Draymond Green vs Andrei Kirilenko

[Fire Colangelo]

Who's the better player?

Who's the better defender?

Who would you rather have on your team?

Discuss

[masonanddixon]

Neither are particularly good offensively, Kirilenko is a far more versatile defendrer and the far better wing/perimeter defender, Green better rim protector, Kirilenko much more athletic.

[FKAri]

On the surface Draymond seems much better but I wonder how he'd fit on other teams. Kirilenko can be plugged into any team and work.

[masonanddixon]

On the surface Draymond seems much better but I wonder how he'd fit on other teams. Kirilenko can be plugged into any team and work.

lol Green would be absolute shit if he were a featured star.

You probably never even saw Kirilenko.

[G-train]

I saw both extensively and I take Green.

Green is a genuine MVP candidate player. AK a step below that in his prime.

[masonanddixon]

I saw both extensively and I take Green.

Green is a genuine MVP candidate player. AK a step below that in his prime.

Green isn't close to MVP level and it just shows how shitty today's league is. Build a team around him and he will get exposed.

Neither of them are good offensive players. Kirilenko was the better perimeter player, Green maybe at best slightly better at protecting the rim but even then Andrei was better at that area.

[G-train]

Green isn't close to MVP level and it just shows how shitty today's league is. Build a team around him and he will get exposed.

Neither of them are good offensive players. Kirilenko was the better perimeter player, Green maybe at best slightly better at protecting the rim but even then Andrei was better at that area.

Green is an excellent offensive player, let alone 'not good'.

How can you not argue that he is excellent playmaker (regularly handles the ball like a guard, 7.4 apg), solid shooter at .388 from deep and also .490 overall, and finishes well around basket as well.

If you are 'not good', I doubt you drop 32 points and 9 assists under the highest pressure possible in NBA.

He is an excellent player on both ends. Don't play yourself.

[aj1987]

Green is an excellent offensive player, let alone 'not good'.

How can you not argue that he is excellent playmaker (regularly handles the ball like a guard, 7.4 apg), solid shooter at .388 from deep and also .490 overall, and finishes well around basket as well.

If you are 'not good', I doubt you drop 32 points and 9 assists under the highest pressure possible in NBA.

He is an excellent player on both ends. Don't play yourself.
The darker a players skin is, the more that inbred pretend doctor will hate on him.

[Uncle Drew]

lol Green would be absolute shit if he were a featured star.

You probably never even saw Kirilenko.
Translation: Kirilenko is white, therefore great. Draymond Green is black, therefore he sucks.

Next.

[masonanddixon]

Green is an excellent offensive player, let alone 'not good'.

How can you not argue that he is excellent playmaker (regularly handles the ball like a guard, 7.4 apg), solid shooter at .388 from deep and also .490 overall, and finishes well around basket as well.

If you are 'not good', I doubt you drop 32 points and 9 assists under the highest pressure possible in NBA.

He is an excellent player on both ends. Don't play yourself.

They are both excellent facilitators and can hit the open shot but they are both products of their system. Put Green on a shitty team where he has to create both for himself and for others and het gets badly exposed. He's on a team with the two best shooters in the league; he has a shitload of free space to operate with right now. But put him on a team like the Suns or Sixers and he'd be a nothing player.