Warriors are exercising Podziemski’s third-year contract option originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors exercised the third-year contract option on guard Brandin Podziemski, announced the team wednesday
The option will pay Podziemski approximately $3,687,960 for the 2025-26 NBA season, via Spotrac.com. Under the terms of the current collective bargaining agreement of the NBA, the first two years of the contract of a first-round draft pick are guaranteed, while the third and fourth years of the contract are the choice of the team.
Golden State chose Pod Ziemia, 21, at No. 19 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, and the decision to exercise his three-year option is certainly a reward for all he has accomplished with the Warriors since then.
Through four games this season, Podziemski is averaging 9.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 27.0 minutes. In the The 124-106 victory of warriors over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night at Chase Center, Podziemski stepped in admirably for an injured Steph Curry and finished plus-17 with 19 points and five assists.
Podziemski appeared in 74 games (28 starts) during his rookie campaign, averaging 9.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 26.6 minutes per contest, and was named to the 2023–24 NBA All-Rookie First Team after leading the NBA with 38 charges. . designed
Among rookies, the 6-foot-4 guard ranked fifth in assists (3.7), sixth in rebounding (5.8), 10th in scoring (9.2), 10th in steals (0.8), eighth in minutes (25.7) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (38.5). Podziemski also recorded 17 games with at least 10 points, five rebounds and five assists — the second-most such games among rookies behind San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama (23), according to the Warriors.
Podziemski’s tenure with the military going well so farand it’s clear the team likes what they’ve seen from the young pro.
