Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #40 - 2015-16 Draymond Green

[falcolombardi]

Right now i am actually thinkinh ginobili 2005 > reggie 95 due to defense, which i didnt expect to think

I would need to refresh my ginobili memories but i remember him as a plus defender and i love his offense too

[LA Bird]

Here are the results for round 40

Winner: 16 Green

There were 8 voters in this round: Proxy, Samurai, AEnigma, trelos6, homecourtloss, falcolombardi, CharityStripe34, 70sFan

A total of 31 seasons received at least 1 vote: 00 Mourning, 15 Green, 16 Green, 17 Green, 20 Butler, 20 Doncic, 22 Butler, 22 Doncic, 67 Barry, 67 Thurmond, 68 Hawkins, 69 Barry, 69 Thurmond, 71 Frazier, 72 Frazier, 73 Frazier, 74 Lanier, 74 McAdoo, 75 Barry, 75 Gilmore, 75 Lanier, 75 McAdoo, 76 Gilmore, 76 McAdoo, 82 Moncrief, 83 Moncrief, 84 Moncrief, 94 Miller, 94 Mutombo, 95 Miller, 97 Hill

Top 10 seasons: 16 Green, 74 Lanier, 75 Gilmore, 22 Butler, 72 Frazier, 20 Butler, 71 Frazier, 73 Frazier, 94 Miller, 00 Mourning

H2H record (1 season per player)
16 Green: 0.630 (17-10)
74 Lanier: 0.613 (19-12)
75 Gilmore: 0.500 (12-12)
22 Butler: 0.478 (11-12)
72 Frazier: 0.458 (11-13)
00 Mourning: 0.400 (10-15)
94 Miller: 0.375 (9-15)

[AEnigma]

Right now i am actually thinkinh ginobili 2005 > reggie 95 due to defense, which i didnt expect to think

I would need to refresh my ginobili memories but i remember him as a plus defender and i love his offense too

I definitely take Manu per minute and per possession… but minutes are always what hold him back for me. Reggie was a 40 minutes a game postseason player in his prime. Manu’s highest minute averages for a series are 38.7 (2010 Suns), 36.5 (2005 Suns), and 36 (2005 Pistons). No other series crossing the 35-minute mark. He averages under 33 minutes a game in his postseason prime. Is he worth that much more then Reggie? I mean, maybe, but it makes it a much tougher question. I guess 2005 helps a little with him at least showing he could hit 36 minutes a game against tough teams, but that is still a fair bit shy of Reggie.

EDIT — In the event anyone in the future is reading this specific thread and feeling confused by the Draymond pick, I am including a link to reasoning that could have been used to justify the vote:
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=2231758&p=101543086#p101543086