But he was still pretty darn good, averaging 16.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game, despite playing just 25.9 minutes a night.
Wood didn’t have his best season last year for the Dallas Mavericks, as he finished off his three-year, $41 million contract.
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Here are a handful of free agent big men for the Dubs to take a look at as they seek to fill out their roster in the pursuit of a fifth championship in 10 years. Šarić would be a fantastic addition to the Warriors, but there are directions for them to pivot if he ends up choosing a different team.
They were reportedly close to signing sharpshooting big Dario Šarić, but his free agency is now on hold while the fate of Damian Lillard gets determined. Still, the Warriors will look to compound Green and Looney’s existence by adding a big in free agency. like Looney and Draymond Green, for instance. The only ways to solve a size issue are to hope you nab a few of them, hope you nab one of the best of them, or find players who can play above their size. The reality is that, in any given year, there are fewer than two players per team that are 6’10” or taller and good enough to deserve frequent playing time. That number expands to 106 if we include people 6’10” and above, but only 38 of those players had more minutes last year than Jonathan Kuminga. Only 20 of them played in at least half of their team’s games, and only 10 of them started in at least half of their team’s games. 34 of them were 7-footers, which equates to about one per team. To wit: 679 players stepped on an NBA court last year. That’s a very small group to be pulling players from, before we consider that many of those are not at an NBA age. We can clamor for 7-footers all we want, but the reality is that the CDC estimates that there are fewer than 3,000 7-footers in the world. Basketball may be a tall person’s sport, but existence is not a really tall person’s sport. Turns out that’s not the easiest thing to do. So if the Warriors do want to address their lack of size, it will have to come through free agency or a trade. The Warriors haven’t really addressed that issue yet this offseason, though they took a step in that direction when they drafted Trayce Jackson-Davis, a player who might technically be shorter than the player he was traded for (Patrick Baldwin Jr.), but who, thanks to his muscle, size, and basketball skills, plays like a big man compared to Baldwin’s perimeter-oriented game.īut we know that we can’t count on a rookie to contribute, even a 23-year old four-year college player. won a title a year ago with Kevon Looney as their only honest-to-goodness big - but it’s easy to understand why people have those concerns. We can question just how valid the concerns are - I’m always quick to point out that they, you know. It would be the end of an era, the most successful era in franchise history.For the last few years, there’s been a call from fans for the Golden State Warriors to sign a big man in free agency. On the other hand, if the Clippers lose the superstar pair they'll find themselves in a rebuilding mode. Additionally, Luc Mbah a Moute and Marreese Speights can each opt out of their current deals.Įven if Paul and Griffin do re-sign, the Clippers could find themselves with a far weaker supporting cast come the 2017-18 season. Redick, Raymond Felton and Alan Anderson. Plus, dedicating maximum money to the pair this summer will likely make it impossible for the team to bring back its other free agents, including J.J. The pair have never been able to get past the conference semifinals, though they have led the Clippers to six straight playoff appearances.Īnd with teams like the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets all built around superstars in their primes-and teams like the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves expected to improve dramatically in the coming years given promising young cores-the Clippers window may have closed in the Western Conference. There are questions about whether re-signing Griffin and Paul is the right direction for the franchise, however.
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