Golden State Warriors forward-center Draymond Green is the winner of the 2024-25 NBA Hustle Award. The NBA Hustle Award honors players who make the effort plays that don’t often appear in the traditional box score but impact winning on a nightly basis.

The Warriors forward was announced on Friday as winner of the 2024-25 NBA Hustle Award. The award, which was first given out in 2016-17, “honors players who make the effort plays that don’t often appear in the traditional box score but impact winning on a nightly basis,” according to the NBA.

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,