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How Danny Green Found Out He Was On The All-NBA Defensive Team
San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Danny Green has always been an amazing defender. This past season Green was honored by being named a member of the NBA’s All-Defensive 2nd Team, for the first time.
That is a great and well-deserved accomplishment for Green, who found out about it in the most Spurs way possible. Danny Green didn’t get an e-mail or phone call from the league, but he got a phone call from his coach Gregg Popovich. Popovich, in true fashion, jokingly told Green that he wasn’t deserving of the nomination:
“I don’t know what I’ve been watching because I’m always on your tail about playing defense, but somebody thinks your a good defender, so enjoy it and eat it up.”
.@DGreen_14 got a surprise phone call from Pop about making his first All-Defense team. pic.twitter.com/fkRIytmJow
— Casey Keirnan (@CaseyKeirnan) June 30, 2017
