Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green (25) grabs a rebound as Stephen Curry, third from left, boxes out Houston Rockets’ Dillon Brooks (9) during the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Houston, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors is not the 2024-25 Defensive Player of the Year, but he got a consolation prize of sorts the day after he found out that he'd finished third. Green is the winner of this season's Hustle Award,

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is used to receiving criticism from opposing NBA fan bases (see: "F-k you, Draymond" chants during Game 2 on Wednesday at the Toyota Center). But he's probably not as used to receiving it from opposing players' moms.