Over the last decade, the Golden State Warriors have struggled to find a strong, lasting combination of bigs for their frontcourt.
Draymond Green emerged as a staple power forward/small-ball center in 2014, but aside from him, it’s been musical chairs of draft picks and free agents to fill the voids.
With the Warriors’ perimeter players (Curry, Thompson, Russell) eating up a large chunk of the team’s salary, the Dub’s management has had to get thrifty and creative in how they acquire their bigs.
In years past the Warriors have looked towards cheap free agent signings of ring chasers and NBA journeymen to fill this void, such as (in no particular order) David West, Jermaine O’Neal, Zaza Pachulia, Marreese Speights, Anderson Varejão, Javale McGee, Jonas Jerebko and DeMarcus Cousins.