Cleveland Cavaliers: Nae’Qwan Tomlin on His Progression — ‘I THINK I CAN BE a ROTATIONAL GUY’

Cleveland Cavaliers: Nae’Qwan Tomlin on His Progression — ‘I THINK I CAN BE a ROTATIONAL GUY’

having the summer league experience, coming back again this year, just how do you think you’ve grown the most uh in that area? Um, I think I’ve grown, you know, just from learning a lot from being with the Cavs and uh, you know, learning how to play more aggressive, being more physical, you know, I gained weight. So, I feel like all those things, you know, uh, came into a factor. What kind of areas do you think you’ve got the most chance of impacting the the next level at at not summerly level, but the the NBA level? Um, I think, you know, my ability, you know, uh, crash offensive glass, you know, uh, give the team, uh, you know, more possessions and just my, you know, my motor, you know, just being active defensively and, you know, being able to knock down catches shots. How do you feel the team has been playing in in over these last three games and how you think you guys can finish tonight? Um, I think we could go, you know, really far in this. I feel like we have a really good team from top to bottom. Um, you know, we tricked off one game, uh, the first game, but I think, you know, from the way we’ve been playing, I think we, you know, could probably make it, you know, win the whole thing. In terms of skill set, just things that you’re most confident in right now and things that you want to work on at the moment. Um, I think my ability to just, you know, just be everywhere on the floor, you know, trying to get deflections, offensive rebounds, you know, give teams more possessions, um, catching and shooting. Um, my ability to, you know, drive, you know, uh, bigger defenders, and, you know, just my whole uh, versatility. Knowing your journey, man, like are you surprised that you’re like picking it up this quickly? The fact that you’ve only been playing, you know, four or five years, that’s that’s pretty crazy. Nah, I feel like I feel like, you know, like the first couple years, you know, like when I was making my progress, you know, going from Jo to like high major was like, okay, like, you know, probably going to do something with this thing. But I feel like now it’s just like I don’t really use that as an excuse, you know, like feel like I’ve been hoping long enough that, you know, I can compete with anybody. And just last one for you, man, just where do you expect yourself to be in this next season? Have you had conversations with Kenny in the front office like just about your progress and where that might take you? Um, you know, just continue to do what I’m doing right now. Um, and you know, do more, you know, gain more weight. Um, just learn how to play more physical. Um, you know, knocking down my shots. Um, and I think, you know, I can be a rotational

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin speaks to Cleveland Cavaliers on SI following Summer League practice in Las Vegas. One of the standouts of the entire competition, Tomlin shares what he’s been working on, how quickly he’s picked things up and where he envisions himself on the Cavs.

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