Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski experienced conflicting emotions when he was the subject of trade speculation in the offseason.
"It was hard for me to process it mentally," Podziemski said in a forthcoming interview on Brian Windhorst's Hoop Collective podcast. "Everybody is hyping you up but at the same time tearing you down, like 'Why didn't we trade him? We should've traded him for X, Y, Z.'"
The Warriors made a run at both Paul George and Lauri Markkanen over the summer but ultimately balked at the cost it would've required to land either star.