Warriors forward Draymond Green is not fond of how the NBA awards winners are decided. Specifically, the three-time NBA champion thinks that letting the media decide who gets the awards is wrong. Green described it as being ‘absolutely disgusting.’
He pointed out that some of the media people that are voting could have personal issues with certain players and it could cost them awards.
Via Joseph Zucker of Bleacher Report:
“I think when you look at voting for All-NBA, when you look at voting for Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, MVP, ultimately these things are voting on by the media, which I think is absolutely disgusting,” he said at the 4:40 mark. “Because these are human beings that could have personal issues against guys because that does happen.”
Green brought up an example from his own experience when he got the most first-place votes for the Defensive Player of the Year and was on track to win the award but one guy left it out of the ballot entirely which led to Kawhi Leonard getting the prestigious award.
Not only that. The awards have financial implications on players because it affects their contracts and now how much they earn. Specifically it is tied to rookie max extension.
