The Extension Podziemski Was Already Earning
Golden State locked up Brandin Podziemski for five years on October 10, and he spent that same night showing why.
The Warriors agreed to a five-year extension with Podziemski on October 10, and hours later he put up 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a plus-18 in a 111-106 win over Sacramento. The deal and the box score point the same direction: the bet on him is already paying off on the floor.
A deal signed, then played out
The agreement itself carried no reported salary or option terms when it was announced October 10. ESPN's Anthony Slater later reported the numbers: five years, $110 million. Podziemski did not wait for the figures to matter. That same night against Sacramento, he scored 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-7 from three, with seven rebounds and four assists. His plus-18 in 26 minutes tied Yaxel Lendeborg and Draymond Green for the best mark on the roster.
Why Golden State moved first
Podziemski is 23, entering his third NBA season. NBC Sports Bay Area's Dalton Johnson compared the deal to Ayo Dosunmu's five-year, $112 million extension with the Bulls, framing Podziemski's $110 million as the same kind of smart, modest bet. It follows Curry's own two-year extension, finalized September 25 with terms still unreported — two long-term deals for the same backcourt within weeks of each other.
What he looked like on the floor
Podziemski started alongside Curry, Gui Santos, Lendeborg and Green against Sacramento, a lineup with no true center while Porzingis remains out indefinitely. The box score fit that frame: four assists, seven rebounds, and work from three — 3-of-7 — on the kind of spacing Kerr builds around Curry. It is the shape of a guard built for the floor in those minutes, not just a name on a five-year deal.
What's still open
Neither extension — Curry's or Podziemski's — carries a confirmed salary in team reporting, even as outlets fill in numbers around them. The Warriors play again October 13 at the Lakers. How much Kerr leans on Podziemski in that lineup will say more about the fit than any figure attached to the deal.
Did Podziemski's extension include a reported salary?
The agreement itself, reported October 10, carried no salary or option terms. ESPN's Anthony Slater later reported the numbers at five years and $110 million.
How did Podziemski play right after agreeing to his extension?
He had 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a plus-18 in 26 minutes in a 111-106 win over Sacramento the same night the deal was announced.
