To the dismay of many Dubs fans, Draymond Green missed out on the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year — that honor went to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley. However, the Golden State Warriors forward did receive something of a consolation prize.

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, the NBA announced Friday.

The NBA regular season awards for individual success keep rolling out during the first round of the playoffs. Payton Pritchard captured the Sixth Man of the Year honors earlier this week; Jalen Brunson was named Clutch Player of the Year alongside Evan Mobley,