Brandin Podziemski

I, I...

We'll get to our later discussion later, but I think Brandon Podziemski's gonna have a really good opportunity this year to shine.

But again, if Dray's not looking the way that he could, they have other options.

Guy Santos played phenomenally well for them last season.

So that's my main concern from him overall.

On the Warriors' side of things, Brandon Podziemski, uh, he got 10 shots up in 18 minutes, so good, good for Pods, getting a little bit of run.

Jaxson Lundborg, not a great showing, you know, one of six from the field, so a little bit, uh, you know, a little bit of a, kind of a soft entry for him, but nine rebounds, three assists.

You'll take that.

Steph came up and set the screen.

He got downhill, drew help off the corner, passed it to Brandon Podziemski in the right corner, gets a wide open three, ends up missing it.

But I thought that was a really interesting vote of confidence from Steve Kerr.

Between him getting in with the starters, the first play being ran for him, Steve coming in after the game and saying he wants him to be more aggressive, I just think that that's a real big vote of confidence from that coaching staff to be like, "Jax, we want you to be an incredibly important part of this team, not just in terms of how much you play, but in how much we use you as a scorer." And you know, I, I thought about some of the examples, like he had a deep seal against Max Strus, uh, early in the game, right underneath the basket where there was no help, and he ended up throwing a kick-out pass to Al Horford for three.

I was really excited about it a month and a half ago, but now we've got news that Jimmy Butler's really far away from coming back, and Moses Moody isn't ready, and Kristaps Porziņģis is, uh, dealing with health complications again.

And this team that made, like, no significant changes other than drafting Jaxson Lindborg, what's there? This is like the Steph, Draymond, Guy Santos team, and Brandon Podziemski.

I think they're gonna lose a bunch out of the chute, and I'm worried that Steph is gonna go, "Yeah, next year.

We'll have Butler back next year.

You can both hit that up on the UMA Guestline if you'd call the show or the Golden State Lumber and Showroom text line.

Does Steph Curry at 39, uh, Brandon Podziemski, Jaksa Lindenberg, Draymond Green, and Al Horford, does that sound like a playoff starting lineup to you? Now, I know what you're thinking to yourself.

You're driving around, go, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on.

Uh, Jimmy Butler." Jimmy Butler at some point.

So let's take out Jaksa, put him o- onto the bench, and you put Jimmy Butler in there, and Jaksa becomes a sixth man.

Now that's a little bit better.

But to start the season, it probably will be Curry, Podziemski, Lindenberg, Green, and Horford.

What does that sound like to you? Um, because I'm looking around the league going, "There's a lot of good lineups better than that." Uh, and so we'll see.

You can both hit that up on the UMA Guestline if you'd call the show or the Golden State Lumber and Showroom text line.

Does Steph Curry at 39, uh, Brandon Podziemski, Jaksa Lendenberg, Draymond Green and Al Horford, does that sound like a playoff starting lineup to you? Now, I know what you're thinking to yourself.

You're driving around, go, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on.

Uh, Jimmy Butler." Jimmy Butler at some point.

Early, the only pre-season news I've seen so far, uh, it...

Which is not real, but they're like, "Brandon Podziemski, the best player in Golden State right now." And I'm like, [laughs] "Fool me once." [laughs] Shit.

How many threes is he gonna be shooting, is the question.

Uh, that, I hope they fire that athletic writer.