EvanZ wrote:whatisacenter wrote:EvanZ wrote:Last night I was reminded how much we dropped the ball by not trying to sign Hartenstein. I don't know, maybe we did try. Not hard enough though. That dude would have unlocked so much for us. It's sort of the story of the last few years. Just too much resting on our laurels, like literally the textbook definition.
It's the Draymond effect. The FO wasn't going to sign/trade for 7' players that wouldn't get on the court.
When we had good 7-footers like Bogut and Zaza they got on the court. We all know how much Kerr loved having size back then. And then they went and drafted Wiseman, so that doesn't really sound like they were avoiding 7-footers. Imagine if they just signed Hartenstein and didn't feel the need to take Wiseman (not sure if this was the timing but you get the point).
Bob Myers on the possibility of a buyout big man: “It doesn’t matter if he’s 7-feet tall or 8-feet tall. Any buyout conversation has to be done in collaboration with the coaching staff. Because why bring a player in if they’re not going to use him?”
I know this quote is about a buyout big man but, Wiseman or no Wiseman, the team hasn't brought in a 7' the past two seasons.
I also don't think big men want to come to GS because they know they are going to get benched in crunchtime and that the best version of a team with Draymond on it is when he is playing as a small ball 5.