Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green lobbied for teammate Jordan Poole to win the NBA's Most Improved Player award over favorite Ja Morant, via ESPN's Kendra Andrews:
"The award is called the most improved. Not who had the best year. That's the MVP. A lot of times we get it confused. No disrespect to Ja Morant, but Ja is an MVP candidate. Ja Morant isn't the Most Improved Player. He was f--king incredible last year. When you look around, the most improvement has been Jordan Poole and that goes without saying. He is the most improved.