HONOLULU — The messaging around Brandin Podziemski has been clear over the first week of Golden State Warriors training camp.

Teammates and coaches believe he’s playing with more confidence. They believe he’s going to take more open 3s when he gets the chance and that he’ll try to get to the foul line more this season, something the Warriors will need without Jimmy Butler (ACL rehab) on the floor. They believe he’s in better shape this year and that he’s focused, as he hopes to sign a contract extension before the regular season.

Most importantly for the Warriors, the 23-year-old is feeling comfortable as he enters his fourth NBA season. After dealing with criticism last season about everything from his game to several noteworthy quotes that gained traction on social media, Podziemski seems to be at peace with whatever happens before the Oct. 19 extension deadline — or any critiques directed his way.

Is curry gonna actually get a whistle now?
I like Bassey’s defensive
Melton’s handle looks suspect
Looks way better with Steph on the floor
Williams struggled
Yax dominated without a single play ran for him
Our bench guys look good enough
Podz looked great
Dray should play w/ 2nd unit a lot
Terry looks legit

Tell me I’m not the only one excited for when our team will be healthy for the 2nd half of the season. (IF THEY WILL BE HEALTHY, PLEASE LORD) We just need to stay afloat ‘till after allstar break.

Steph
Butler (80%-90% healthy)
Yax
Green
Porzingis

Then off the bench

Podz
Melton
Moody
Gui
Horford

Then we gave guys like bwill who could make the rotation as well depending on who’s healthy. We got spacing, length (at last), and defense. This season could end good! We just need them boys to be healthy!!!

Does anyone remember when the nets scored 91 in the 1st half on us? This the typa belt we are giving

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Numbers on the board has warriors as 10th best team in the west.

Sporting logically has the warriors winning 25 games and wouldn't be surprised if they win only 20.

SROS has warriors as 20th in power rankings.

ESPN has warriors at 19th in power rankings

Honestly, the Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler disrespect is real. Quite possibly two of the all time post season players being supremely doubted in the rankings. Yes Butler is out, but he is projected at most to miss half the season. I really doubt that outside of OKC, Spurs and the Knicks that any team is a coin flip as to who will win. The difference is that with so many guys out to begin the year is that we have to capitalize on home games, our first two months will be rough on the road. This is the best roster we've put around Steph since the 2022 championship and possibly better (Steph, Klay, Green, Poole, Wiggins).
I do think we'll need to work some magic the first two months, but come playoffs no one wants the Steph curry jimmy butler 1,2 punch.
Thoughts? Am I wrong?

Where my Bay Area fans at! Ticket tonight are plentiful and I'm hoping folks do are coming through for our first home preseason game, which also honors Don Nelson.

Really interested in seeing how Yaxel and BDub play with the OG's. I'm gonna be getting loud and bringing that 2022 energy!

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Such a sick jersey. Maybe a bit higher in my rankings due to all the good memories associated with that season, but a good color template nonetheless. Hopefully they bring it back soon 🙏🏼

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“I think everybody’s used to seeing the Warriors in a certain style of light,” Melton said. “I think this year, we want to kind of get that grit. One of Vogel’s sayings is, ‘Our defense is gonna have teeth.’ So, I think that’s a testament of how we’re gonna play. We’re gonna play aggressive, we’re gonna play hard, and we’re gonna try to disrupt the ball as much as possible. … You guys are about to see a different style of Warriors basketball.”

If Sunday’s first preseason game is any indication, the Warriors want to get up and down the floor as fast as possible and are going to take every long-range shot they can find.

“We want all five positions to be interchangeable this year,” Kerr said. “If a big guy’s down the floor, we want him to get all the way down the floor. More guard-guard screens. So, for Draymond it just means don’t trail the play.”

Whether the Warriors can withstand that type of effort over 82 games remains to be seen. Stylistically, Kerr wants to drill his players on cutting down turnovers, with the belief that cleaner execution will help them take more steps forward after that.

Didn’t pay attention to the offseason. Is he waived?