Brandin Podziemski has agreed to a five-year, $110 million contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, his agent told ESPN, locking in the starting guard through a reported mutual option in 2031-32.
Agent Bill Duffy told ESPN’s Shams Charania that Podziemski and the Warriors have agreed to a five-year, $110 million fully guaranteed rookie-scale extension that includes a mutual option in the final season (2031-32) and a trade kicker, ESPN’s Anthony Slater reported on 10 October 2026. The deal avoids restricted free agency next summer, ESPN said.
NBA.com, citing multiple reports including Charania, said the Warriors and the 23-year-old guard agreed to the extension on Saturday morning (US time).
Deal structure
ESPN reported Podziemski will make $5.6 million this season in the final year of his rookie deal, then $18.9 million next season in the first year of the extension. After it kicks in, max raises were listed as $18.9 million, $20.4 million, $22 million, $23.5 million and a $25 million mutual option.
Slater wrote the mutual option allows either side to opt in — but not opt out — of the final season, leaving room to reopen extension talks that offseason. Podziemski’s projected cap hold next summer was around $17 million, so the first-year salary sits about $1.9 million above that hold, ESPN said.
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Why Golden State moved now
Podziemski, selected 19th overall in the 2023 NBA draft, was the first pick of general manager Mike Dunleavy’s tenure and a player the front office prioritised keeping, ESPN reported. He enters his fourth season as the starting shooting guard next to Stephen Curry.
Last season he played all 82 games and set career highs in points (13.8 per game), made threes, assists and steals, ESPN said. NBA.com listed him at 13.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists on 45.5% shooting across those 82 games in 2025-26.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr called Podziemski a “connector” and said: “Brandin is a huge part of our team,” adding: “He makes people better. He understands the game,” per ESPN.
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