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Larry Harris

👤 Speaker
495 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

How does that impact the draft?

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

Yeah, and that was COVID and injuries.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

Those were more injury-based.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

Yeah, I think at that time, you know, especially was we knew we had the injuries created the scenario that we were in.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

It wasn't like we were we were, you know, we were healthy and we just we need to make the playoffs.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

And this is where we landed.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

And then you had to pick.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

It was more injury based.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

Right.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

So for us, it was always taking the best player.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

But I would say most drafts, two things are two things that always come into play.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

leading up to where we're at today.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

It's a little bit different now moving forward, but leading up today, it was always like, okay, what can we do to help Steph?

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

What kind of player would help?

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

And can this player, can we play this player right now?

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

Is he playable?

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

And if you look at some of our recent drafts, we haven't really had first round picks because of movements as we made to win the 22 championships.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

So we've had second rounds.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

Well, the second rounders have been older guys who've actually, Steve started, has played, you know, Trace Jackson Davis or whether it's Quentin Post, I mean, have actually played Will Richards.

The Ryen Russillo Show
The Pistons’ Big Problem, Warriors Exec Revisits Drafting Steph & Finding Another Star, Plus Rockets GM Rafael Stone

So we've kind of been, you know, with the mindset of let's take the best player, but can he work in Steve's system and can he help or can he help accentuate some of the things that can...