Several Members Of Golden State Warriors Rolled Their Eyes When Brandin Podziemski Said He Wants To Be Better Than Stephen Curry
Several members of the Golden State Warriors rolled their eyes when Brandin Podziemski said he wants to be better than Stephen Curry, according to NBA reporter Anthony Slater of ESPN.
The Warriors have started the season 6-6 and Draymond Green doesn’t think everyone on the team is committed to winning right now after losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.
“Podziemski made a number of comments in the lead-up to the season about his long-term career ambitions, including a news conference answer to a question about whether he wanted to be as great as Steph Curry,” Slater wrote. “Podziemski said he ‘wants to be better than him,’ an answer that elicited some eyerolls and continued references from several within the organization. Podziemski’s numbers (12.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists) are relatively stable from a season ago.”
Here’s what Green said after the Warriors lost to the Thunder by a final score of 126-102:
“I think everybody was committed to winning and doing that any way possible. Right now, it doesn’t feel that way. … I think everyone has a personal agenda in this league. But you have to make those personal agendas work within the team confines. If it doesn’t work, you kind of got to get rid of your agenda or eventually the agenda is the cause of someone getting rid of you.”
The Warriors made a blockbuster trade last season, acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat. The Butler trade saved Golden State’s season, as the team went on a major run after acquiring the forward and made it to the second round of the playoffs.
Many people around the NBA picked the Warriors to make the conference finals this season, but thus far, Golden State looks like a play-in team again.
“I kind of fell into [the agenda thing] a little bit myself,” Curry said. “Trying to get myself going. But the bigger issue when you lose is you start to look around and figure out what’s the issue. Commitment to winning is just running the floor, rebounding, taking care of the basketball. It’s not really about shots going in or not.”
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