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Ranking NBA players' top takes on Draymond Green's best defender claim
The only thing more predictable than Draymond Green saying he's the greatest defender in NBA history was the reaction it spawned.
We all know the five-time NBA All-Defensive player is one of the most outspoken -- and outspokenly confident -- stars in the NBA, but we also know that legacy questions are asked, answered and debated in barbershops, comment sections and across sports-talk programming on radio, television and at least a few of the streaming services with "plus" in the name.
With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to rank the reactions from the 2016-17 NBA Defensive Player of the Year's predecessors in the league, many of whom were, uh, let's just say vocal in expressing their opposition to his claims. Here, then, are five reactions from longtime NBA veterans, ranked from worst to best.
We all know the five-time NBA All-Defensive player is one of the most outspoken -- and outspokenly confident -- stars in the NBA, but we also know that legacy questions are asked, answered and debated in barbershops, comment sections and across sports-talk programming on radio, television and at least a few of the streaming services with "plus" in the name.
With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to rank the reactions from the 2016-17 NBA Defensive Player of the Year's predecessors in the league, many of whom were, uh, let's just say vocal in expressing their opposition to his claims. Here, then, are five reactions from longtime NBA veterans, ranked from worst to best.
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The only thing more predictable than Draymond Green saying he's the greatest defender in NBA history was the reaction it spawned.
We all know the five-time NBA All-Defensive player is one of the most outspoken -- and outspokenly confident -- stars in the NBA, but we also know that legacy questions are asked, answered and debated in barbershops, comment sections and across sports-talk programming on radio, television and at least a few of the streaming services with "plus" in the name.
With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to rank the reactions from the 2016-17 NBA Defensive Player of the Year's predecessors in the league, many of whom were, uh, let's just say vocal in expressing their opposition to his claims. Here, then, are five reactions from longtime NBA veterans, ranked from worst to best.
We all know the five-time NBA All-Defensive player is one of the most outspoken -- and outspokenly confident -- stars in the NBA, but we also know that legacy questions are asked, answered and debated in barbershops, comment sections and across sports-talk programming on radio, television and at least a few of the streaming services with "plus" in the name.
With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to rank the reactions from the 2016-17 NBA Defensive Player of the Year's predecessors in the league, many of whom were, uh, let's just say vocal in expressing their opposition to his claims. Here, then, are five reactions from longtime NBA veterans, ranked from worst to best.