The Warriors have exercised the third-year contract option on guard Brandin Podziemski, the team announced Wednesday.

The option will pay Podziemski approximately $3,687,960 for the 2025-26 NBA season, according to Spotrac.com. Under the terms of the NBA’s current collective bargaining agreement, the first two years of a first-round draft pick’s contract are guaranteed, while the third and fourth years of the contract are a team option.

Golden State selected the 21-year-old Podziemski 19th overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, and the decision to exercise his third-year option is certainly a reward for everything he has accomplished with the Warriors since then.

In four games this season, Podziemski is averaging 9.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 27.0 minutes. In the Warriors’ 124-106 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night at Chase Center, Podziemski filled in admirably for the injured Steph Curry, finishing the game a plus-17 with 19 points and five assists.

Podziemski played in 74 games (28 starts) during his rookie season and averaged 9.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 26.6 minutes per game. He was named to the 2023–24 NBA All-Rookie First Team after leading the NBA with 38 tackles drawn.

Among rookies, the 6-foot-1 guard ranked fifth in assists (3.7), sixth in rebounding (5.8), 10th in scoring (9.2), and 10th in scoring 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 Warriors is going well so far and it’s clear the team likes what they’ve seen from the young pro.

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