Golden State Warriors second-year shooting guard Brandin Podziemski had a banged up wrist that required surgery following the team’s playoff exit in the second round against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

However, he apparently battled another issue down the team’s stretch run that required a second surgery, which the franchise didn’t make public until Wednesday, June 11.

“Warriors announce that Brandin Podziemski underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury,” Tim Kawakami wrote on X. “That’s in addition to his wrist surgery last month. Still expected to be ready for the start of training camp — but whew, this is getting to be a lot.”

Podziemski, a first-round pick in 2023 (No. 19 overall), played in 64 games and started 33 of them during the regular season. He averaged 11.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals across 26.8 minutes of court time per night.

His playoff numbers against the Rockets were slightly down from his regular-season efforts, while Podziemski’s statistics against the Timberwolves in round two slightly exceeded what he produced during the year — perhaps due, at least in part, to the absence of Stephen Curry from the final four contests of the five-game series due to a hamstring injury.

Podziemski was clearly dealing with both the wrist and core muscle issues during the second round, if not before then, which speaks to his toughness. However, the 22-year-old is going to be an important variable to the Warriors’ championship equation in 2025-26, and his injuries complicate that.

Either Podziemski will be a starter and/or major rotation contributor for the Warriors throughout the campaign, or he will be one of the young centerpieces to a blockbuster trade to potentially add another star alongside Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler.

Regardless, Podziemski’s injuries are certain to be of significant concern to the franchise as it enters a summer in which league insiders expect the team to be aggressively active in both the trade and free-agent markets.