Report: Warriors acquire pick No. 52, draft BC center Post originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors ultimately chose the 52nd overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.
Hours after trading the pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for forward Lindy Waters III, the Warriors reacquired the selection for cash and used it on Boston College center Quinten Post, The Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported, citing a source.
The Warriors traded cash to reacquire the 52nd pick and drafted Quinten Post, per source. That’s officially a hard limit for the Warriors on the second platform. This season they can’t get over it anymore (which was the plan anyway).
—Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) June 27, 2024
Post, a native of the Netherlands, is 6-foot-1 and 244 pounds. He spent five seasons in college, starting at Mississippi State before transferring to Boston College, where he spent the last three seasons.
As a senior at BC, Post averaged 17.0 points and 8.1 rebounds in 31.9 minutes in 35 games, all as a starter.
Post shot 51.4 percent from the field and 43.1 percent from the 3-point line in his final season at the college level.
Citing Post’s lack of mobility and ability to be a 3-and-D player, NBA.com’s draft profile compares him to longtime NBA veterans Brook Lopez and Al Horford.
If Post can develop into either of these two players, the Warriors will be very happy with his selection.
The Warriors currently don’t have any true 7-foot centers on their roster — Kevon Looney and Trayce Jackson-Davis, both 6-foot-1, got the bulk of the minutes last season — so Post has a chance to carve out a role for himself if he can impress during summer league and training camp.
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