{"id":86434,"date":"2025-08-06T08:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=86434"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:21:13","slug":"when-the-golden-state-warriors-called-his-number-post-stepped-in-and-made-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=86434","title":{"rendered":"When the Golden State Warriors called his number, Post stepped in and made history."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-fra5-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/527398720_1152416136755372_513156859091484036_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=102&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=cW4cLpUS_3QQ7kNvwEVe5Ca&amp;_nc_oc=AdkAmUbPcPvKRxPZrguFY8bth5GtChTlu6QG50-AJ-FfW7edJ-u7umzcsLCPDnmOpfU&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-fra5-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=b3Mh7758yDwbDSdUKWTRUg&amp;oh=00_AfVASyRacJ_zzkLMJWzn9VP6jvuc9ds8Xdg1D_-uNpiT1A&amp;oe=6898EBDF\" alt=\"May be an image of 1 person, playing basketball, basketball jersey and text\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quinten Post didn\u2019t enter last season with hype. No lottery buzz, no spotlight, barely even a plan. He was a 7-footer buried on the depth chart, a desperation floor-spacer for a team starving for shooting.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>When the\u00a0<span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj xzsf02u x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/warriors?__cft__[0]=AZVeN1mwnqYiOLsTdCxijfOjVv4eKiZnraWPUzHfe0Eraawc4XaD7LRgA-YOM1rzmghOee9qaTa70pwAObTAZycBZgIaHCzZ7_qKTu2jPx3SrKUoqP0yceY_wJQDim_mN446p7NJ4EuNSjCAOuHSBTrJa1-Yq-u4uTKDHrfEkvXys26eOknJIEI7SD4hEVClPPohgUnJwUisEPfzWTdKDT_2&amp;__tn__=-]K*F\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Golden State Warriors<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0called his number, Post stepped in and made history.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>40.8% from three on 179 attempts.<br class=\"html-br\" \/>At that size? As a rookie?<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Only Keegan Murray and Jayson Tatum have ever done it.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Post became one of the most efficient stretch bigs the league has ever seen in Year 1, and nobody saw it coming.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Now, with a bigger role on the line and vets like Al Horford potentially entering the mix, Post faces his next test: defense.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>The Warriors shielded him last year, but flashes of verticality, smart rotations, and P&amp;R reads suggest there\u2019s more in the tank.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>If the defense catches up, Golden State won\u2019t just have found a usable big.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>They\u2019ll have a rare jewel; a modern, floor-stretching giant built for the next era of Warriors basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinten Post didn\u2019t enter last season with hype. 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He was a 7-footer buried on the depth chart, a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When the Golden State Warriors called his number, Post stepped in and made history. - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=86434\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When the Golden State Warriors called his number, Post stepped in and made history. - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quinten Post didn\u2019t enter last season with hype. 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