48. Quinten Post C | Boston College | Birthdate: March 21, 2000 (Age: 24) | 7-0 | 245 LBS | Hometown: Amsterdam, Netherlands BACKGROUND: Father is Arjen. Quinten grew up in Amsterdam and started to play basketball early in his life. He went to high school in Amsterdam while playing for his club team BC Apollo and led it to the under-18 Dutch championship. The next season, Post moved to Germany and played for the Alba Berlin youth team that competes in the second division in the German professional basketball system. That summer, he went to the Under-20 European championships to play for the Netherlands. He had a solid run, averaging seven points and four rebounds, and showed his shooting prowess from distance. Mississippi State recruited Post before that tournament, and he signed with the Bulldogs and coach Ben Howland. He played there for two seasons but was lightly used, seeing only nine minutes per game. Post transferred to Boston College following the season. He began to see playing time immediately with the Eagles and averaged nine points before eventually entering the starting lineup. He got called up to the senior Netherlands national team for the first time in the summer after his third season. In his fourth season, Post had a foot injury that kept him out for the majority of the first two months of the season. By early 2023, Post turned into one of the best bigs in the ACC. He won the Most Improved Player award in the league and declared for the 2023 NBA Draft following the season. He decided to return to school and finally had his all-conference season, earning second-team All-ACC status while leading Boston College to its first 20-win season in over a decade. He’s automatically eligible for the draft. STRENGTHS: Post has great size for an NBA center. At the combine, he measured at 7-0 without shoes, with a 7-2 1/2 wingspan. He has a 9-2 1/2 standing reach that will be excellent for the role. He plays with fire and tenacity. He is aggressive and has a great motor. He is a well-balanced athlete who gets the most out of his tools. Post is the best shooting big in this class. He made 43 percent of his three 3-point attempts per game at Boston College over the last two years and did so in some actions off movement. He hit more pick-and-pop 3s than all but three players in the draft class and made them at a 47.5 percent clip. He showed some ability to hit 3s off screening actions or relocation movement, things that you don’t see 7-footers do. He consistently made them from a standstill position. He doesn’t get them off with lightning quickness but can fire above the break and from NBA range with a high release point. He has a soft touch and solid mechanics. He plays off the threat of the jumper well, too. He can attack closeouts as well and get downhill toward the rim to finish. He is more comfortable with the ball in his hands than one would expect. He can put it on the floor with both hands, getting low to the ground. He has a weird-but-effective floater game around the rim. He moves well without the ball and found the occasional perimeter cut when he got overplayed. He is an excellent outlet passer and effective in high-low looks. He uses touch more than velocity on passes, but I liked the way he processed where the help was coming from on the move. He found open lobs in short-roll situations, as well as an occasional kickout. He was comfortable in dribble-handoffs. He averaged 2.9 assists per game and allowed the Boston College offense to run through him. The rest of his offensive game around the rim is simple. He has good hands as a roller. He was an effective post player this season, with sharp drop steps against smaller players and good touch around the rim. He was excellent at sealing mismatches and drop-stepping into dunks. Boston College used him on the block more than an NBA team will, but he showed enough polish taking advantage of switches and punishing teams for playing him that way to mitigate the pick-and-pop. Defensively, Post’s game was simple. Boston College played drop coverage with him on the floor, and his positioning within it was solid, if not elite. He has great hand-eye coordination and is big enough to cover lots of ground. He had some good moments as a cat-and-mouse defender. He had solid instincts when going for blocks and was active as a rim protector from the opposite side. He gave multiple efforts on the interior to contest shots. He blocked 1.7 shots per game in his fifth season and was named All-Defense in the ACC. WEAKNESSES: Post is not an explosive athlete. He was slow-twitch on tape, despite possessing balance, coordination and a level of strength that allows him to handle the ball and play through contact. That showed up in his athletic testing, where he posted a 27-inch vertical leap, the lowest at the combine. He is better laterally, but not a plus. Given that he will turn 25 during his rookie season, it’s hard to project much improvement in these areas. Post’s biggest concerns are on defense. He was solid in drop coverage and was good rotating across the opposite side, but I worry about his rotations against quicker players. Can he stop guards from turning the corner on him? With only a 7-2 1/2 wingspan, will he be as effective at cutting off angles with wider driving lanes? Can he rotate across the paint fast enough when he’s slightly out of position from having to help? Can he get to that second and third effort as easily? He must be close to perfect with his positioning. He won’t be able to handle opposing players on the perimeter well, either. He is stiff through the hips. I expect him to be at a serious disadvantage against NBA talent if stuck out on the perimeter. I think he’s only going to be able to guard centers on the block and play in drop situations. That will be fine for most teams, but it limits his appeal to teams looking for more defensive versatility. Offensively, he doesn’t have a great first step, but the wider driving lanes in the NBA should allow him to attack closeouts. He turned the ball over 2.5 times per game last season, largely because of his outsized role in Boston College’s offense. His turnovers usually came from trying to do too much on his drives, on the block or with his passes. These should decrease as his role decreases, and his game is tailor-made to scale down because of his shooting. Still, can he make decisions rapidly enough? I would like to see him increase that volume from distance, and while I don’t anticipate him having any problem doing that, he must improve quickly given how little time he has with his age. SUMMARY: If there’s one thing many NBA teams are seeking, it’s legitimate 7-footers who can dribble, pass and shoot. Post is a lethal shooter from distance who can get to his shot from a variety of ways. His presence should boost an offense, as I think the opposition must guard him out there. He’s too good of a shooter to leave on pick-and-pops. On top of that, he put the ball on the deck when necessary and then pass it on the move. I’m not sure Post will meet the minimum requirement defensively for him to stick in the NBA, which is why I see him as a second-round pick. I’d select him at that point to find out, because offenses around the league get supercharged when they have big men who can rebound, play in drop coverage and knock shots down from the perimeter, allowing their star perimeter players to attack the lane.
They said it's going elsewhere on tv. with no explanation. Why would it be so difficult for the Blazers to post immediately, either on their website or X account, just WTF is happening?
So some guy who has no connection to the Blazers, has to tell us that this pick might be going to Portland? And he was wrong too.
I think next year I’m going to skip the second round. This year has been a crazy second round and next year I will wait until it is over and find out if we drafted anybody.
Can't defend this shit. We saw picks in the 40s go for future seconds or second swaps at least. To offload it for just cash is just gross.
