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德拉蒙德格林已经有两个总冠军了。他是这支NBA历史最佳球队的助推器和防守大闸。而现在，在两次以第二名的成绩陪跑科怀伦纳德之后，他终于当选了联盟最佳防守球员。你可以就他是否是联盟历史最好的二轮秀展开话题了，尽管马努吉诺比利很可能对此表示反对。













他的职业生涯让人印象深刻，但这还只是开始。这才是恐怖的地方。在罗恩亚当斯手下，其防守技巧逐年进步。他无缝换防五个位置的防守调整能力，让勇士得以祭出挡拆既换的防守策略统治NBA。如果16年总决赛没有被禁赛的话，勇士很可能已经完成了三连冠。尽管，你可以嘲笑说他的追蛋行为也是年度高光时刻，但他打空了的那一拳，却拽回了凯文杜兰特的加盟这一出乎预料的答案。









但这里并不是想做生涯回顾，或者讨论哪个才是过去几年最有影响力的追蛋行为。而是单纯来细心欣赏下格林过去一个赛季的表现。













16-17赛季，格林场均32.5分钟拿下10.2分，7.9板，7.0助，2.0抢断和1.4盖帽。他的PER是让人脱帽致敬的16.5，VORP4.6。（数据来源via basketball-reference.com）。他的PER和VORP相比上个赛季明明都略有下降，但是，为什么还是感觉——尽管杜兰特的到来减少了球权，一些关键的进阶数据也有所下滑——格林打出了生涯最好的一年呢？













而如他自己所说（CNS湾区采访）：





“这是我防守最好的一年，因为我在持续成长。在我回顾过去几年的时候，我想我的确是稳中有升的。而我觉得今年的进步更大。所以我认为这是我最好的赛季，防守上——只是不体现在数据上。数据的体现不多。但我对于防守端表现的认同度是这几年最高的。”















格林是那种在比赛的每一层面上都能施加影响的人。当他在场时，没有一刻是处于空位，或者不处于和对手的肉搏中。他总是在持球，疏导进攻。他是勇士“进攻万花筒”的中心。而在防守端，他更加不可取代，比赛中的换位提醒和防守位置分配，让他看起来像是橄榄球中的四分卫。









看着这个男人每日每夜勤勤恳恳，让你不得不为之动容。









他过去为竞争DPOY奖项自卖自夸，但今年，在赢得三年中的第二个冠军后，他看起来对这事的发展已经没有那么上心了。









在昨晚奖项公布以前，还是由CSN湾区发起的采访中:











"我已经不那么在乎了。我在乎过，但我们现在是NBA总冠军了。所以这一刻我不会再去想常规赛发生了什么了。我想要是第一轮第二轮我还是会有所芥蒂的，但这一刻.....我真的什么都不在乎。“













他提出的这个观点还是很有趣的，也是我认为联盟下个赛季需要去考虑的问题。为什么我们，直到昨晚，才能知道谁拿了MVP，DPOY，COY等各种奖项呢？我是说，谁在乎呢？拉塞尔威斯布鲁克拿到了MVP，那又怎样，毕竟，他的赛季已经早早结束了。（尽管，公平来说，如果威斯布鲁克是在第二轮获得这个奖项的话，他还得离开蜷缩着的沙发来领奖，就像诺维茨基成就勇士的黑八奇迹那样）









德拉蒙德格林在两次功亏一篑后最终获奖，这很美妙，但你知道更酷的是什么吗？















是他对于自己生涯代表赛季，史诗级强队防守大闸，地球最好防守球员等名声的看破。对于一个萨基诺出身的小胖子来说，这很酷。





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[外文]Draymond Green is a two-time champion. He is the emotional and defensive anchor of the best team in the history of the NBA. And now, after finishing second the last two years behind Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green is the league′s Defensive Player of the Year. You could argue that he′s already the best second round draft pick in league history, although Manu Ginobili might have something to say about it.



As impressive as his career has already been, he′s just getting started. That′s the scary part. His defensive game has expanded each and every year under Ron Adams. He can legit guard every single position, and his defensive flexibility has enabled the Warriors to implement a switch-everything approach that has upended the NBA. If he doesn′t get suspended in Game 5 of the 2000 Finals, the Warriors are potentially three-peaters. Although, you could argue his nut-punch was #LightYears in its own way, as he essentially missed landing his punch, but did land Kevin Durant as an unexpected consequence.



But, this isn′t a career retrospective, nor is it a forum for discussing the most famous nut shot of the past few years. Instead, this is purely an opportunity to take a closer look at Draymond Green′s past season.







In the 2000-17 season, Draymond Green averaged 10.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 1.4 blocks in 32.5 minutes per game. His PER was a very respectable 16.5, and he had a VORP of 4.6. [All stats via basketball-reference.com]. However, his PER and VORP were both slightly down compared to last season. So, why does it feel like — even with less touches with the arrival of Kevin Durant, and with some key advanced stats regressing slightly — Green just had his best season ever?



As he said himself [via CSN Bay Area]:





“It is the best defensive season I′ve had, because I′ve continued to grow. When I look at the last couple years, I think each year I got better defensively. And I think this year I′ve gotten better. So I do think it′s my best season, defensively -- but just not numbers-wise. The numbers are up a little bit more. But I actually feel better about what I′ve done on the defensive end than I have in any other year.”



Draymond is one of those guys who impacts every single facet of the game. When he′s on the court, there′s never a moment where he′s disengaged, or where he isn′t right in the thick of the action. He often brings the ball up the court, he often initiates the offense. He′s the emotional center of the Warriors′ whirling dervish offense. And on defense, he′s even more irreplaceable, calling out switches and assignments in real time, acting as the quarterback of the defense.









It′s amazing to watch the man work on a night in and night out basis.









He had openly campaigned for the DPOY award in the past, but this year, after winning the championship for the second time in three years, he seemed not to have cared too deeply one way or the other.







Again, via CSN Bay Area, before the awards were announced last night:





“I don′t really care that much anymore. I cared before, but we won the NBA championship now. I don′t care about what happened in the regular season any more at this point. I think I would have cared if I found out in Round 1 or Round 2. But at this point . . . I don′t even care any more.”



It′s an interesting point that he brings up, and something I think the league should consider for next season. Why did we find out about the results of MVP, DPOY, COY, etc, last night? I mean, who cares? Russell Westbrook won the MVP, and it didn′t matter. At all. His season has been over for a long, long time. (Although, to be fair, if Westbrook had been presented the award in the second round, like normal, he would have had to get up off his couch to come accept it somewhere, a la Dirk Nowitzki after the “We Believe” beat-down.)



It′s great that Draymond Green finally won DPOY after finishing second twice. But you know what′s even cooler?









Draymond is coming off his best season, anchors the best team in the universe, and is the best defender on the planet. Pretty good for a pudgy kid out of Saginaw.



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