🇳🇱 QUINTEN POST & MALEVY LEONS on their Futures with the Warriors + Offseason Plans

Quinton, how's your foot doing? It's in a good spot. Yeah, it was definitely an unfortunate ending of the season for me with the, with the foot, and it was kind of one of those things that shouldn't have taken so long, but I kept trying to play through it and I put myself back. But yeah, I was, I was hoping to make a return and, you know, the first round, first OKC, but Didn't end up that way, but I feel good that in probably 1 to 2 weeks I should be in a better place for sure.

What do you think the biggest difference for you was between the first half and the second half of the season?

Um, let's see, first half, second half. I mean, obviously I went through a lot of roles on the team. I was a starter at some point. Al came back, he started playing really well. Porzingis, we traded for him. So yeah, my role went down for sure. Jimmy went down, which as a team we obviously took a hit. So yeah, I think that's the biggest thing, like just as a— just my role on the team changed. What's your focus going— what are you going to focus on this offseason? What would you like to work on? I think I just want to play a bunch of basketball. I'm planning to play with my national team. I think it'll be good for me to put myself in different situations. Basketball-wise, obviously work on the things that keep me in the NBA, which is shooting the ball. I think I made big strides defensively this year, and I think I also made strides being a finisher around the basket. So keep working on those things. I want to lean out my body a little bit. Like what I, what I learned, you got to be strong enough to hold your own, but it's, it's a fast league. You play against a fast team every other night. What's the biggest takeaway from your first year in the NBA? Being able to run up and down the court, slide your feet defensively. So my first year I made a huge step in strength. Obviously you want to keep that, build on that, but the biggest thing is being able to run up and down the floor for a whole game. How long do you think it's gonna take for you to get back on the court for your foot? I would assume, I think I'll be back in about 2 weeks and start ramping up from there.

Just with all your different roles this season, how do you feel about your future with this team going forward?

Obviously, I'm in a— what am I? I'm an unrestricted free agent until the Warriors want to make an offer. I've loved my time, my 2 years here. I appreciate Mike and Steve for taking a chance on me, drafting me. I would love to be here for as long as possible, so we'll be in touch with them and my agent, and we'll see where it goes. But I love it here. Love the opportunity that I've gotten. Would love to be here. Hi, Chris.

Hi. What can you say about how this group stuck together through so many ups and downs? I mean, with losing Jimmy and Steph being out for long stretches and just all the injuries, but still you guys are playing, playing for playoffs. Yeah. Not easy. Not a lot of continuity.

No, 100%. I mean, I don't know what the status, but we had so many different starting lineups all year around. But yeah, the only— you can only look at these things from like a positive lens, right? Like, you obviously— it absolutely sucks what happened to Jimmy, what happened to Mo. You have these guys out, but look at Guy, look at BP, the way they improved their games. Pat got a real chance, you know, like And I love those guys, and seeing them succeed, like, made me, like, super happy, obviously. So you look at those stories and you look at— yeah, we just had so much bad luck with the injuries, and we still, you know, almost made the playoffs. We beat, beat that Clipper team, which was a great win for us. So you just got to look at the positives, and we're excited for next year.

How do you think you kind of handled your role changing from here to there? Like, was that difficult at all?

It's— I always knew that it was part of, you know, part of the NBA. And the only thing, you know, there's never an excuse to not be a good teammate. So whether I was playing or being on the bench and now I had this injury, you know, you always— you try to be there, you try to be in good spirits and support guys however you can.

Steve's future is obviously the biggest thing hanging over this team right now. How, within the locker room, how do you guys view what might happen at the head coach spot?

Yeah, I don't know. I mean, Steve is an absolute legend, of course, and I've learned so much from him in the last 2 years, seeing how his mind works, seeing how he approaches the game. And I think he loves this organization. I think he loves this team. Um, and, um, I think he's absolutely brilliant, and I, I think everybody hopes that he's back. And, but also, we, you know, he's been in this league for so long, he's had so much success. So you also, you know, he needs to make his own decision and he needs to do what makes him happy. But, um, I hope he's back. I think everybody else hopes he's back, but he needs to make that decision for himself. Okay, thank you guys.

Thank you, Will.

Appreciate it.

With a lot of joy, to be honest. It's been cool getting to play in the NBA and like getting the opportunity, like just playing against like really good players overall, because I feel like mostly last year I played like in garbage time and like feel like I played actually like meaningful minutes this year, and it's been a great experience overall.

Did this experience give you more confidence with your game going forward?

No, yeah, definitely. I could like test myself again and like measure up against the best of competition, and now I have like a better idea again where I gotta work on and how to grow.

What's, what's next for you in this offseason?

So just work on my physical abilities in the summer, like trying to gain a little more weight, build some muscle, and work on my shot in offseason.

Have you talked to the Warriors front office about your future here potentially or anything along those lines?

Yeah, just working in the summer and seeing what's next next year.

What part of your game do you want to continue to grow and what do you think grew the most this season?

Just my offensive abilities, so like being better at knocking down open 3-pointers and Being a little more physical, yeah, like just be stronger overall.

What's like the status of your wrist injury at this moment?

It's getting a little better. Hopefully I can let it rest now for like a couple of weeks and I can be fully healthy again.

Do you know if you're gonna have to go through surgery or anything on that?

Oh no, I don't have to go under surgery or anything. Just gotta let it rest and like properly heal all the way.

Where do you plan to spend your offseason?

I think I'm going back to Bradley for a little bit, the college I went to, and then gonna be here for the most part of the summer.

Is there anything you learned from being around the vets like Staff Dre and Jimmy that, that you felt was helpful?

Yeah, I think they're really big on like player accountability, and I think this is like a player-led organization and Just, uh, how they hold themselves accountable and each other. I feel like it's something I, like, want to grow to, like, just being a master of my craft in a way. And, uh, yeah, I think it's one of the biggest things I learned and seen.