Despite missing out on the Defensive Player of the Year award, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green got some consolation after he was named the recipient of the NBA Hustle Award. According to the NBA, it's an honor given to "a player who makes the effort plays that do not often appear in the box score but help determine team success."

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.

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green wanted to be named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year this season. While the veteran forward fell short of that goal Thursday night, finishing behind Dyson Daniels and eventual winner Evan Mobley,