The Golden State Warriors may be one of the older teams in the league, but that doesn't mean that they don't have some young stars to hold down the future of the franchise, and Brandin Podziemski is definitely one of those young cornerstones. 

Podziemski has steadily improved in each of the three seasons that he's played in the NBA, averaging 13.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game last season while playing all 82 games, an underrated quality in a league that's increasingly beset by impact players missing significant amounts of time. 

Looking ahead to the future of the Warriors, especially a future that goes beyond the careers of franchise stars Steph Curry and Draymond Green, Podziemski's role with the team will only continue to grow and the Warriors will need to take measure to secure Podziemski's future with the team. 

That's why, with Podziemski heading into the final year of his four-year contract, the Warriors may be making a move to extend Podziemski.

According to a report from Brett Siegel, the Warriors are expecting to offer Podziemski a contract extension worth anywhere between $22-24 million annually, though the number of years that Podziemski could be eligible for isn't known just yet. 

That pay range would be a major increase for Podziemski, who has made an average of $4 million per year in his initial four-year contract. Being offered an extension that's over five times what he was initially making a significant endorsement of the Warriors' opinion of their young guard and also says a lot about the pressure that Golden State is feeling to hold on to the few reliable young players that the franchise does have rostered. 

It's very plausible to see Podziemski being the next franchise player for the Warriors after the Curry-era comes to an end, whenever that may be, especially after an offseason where the Warriors did very little to improve the roster as it currently stands. 

Golden State is heading in the direction of a rebuild in the near future if not now, and a critical aspect of a rebuild is retaining the existing young talent on a team and continuing to build around it. 

Podziemski, as well as presumably Yaxel Lendeborg, is that young talent and taking steps now to keep him around is exactly the kind of move that the Warriors need to make. 

No deal has been signed as of yet, but if Siegel's report is to be believed, Podziemski will be looking at a big pay day sometime soon.