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NBA Player Power Rankings: Draymond Green Surging

By Maxwell Ogden

Dec 25, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (left) reacts as Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (right) looks on in the first half of a NBA basketball game on Christmas at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 25, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (left) reacts as Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (right) looks on in the first half of a NBA basketball game on Christmas at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 4, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez (11) drives against Boston Celtics center Tyler Zeller (44) during the first quarter at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 4, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez (11) drives against Boston Celtics center Tyler Zeller (44) during the first quarter at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /

Honorable Mention: Brook Lopez, Brooklyn Nets

Last Rank: N/A

Position: Center

Age: 27

Slash Line: .482/.000/.804

Season Averages: 34.1 MPG, 19.9 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 3.2 ORPG, 1.6 APG, 2.0 BPG

The Brooklyn Nets are 10-24, but that hasn’t stopped Brook Lopez from being an absolute force in 2015-16. Despite lacking the perimeter help to adequately space to the floor, the All-Star center has been a force on both ends of the floor.

The result was Lopez being named as the most recent recipient of the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award.

Over the course of that week, Lopez averaged 26.7 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in three games played. He led Brooklyn to wins over the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, and followed with a 19-point outing against the latter team just two days later.

Two days after that, Lopez had 24 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks against the Toronto Raptors.

Seeing as these are the player power rankings, Lopez deserves to be mentioned amongst the league’s best players of 2015-16. He leads all centers at 19.9 points per game—No. 2 is Andre Drummond at 17.9—is No. 6 in the NBA in blocks per game, and is No. 8 in offensive rebounding.

Lopez’s team may be bad, but he’s No. 18 in the NBA in Estimated Wins Added—an accurate depiction of how much worse Brooklyn would be without him.

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