The dawning of the Quinten Post Era; plus USA Olympic Men's Basketball Exhibition vs South Sudan 12 noon Pacific on FOX

Hoping for good health for everyone

Eric Apricot

Jul 20, 2024

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Post looked reasonably good in his debut in Game 6. In 14:27 he was not shy about shooting, hitting 4-7 and 2-4 on 3P, and chipping in 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL and the obligatory Warriors 2 TOV. He ran a lot of offense out of handoff sets and was available on pick and pops. More live comments below.
Sorkin starting, no Post yet.
Coach Vereen calls the early angry timeout after GSW completely loses an OKC shooter in early offense.
Reportedly yes, Post is playing, on a minutes restriction
The Post Era has begun. Immediately claps for the ball, doesn’t get it, then commits an illegal screen.
Post digs out a contested rebound, teams pushes ahead, Ethan Thompson with a possible unwise but effective 1 v 4 layup
My memory is that Post’s pretty right hand dominant. He is okay at scoring in the post, but I wouldn’t call him excellent.
Post back out (minutes restriction). Had a reasonable first stint. He looks big out there. OKC attacked him in drop coverage with a pick and pop and the guy got an open three (as the defense is designed to give up). Post did contest and the guy missed.
Sorkin looks a lot more comfortable now. Yuri drive and kick to a Sorkin corner 3. Then dominates the boards. Just as I type this, he throws a flying shoulder for a screen which the refs frown on
And then next play Sorkin gets stuck between swinging the ball and shooting a 3 and travels
Another interview with Podziemski. This time he’s wearing a shirt with an enormous… LOONEY. I can’t quite see, but I will be disappointed if the Looney is not wearing a Podz t-shirt
Post is back. Spencer / Post pick and pop, Post is ultra open and — full disclosure I thought he was going to huck it over the backboard out of adrenaline — drills the three. Next play, Post takes another 3 but misses.
GSW runs I think an unusual planned play. It looks like a pick and roll with a throwback to the weak side wing, but it’s a fake. In fact, Post comes out of the weak corner to the pinch post, gets the ball and he hands off to the cutting wing. (You’ve seen Blind Pig plays like this where the pass is between the legs.) Kind of awkward but run properly.
Post made some active defensive rotations. He was guarding #37 Tre Mitchell who I guess is a stretch big, so Post had to help a long way into the paint a couple of times. One play Mitchell got the ball at the top of the arc and Post gamely ambled after him. Instead of blowing by Post, Mitchell dribble-handoffed to Boeheim, Pat Spencer went under the screen, Post couldn’t switch out fast enough (but he tried).
I’ve watched a couple of Post’s college games. Here is my micro scout from videos, not from Summer League. My impression is that
- His court vision is EXCELLENT.
- His passing is good.
- His effort is good.
- His jumper is very good.
- His touch around the rim is okay but not great. He has some post moves but not quite as effective as you’d like given how much they posted him up in college.
- His defensive awareness is very good.
- His blocking is good but not great.
- His rebounding effort is there… but he spends a ton of energy boxing his man out as opposed to getting the ball.
Post showing an itchy trigger finger on that 3 pointer. Very Warriors. After each make, he clearly feels entitled to a free heat check three. Make one, get one free
Pat Spencer going on a personal 5-0 run the last 0:23 of Q3.
Post gets brought into defending a wing pick and roll. Instead of drop, he showed and tried to recover, but the roller got a post mismatch.
Post then attacks a close out for a soaring… bank shot
Knox with an athletic drive, as always goes for the most chaotic option. Could have handed off to a Post dunk, instead fakes that and steps through to a wild fouled layup
Post gets the ball high post, then tries to force a pass to the backdoor cut of Spencer, which would have been spectacular but instead is a turnover. He’s a Warrior all right
Mr. Plow has looked just a bit out of control this game.
Haha, Ethan gets picked but on the fast break, Mr. Plow comes flying back for a gigantic block to keep GSW up 1.
[Huge Daeqwon putback dunk] That name again is MR PLOW
Pat Spencer ran that spread pick and roll beautifully, with the nice read.
Then next play perhaps unwisely goes iso and coughs up a hairball of a shot
GSW will play MIA on Sunday 1pm Pacific. Rematch of CA Classic vs a Heat team stocked to the brim with Draft Tourney guys. Will be very interested to see what Post looks like guarding Ware.

Olympics

USA Olympic Men’s Basketball Info

From NBA.com:

The USA Men’s Basketball team will compete in the Paris Olympics this summer with a roster featuring some of the NBA’s biggest stars.

Exhibition games begin July 10 and Olympic action tips off July 27.

See below to find out when Team USA is scheduled to play during the Paris Olympics, the dates for their exhibition games in Las Vegas and the players on the U.S. roster.

Team USA exhibition schedule

Training camp for Team USA will be held in Las Vegas before exhibition matchups against Canada, Australia, Serbia, South Sudan and Germany. Here’s the full exhibition schedule for Team USA:

July 10 7:30 p.m PACIFIC. Canada, Las Vegas, NV; FS1
July 15 9 a.m. Australia, Abu Dhabi, UAE; FS1
July 17 9 a.m. Serbia, Abu Dhabi, UAE; FS1
July 20 12 p.m. South Sudan, London, UK; FOX
July 22 12 p.m. Germany, London, UK; FOX

Paris Olympics schedule

The men’s basketball action tips off on July 27 — one day after the Opening Ceremony in Paris — with 12 countries competing in the initial Group Phase.

Team USA will play in Group C against Serbia, South Sudan, and the winner of the Puerto Rico Qualifying Tournament. The top two finishers in each Group, plus the two best third-place teams, advance to the Final Phase – a single-elimination, eight-team tournament to determine gold, silver and bronze medals.

Group Phase games will be played at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France. The quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played at Bercy Arena in Paris.

July 28, 8:15 a.m. PACIFIC. Serbia; Lille, France
July 31, 12 p.m. South Sudan; Lille, France
Aug 3, 8:15 a.m. Puerto Rico; Lille, France

The full schedule for the men’s basketball 5-on-5 tournament can be found here.

USA Olympic roster

The USA men’s basketball roster features 12 NBA players and a combined 10 Olympic gold medals. Kevin Durant is a three-time gold medalist, LeBron James is Team USA’s all-time leading scorer (plus two-time gold medalist), and Bam Adebayo (2020), Devin Booker (2020), Anthony Davis (2012), Jrue Holiday (2020) and Jayson Tatum (2020) are each gold medal winners.

Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns)
Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics)
LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
~~Kawhi Leonard~~ ~~(L.A. Clippers)~~
- Derrick White (Celtics)
Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)

In total, the U.S. will take 12 NBA All-Stars, four NBA MVPs and six NBA champions to Paris.

South Sudan roster

Details here