“Russell Westbrook deserved his MVP”: Draymond Green justifies Warriors teammate Stephen Curry’s MVP case by using Russ as an example

Draymond Green is campaigning hard for Stephen Curry to win a 3rd MVP. He’s using Russell Westbrook as an example for his argument.

Steph will finish 2020-21 with the second scoring title of his career. In terms of all-time offensive seasons, Curry’s 2015-16 outings were considered to be the best of the best. He’s been even better this year on a lot of fronts.

Steph finished April averaging an unreal 37.4 points per game while making damn near 7 3-pointers per game. His run in that month carried the Warriors from 4 games under .500 (23-27) to their current record of 38-33. They’ve won 15 of their last 21 games now.

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Nikola Jokic is this year’s NBA MVP in most people’s eyes, mainly because of his consistency. The Joker has been setting historical precedent with his unconventional style of play for a center.

But there is a significant faction of fans that views Steph as this season’s true MVP. Draymond Green, as a teammate, is obviously using these rallying calls to make Steph’s case.

Draymond Green talks up Russell Westbrook for his 2016-17 MVP

Russ became the first player in 55 years to finish an NBA season averaging a triple-double, back in 2017. The upheaval that he caused in NBA circles at the time was bonkers. Barely 3 years back, Lance Stephenson held the season high for triple-doubles with a paltry 6.

Westbrook changed all of that in 2015-16, and he took his game to a whole new level for the following year. Draymond is completely in agreement with the MVP voting given how the Brody shepherded that Thunder team to the playoffs:

“I had no problem with him winning the MVP because I actually thought he f–king deserved it. That OKC team he was on was horses–t. Complete horses–t. And he carried that team to the playoffs while going out and averaging a triple double, completely destroying every team that he played against.”

Draymond Green had time to chat on an off-day – his “last cheat day before the playoffs.” And so, as he sat in the drive thru line at In & Out, we chewed the fat.

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— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) May 14, 2021

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“I thought he deserved to be the MVP. Why? Because he was so valuable to that team that he got that team to the playoffs while averaging a triple double. You’re damn right he deserved to be the MVP.”