LAIE, Hawaii – Brandin Podziemski’s first NBA offseason had a little bit of everything. He saw the business side of basketball with Klay Thompson and Chris Paul moving on to other teams. He went against the best competition as a member of the USA Basketball Men’s Select Team and showed out in the few summer league games he played for the Warriors.
With the most free time he ever has had in his young basketball life, the main advice Podziemski, 21, was told was to find other things he loved outside of basketball. Podziemski listened and traveled with friends, taking in a few Team USA games at the Paris Summer Olympics. He even went back to his baseball roots, throwing out the first pitch at a Milwaukee Brewers game and took batting practice at Oracle Park before a Giants game where he launched one over the right-field wall.
The Summer of Brandin Podziemski expanded the Warriors’ …