Draymond Green weighs in on how Jayson Tatum can win NBA MVP award this season

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green believes that Boston Celtics star small forward Jayson Tatum will only win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award if he manages to take his team to the NBA championship.

The 25-year-old is one of the star performers for the Celtics side this season and is one of the key reasons why the side is currently placed on the top of the Atlantic Division with 43 wins and just 12 defeats.

Those performances did not go unnoticed as there have been many, especially on social media, who are raising their voice for him to be in contention to win the prestigious award.

Green was recently quoted in a report where he stated that Tatum will only be able to become the MVP this season if he manages to take the team to the title.

"I don't think Jayson Tatum will win his first MVP until he wins his first championship," said Green. "He's almost being punished for having so much success as a team early in his career. I think he went to the Conference Finals in his first five years or something like that. ... It's like they don't respect it quite where they should. I think it's unfair."

Green is averaging 27.1 points per game which is the ninth-best in the competition and the best by any Celtic player. That’s not it as he is also contributing 8.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.