INDIANAPOLIS — Last season, Draymond Green set a Warriors record with 13-triple-doubles and earned his first All-Star and All-NBA selections. He became the first player in league history to have at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists, 100 steals and 100 blocks in a season.
Still, Green finished second to San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard in Defensive Player of the Year voting for the second straight season. It gnawed at a man who fashions his on-court identity around his ability to shut down opponents.
Fourteen games into his follow-up to a historic individual season, Green has made winning Defensive Player of the Year one of his chief focuses.