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Draymond Green’s 3-on-1 stop was vintage Dray

Ever since Draymond Green returned to the Golden State Warriors lineup, Steve Kerr has been touting him as the “best defensive player in the world.” Kerr is a pretty strong manager and motivator, so I’m not going to make any guarantees as to why he would pour such high praise on Green, but if I had to guess it’s because ... he thinks Green is the best defensive player in the world.

I agree.

The numbers paint a similar picture.

In the Warriors first five games, which featured four contests without Green, and one where he was primarily on a minutes restriction, they allowed 116.