The Warriors have strengthened Schroder at the moment, but they haven't completely addressed their weaknesses. Many fans know very well that the biggest weakness of the Warriors is that they don't have height on the inside and don't have a consistent scoring ability. This issue has been plaguing the Warriors for years. They haven't had a center who can defend well on the interior and finish well.
The Warriors currently only have Green, Looney and Jackson Davis on the inside, and Green is also the center of the five-man lineup. Kerr has rarely played him as a center in a five-man squad these days. Because Green's ability to protect rebounds and defend under the basket has also declined significantly as he gets older. So the Warriors are very short of a good center right now.
In fact, this offseason, the Warriors made a long consideration about Looney's stay, and in the end they chose to keep Looney and execute his final year of contract. But after this season, it may be difficult for Looney to continue to stay in the lineup, this year is the last year of Looney's contract, but because he has no consistent playing time with the Warriors, he has only averaged 16 minutes per game this season, which makes Looney have no stable data to present, and his presence does not seem to be strong.
So there's a good chance that the Warriors will look for some center players from the free market again next offseason, and Looney may be waived by them. But there's no shortage of players like Wayne Rooney, and many teams have shown a lot of interest in him this offseason. Including recently, according to the front reporter, many teams have also been paying attention to Rooney, hoping to get such a solid center forward in the future.
Why do so many teams pay more attention to Wayne Rooney? It's because Looney has some obvious strengths, that is, his rebounding ability and covering ability. At the Warriors, Looney had very little playing time due to Kerr's frequent shredding of players' playing time. But even with so little playing time, he still ranks in the top 10 in the league in rebounds per game. In 16 minutes per game, he averages 3.4 frontcourt rebounds per game. This is enough to see that his ability to rebound in the frontcourt is very strong. Maybe given him an average of more than 25 minutes per game, he could be the league's top in rebounding in the frontcourt.
In addition, Looney's screen quality is also very high, and his finishing ability under the basket may be one of his major weaknesses, but there are many teams that need his rebounding ability and covering ability very much. In addition, the defense is also relatively solid. Rooney may be rarely used under Kerr's system, but he could get more playing time with a different team. This is not a better option for Rooney. And he's in the prime of his career, and he's perfectly positioned to hit the last big contract of his career with a great performance from other teams. I wonder what the fans think?