© Kyle Terada | 2019 Apr 7
A group of anonymous NBA players voted Draymond Green and Russell Westbrook as the most overrated NBA players, as revealed by a piece published by The Athletic on Monday.
Stephen Curry provided his two cents regarding the poll on Instagram, and it’s safe to say he doesn’t think it holds much weight.
“Who are these 109 players??????” Curry wrote. “Can’t be anybody that’s actually touched the floor and been in front of those 2! Good luck!” (clown face emoji)
Though 127 players took part in answering questions posed by The Athletic, only 47 elected to answer this one. Interestingly, Green was also voted as the player who talks the most trash, taking home 33 percent of the 123 votes.
Whether those two are related is up for debate, but it wasn’t the only indication that Green might not have the respect around the league that he does in the Bay Area. Green — the 2017 Defensive Player of the Year and three time first-team All-Defensive selection — received just 2.6 percent of the vote (the same amount as Kris Dunn) as the answer to who is the league’s best defender.
Green is currently ranked 11th in the NBA in defensive real plus-minus this season.