Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Thu Mar-25-21 01:29 PM
46. "Dray made 1st All-Defensive Team that year." In response to In response to 45
Iggy didn't even make second team.
Dray was Top 5 in the NBA in every defensive metric that season. Iggy was not.
Iggy had a tremendous five games. He won Finals MVP because, after a year of averaging 8/3/3 and never starting all year, he averaged 16/5/4 on the biggest stage and defended the best player in the NBA admirably. It's a great narrative, it's a great story.
But the Warriors don't win that title without the small ball lineup, with if Kerr continued to play Bogut like he did in the first three games. And the Warriors can't play small ball without Draymond being able to genuinely guard 1 through 5. He's a cheat code.