Quinten Submit is without doubt one of the Golden State Warriors’ most intriguing younger gamers.
Final season, he accomplished his rookie marketing campaign with spectacular 40.8% three-point capturing whereas averaging 8.1 factors per recreation.
Quinten Submit proved his functionality as a floor-stretching middle, changing into an vital rotational participant for the Warriors.
Submit displayed that capturing means once more throughout preseason, together with the final recreation in opposition to Portland the place he scored 16 factors with three three-pointers.
Regardless of contributing offensively, Submit believes his success occurred primarily as a result of Stephen Curry was on the ground creating alternatives.
“I feel what you simply noticed as we speak is simply having Steph Curry on the courtroom. He simply makes every thing a lot simpler for everyone offensively. And defensively, I assumed we did quite a bit higher job than our first time seeing them,” Submit defined.
The sport marked Curry’s return after lacking the earlier contest in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored 28 factors serving to the Warriors safe a 118-111 victory over the Blazers.
“I feel it is a massive assertion recreation for him [Curry], like he was out final recreation after which simply to return again. He mentioned one thing earlier than the sport, it was good. However his management and simply setting the tone offensively, he had 28, he simply makes all of the distinction,” he added.
With Curry dealing with offensive duties, Submit said he must turn into a greater rebounder to assist the Warriors defensively.
Within the Portland recreation, Submit recorded simply two defensive rebounds, an insufficient whole for a middle.
“We managed the tempo slightly higher, nonetheless we turned the ball over an excessive amount of and on the defensive glass, I don’t know what the rebounding battle was, I do know for me personally in my play all I care about proper now could be simply getting higher as a rebounder,” Submit said.
Submit wants to deal with this side of his recreation, notably after receiving criticism for defensive deficiencies final season.
If he improves subsequent season, he ought to keep his vital rotational function whereas benefiting from Al Horford’s mentorship, as each share related enjoying kinds as floor-stretching facilities.
