Draymond Green is the winner of the NBA Hustle Award for 2024-25, the league announced on Friday.
THE Golden State Warriors Forward is a first prize winner, which was created in 2017 to honor players who make “effort games that do not often appear in the traditional box score, but who have an impact on a night base”, according to the NBA announcement.
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The Tracks League “statistics“, including the deviations, the loose bullets recovered, the accusations taken, the screens and the shots contested to determine the winner of the price.
Interestingly, Green only ranked among the first 10 accusations drawn and disputed at 3 points, while placing itself in the Top 20 in deviations and challenged shots at 2 points. Looking at the Hustle statistics page on NBA.com, we could conclude that Dyson Daniels of the Atlanta Hawks or the New York Knicks' Josh Hart should win the award.
However, Green ranked among the first 40 in the nine Hustle categories, which made him the winner. At 35, he is the oldest player to win the award. Previously, Green appeared among the five best finisters, including the finalist in 2017 and 2023.
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Green is also the second former defensive player of the year to win the Hustle Award, joining Smart. He won the defensive player of the year in 2017 and was Honor finalist This season. During his 13 NBA seasons, Green also won the All-NBA status twice and all the honors of the team eight times.
Ending behind Green while the best five finisters were Cason Wallace of the Oklahoma City ThunderTHE Philadelphia 76ers' Guerschon YabuseleOkc Luguentz there and Daniels, According to the League.
Patrick Beverley was the inaugural winner of the prize in 2017. Marcus Smart won the Honor three times in 2019, 2022 and 2023 with the Boston Celtics. The winner of last season was Alex CarusoThen with the Chicago Bulls.
