Mark Daigneault on the OKC Thunder Not Adding a Big Man at the NBA Trade Deadline

The Oklahoma City Thunder saw another transaction window pass without adding a big man, and Mark Daigneault gave his thoughts on the hot topic.

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00:00 >> Especially like a traditional big man, and

00:03 why that isn't like an obvious move for you guys to make?

00:07 >> Well, in terms of what moves to make, again, Sam's gonna do that,

00:13 and a lot of that's based on opportunity, and there's a lot of layers that go into

00:18 those decisions around in a vacuum that he's making.

00:22 So I think it's important to understand that.

00:26 The type of person that we have here, how they fit the organization,

00:31 how they fit the locker room.

00:33 When I say stylistic fit, it's as much about are they competitive,

00:36 are they willing to play inside the team?

00:38 Everybody's game's a little bit different, and part of our job as coaching staff is

00:43 to be flexible and adapt and evolve based on our personnel, which I think we've done.

00:48 We haven't had a static style of play over time.

00:52 It's evolved and it's built based on who we have and what we do well.

00:58 But I would just say anything you change or anything you do in general,

01:03 in basketball, it's a very interconnected game.

01:05 And so every decision you make, whether it's with the roster or

01:08 it's a decision I make on the court, is a domino.

01:11 It's not just a decision in a vacuum.

01:14 You push over one domino and it's gonna knock over more dominoes in that game or

01:18 in the future.

01:20 And evaluating every decision as such, I think is important from our standpoint.

01:26 Whether or not everybody agrees that he's making a lot of decisions,

01:29 we're obviously making a lot of decisions.

01:30 No one's gonna agree with every decision we make.

01:32 But we try to have an appreciation for the layers and

01:36 the consequences of all of our decisions.

01:39 Whether it's Sam making the decisions with the team or

01:42 whether it's our coaching staff making decisions on the court.