That would be me, naturally, but that's cos I kinda know what I'm talking about where GS is concerned (at least relatively speaking, haha). The Warriors from top to bottom loved Quese, who at age 22 was having a really good season:
(Per 36)
14.9 points on .561 TS
11.0 rebounds
3.8 assists
1.2 steals
1.8 blocks
Other players this season averaging 14-11-3 per 36 in over 600 minutes played: Giannis, Towns, Embiid, Jokic, Sabonis, Vucevic, Adebayo, Adams, Love, Plumlee. That's the complete list.
Literally nobody wanted to waive him (and apparently there was much internal debate in the FO about his waiving); but as I noted, there was an impending roster crunch with the pro days on Lee's and Bowman's two-way contracts coming to an end, the hard cap tying their hands, and Chriss the only player on the team without a guaranteed contract. There were plenty of other guys who had been much less good than Chriss, but they were all on guaranteed deals that would have required trading.
In any case, it's a straw man that I thought the Ws could get draft picks for him. Just the opposite: I saw the writing on the wall with his contract status and brought him up as a potentially great, cheap C option on the Celtics if/when he had to be cut loose. I still think he's that — pretty comparable to Daniel Theis in that he's a bit undersized for a C, but a really skilled overall player (decent-to-good shooter, passer, rebounder, shotblocker, and solidly switchable). With more athleticism and upside than Theis. Go get him!