re: First take, klay and draymond for AD

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No. Green is perhaps the best defender in the league and guards 3-4 positions. Davis is an opportunistic defender that makes spectacular defensive plays. If he was that great of a defender, he would elevate those around him and the Pelicans would be an outstanding defensive team (ala the Warriors). Great defensive players don't play on bad to average defensive teams

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To be fair the pels were very good defensively post Boogie injury WITHOUT the continuity that Green enjoys in GSW. I think you could have made this argument pre 17-18 season, but Davis really upped his game this year on that end of the floor. Not saying Green isn’t fantastic, but there’s a reason AD is top 3 for DPOY and made the first team.

To kind of prove the point. Let’s take Cousins. Put him in at the 5 for Davis and Green on the respective teams.

Where do you think Curry/Thompson/Iggy/Durant/Cousins would rank and where do you think Rondo/Holiday/Moore/Niko/Cousins would rank? I’d say GSW still finishes top 10 and the Pels lineup is probably in the mid 20s. It’s hard to compare the two with such a disparity in counterparts.

Edit: we were not a bad-average defensive team in the second part of the year. Green and Davis are both stellar. That’s my point.