How many years of K-Malone over Peak Draymond?

[Matt15]

How many years of Karl Malone were better than peak Draymond Green?

[Medbrat]

At least all prime years? DOes peak Donkey carry them to two Finals? That's your answer. Also, Stockton would have left right away.

[rk2023]

At least all prime years? DOes peak Donkey carry them to two Finals? That's your answer. Also, Stockton would have left right away.

Does Malone on the 15/16 Warriors result in 1 championship, 2 conference championships, and 140 regular season wins? Or does he come into Golden State and fail to display the synergy playing with and off of Stephen Curry, take away more optimal offensive possessions with spamming post ups, and fail to anchor the defense even closely to the extent Green did? Not insinuating I would take Green, but might want to frame your answer with specific nuance.

[eminence]

Zero, zilch, nada. Draymond that could shoot was a weapon.

[kendogg]

all karl's prime years, which is most of his career. draymond gets too much credit for the warriors defense. yes he is a fantastic help defender and defensive communicator, but he's not the only cog in the defensive scheme and most of what he does is replaceable. the warriors have a 5 point difference in defensive rating without draymond over the past 7 seasons. noticeable difference but not the immense gap some would pretend there is. and that is including the fact that the warriors have never had great big man depth, so when draymond is out they are reaching deep into their bench.

karl is a good defender in his own right. he's a better man defender than draymond. immovable object in the post and also very quick for his size..i'd say he is equally as quick footed as draymond. GOAT class work ethic and stamina levels for a star player. and he's a far better rebounder. he's not a great rim protector but neither is draymond, though karl would do better in this era with so few 7 footers that have a length advantage over him. there's a 0% chance draymond can play center in any other era. they both have good hands, but draymond is better at interceptions while karl is better at slap downs. I don't think the warriors would lose much if anything replacing draymond with karl. it would take some adjustments for sure, but ultimately they wouldn't be much less effective if at all. really the only thing draymond does noticeably better in defensively is help defense. but karl is no slouch in that realm either just not elite like draymond, but how much of that is attributed to the difference in defensive schemes and personnel is hard to say.

offensively it's not even close. karl doesn't need the ball in his hands to do work either. he's one of the greatest screen setters in league history and that's exactly what curry and klay want. he's great as a roll man and a pop man, spacing the floor, moving and cutting, basically everything core to the warriors offense. karl is one of the GOAT midrange shooters of all time. his midrange peak is better than dirk or KG. we don't have shooting breakdown data for most of his career, but in 97 and 98 his 16-3PT range was a 52.8 and 53.6, while dirk's career high was 52.6 in 2011 and KG's peak is 48.6. and karl is also an elite finisher, far better than draymond. karl was no slouch as a passer either and didn't pad his totals by standing in the high post and waiting for curry or klay to come off a screen for the rondo assist.

draymond is a high level role player that thinks he's a star. karl has one of the 20 greatest peaks in league history. this thread is kind of an insult to karl malone honestly.

[1993Playoffs]

All prime years

Edit - not close tbh.

[Jaivl]

How much of 16 Draymond's shooting is luck/variance à la 20 Davis? That's the question for me. The answer might honestly be zero if it was somewhat sustainable... (I have some doubts, so I have ~3 to 4ish Malone years slightly above peak Dray).

[dygaction]

15-16

[Cavsfansince84]

It's sort of reliant on the exact situation they are coming into. If the answer is right now/next season and scoring isn't a major priority then its sort of easy to pick peak Draymond over him I think. If you need scoring and its era relative then it skews hugely towards taking most of Karl's prime.

[DonaldSanders]

I love Draymond but Karl Malone is on a different tier of player. So, age 25 until his late 30s Malone was superior. Strange question.

This is of course ignoring any "team fit" etc. arguments and just sheer player value.

[Tomtolbert]

All years in Malone's prime.

[Narigo]

Most of Malones prime. I would say from 89-01