Brandin Podziemski Rumors

Jorge Sierra: The most random players will receive All-Star votes from their peers each year. Some actual good NBA players finish without a single endorsement from fellow players. There were the best each season.

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Anthony Slater: Warriors complete a 3-0 homestand despite turbulence. Seven players in double figures in the Christmas win: Curry, Butler, Podziemski, Horford, Moody, Melton, Jackson-Davis. They're 16-15, riding a bit of momentum into a Toronto, Brooklyn, Charlotte road trip.

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Oh No He Didn't: Podz: "I didn't see or hear anything...it'll get figured out" Is it a team rule that if you leave the bench then you're done? "I have no idea"

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Jake Fischer: “The only player I think in the league that Golden State would be willing to move Draymond Green for would be Giannis Antetokounmpo. That’s the only player. Between him and Jonathan Kuminga and Brandin Podziemski, all of a sudden Golden State probably does have an intriguing package if you're Milwaukee. But I don't think that they are going to be pushing Draymond's salary onto the table — or Jimmy Butler’s salary — for anyone short of him.”

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Sam Gordon: Warriors roll 123-91 and improve to 14-12. Jimmy Butler returns with 19/8/6, Brandin Podziemski with 21/8/7, Quinten Post supplies 19 points/five threes and Pat Spencer adds 12/5/6. Jonathan Kuminga not in a rotation set to deepen with Stephen Curry/Draymond Green/Al Horford.

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Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr on Jonathan Kuminga: “I’m really urging for him to get up the floor instead of holding back and asking for the ball.” Kerr on Brandin Podziemski: “He’s got to get off the ball early. When he gets into trouble is when he tries too hard to make plays on his own.”

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Brandin Podziemski made a number of comments in the lead-up to the season about his long-term career ambitions, including a news conference answer to a question about whether he wanted to be as great as Steph Curry. Podziemski said he "wants to be better than him," an answer that elicited some eyerolls and continued references from several within the organization. Podziemski's numbers (12.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists) are relatively stable from a season ago.

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With 4:31 left, Westbrook directed his 14th rebound into a tip pass for his 10th assist, routing it to Dennis Schroder for a top-of-the-key made 3 to put the Kings up eight. His 15th and 16th rebounds delivered Sacramento extra possessions to milk the clock down the stretch. His defensive activity caused Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski to lose the ball out of bounds with 8.9 seconds left, clinching the win. Westbrook roared at the home crowd in celebration afterward. "Humbly speaking, I'm the best rebounding guard ever," Westbrook said postgame. "So if the ball come across the rim, I'm going to get it."

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Anthony Slater: Steph Curry officially out with an illness for the Warriors’ game in Sacramento tonight. Jimmy Butler (back), Draymond Green (rib) and Brandin Podziemski (wrist) all deemed questionable.

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Brandin Podziemski’s first sports love didn’t revolve around the game many would expect. At just two years old, the Golden State Warriors guard attended a “Sporties for Shorties” program near his Milwaukee-area home and picked up a Bamm Bamm Rubble-style baseball bat straight out of “The Flintstones” for the first time. He’d use the bat and a cushie ball to learn about the sport his father, John, played and loved growing up. An instructor quickly noticed Brandin had the kind of hand-eye coordination and processing ability that sets top-tier athletes apart. His dad watched from a distance and knew it, too. “He’s got it,” John remembers thinking. Brandin’s baseball skill is still apparent 20 years later. When asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game after being drafted by the Warriors in 2023, Brandin, a left-hander, hit 86 miles per hour on the radar gun. He’s convinced that if he spent a spring and summer just working on pitching, he could still throw it in the low 90s.

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The 22-year-old Warriors guard recently made a bold claim: If he had stuck with the game, he could have been on a similar path to baseball’s biggest star. “I think I could be the white Shohei (Ohtani),” Brandin said inside a near-empty Chase Center earlier this month. “I think I could do both. Maybe not to the degree he can do it, but I think I could for sure do both. Pitch, play the field, hit, all those things.”

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At four years old, John tried to sign Brandin up for different leagues. Kids weren’t supposed to be in a machine pitch league until they were six, but John was convinced Brandin was ready to skip T-ball. He still remembers putting the tokens in the batting cage machine so his son could get his chance to hit. The first time through, Brandin hit four of the 15 pitches. John fed the machine more tokens so that Brandin could get 15 more chances. He promised the coaches he wasn’t wasting their time. “He hit 12 of 15 the next time,” John recounted proudly in a phone interview with The Athletic.

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Baseball hasn’t left Brandin Podziemski completely. Aside from his first pitch in San Francisco, he also made one before a Milwaukee Brewers game last summer — a special moment for the lifelong Brewers fan. He hit some batting practice home runs along the way as well. He still watches the Brewers whenever he can. but he knows his heart is in the right place — and he’s playing the right sport. “If I could play both, I would,” Brandin said. “I love baseball. It’s my first passion, first love of any sport. It just happens I was gifted with it and really good at it. Always a special place. I love watching in the offseason. I love going to games in the offseason. Just special for sure.”

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Warriors PR: Warriors exercise team option on Brandin Podziemski.

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