). But even with that, how could the Warriors have won all those games with just him playing amazing? With him being the only top 10 player on the team?

Was Curry just that much better than the best players on those teams or did he also have teammates playing at an elite level?

When Curry got injured in the playoffs that year, how were the Warriors able to still win playoff games/series?

Maybe Draymond really was that good?
His team was a pioneer team.

They took advantage of the current eras rules such as banned physicality off-ball, and ignored moving screens, before anyone else had figured out how best to capitalize on them. The also continued the trend of superteaming when Durant decided to jump onboard after playing them to 7 games in OKC, and that helped as well.

The roster had a few great players on it but what they really were was a unit that was greater than the sum of their parts based on having that pioneering edge over the rest of the league. Rough up their 3 point shooters with the banned classic rules and stop letting them set moving screens and that team likely would have looked nothing like it did to the untrained eyes of fans and teams still not adapted to the new rules and officiating styles. It's possible the new rules and officiating styles were tailor built for that team, who knows what Adam Silvers agenda is.

[Young X]

His team was a pioneer team.

They took advantage of the current eras rules such as banned physicality off-ball, and ignored moving screens, before anyone else had figured out how best to capitalize on them. The also continued the trend of superteaming when Durant decided to jump onboard after playing them to 7 games in OKC, and that helped as well.

The roster had a few great players on it but what they really were was a unit that was greater than the sum of their parts based on having that pioneering edge over the rest of the league. Rough up their 3 point shooters with the banned classic rules and stop letting them set moving screens and that team likely would have looked nothing like it did to the untrained eyes of fans and teams still not adapted to the new rules and officiating styles. It's possible the new rules and officiating styles were tailor built for that team, who knows what Adam Silvers agenda is.They could've never took advantage of all that without Draymond. Draymond was setting alot of those illegal screens, Draymond allowed them to play small with him playing Center, Draymond even begged KD to join on the phone after they lost lol.

I don't care what era it is, no team is going 73-9 with one elite player.

[Celtics 1825]

Even back then this was a horrible take :oldlol: