NBA Inside The Player Of The Week (Dec. 29 - Jan. 4)

Stephen Curry was seen sitting on the bench quite a bit this past week. That is because he was having shin pains. The Warriors have seem to have most of their success come from Stephen Curry who may just be the best player in the world. With him out of the lineup, it seemed like it might have been pretty tough for the Warriors to win games. However, Draymond Green completely took over the games while Curry was out. Let's take a look at how Draymond Green helped his team win 3 out of 4 games this past week.

In 3 of those 4 games, Draymond Green had a triple-double. He rebounded and passed the ball really well. And while his scoring numbers weren't that flashy, Draymond Green shot well from the floor, especially from 3. He shot 53% from deep this past week. But it wasn't like he was taking tough shots. If you watched the video above, you can see that Draymond Green wasn't taking tough shots, they were actually open shots. Why was he this open though? The reason why is because Draymond Green was passing so well, that the opponents were so much worried about the other players that Draymond was passing to as they were about him. Forwards and Centers aren't used to a guy passing like that from that position. With that being said, Draymond Green was getting open jumpers all night.

Draymond was outstanding in transition. If you watched the video above, you could see him running the floor beating all of the bigs in transition. He did really well sharing the ball in transition as well as scoring in transition. That is big though. If you have a big guy who can run the floor and pass in transition, you are going to get a lot of easy points. That is why Draymond is so valuable.

Draymond also really helped his team on the defensive end. He averaged 1.25 blocks and 2.25 steals this past week. And to top that off Draymond's assist ratio this week is top 11 in the league in the last 5 games. He is the only PF/C to be on there.

Draymond Green is obviously this week's NBA Inside The Player Of The Week. He has earned it this week by showing us that he was the main reason's for this Warriors team's success and that he clearly deserved this award. Him and his team battled without Stephen Curry for most of this week. So congratulations to Draymond Green on winning his first ever, NBA Inside The Player Of The Week award.