SAN FRANCISCO– Confidence has always been one of Brandin Podziemski's strengths . It's how he transformed himself from the 19th pick in the 2023 NBA draft into an important piece of the Golden State Warriors in the twilight of their dynastic run– a player who's worked himself into someone many see as the bridge to the Dubs' future when Stephen Curry and Draymond Green call it a career.

It's something Podziemski himself is striving for , as he told Nick Fridell of The Athletic.

“When they leave this thing, they got to leave it with somebody,” Podziemski said, “How can I have their trust? And they can go to [owner] Joe [Lacob] and [general manager] Mike [Dunleavy] and be like, ‘Hey, we want to leave it with him. He’s going to continue what we’re leaving.'”

“So, I think about that

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