The 22-year-old Warriors guard recently made a bold claim: If he had stuck with the game, he could have been on a similar path to baseball’s biggest star.
“I think I could be the white Shohei (Ohtani),” Brandinsaid inside a near-empty Chase Center earlier this month. “I think I could do both. Maybe not to the degree he can do it, but I think I could for sure do both. Pitch, play the field, hit, all those things.”
Growing up, Brandin caught the eyes of more than just his program instructor and father. John would watch other parents “freak out” because of how fast he was throwing the ball to his young son. But Brandin always had the same response as he caught the ball without issue.
“Dad, you can’t throw it any faster than that?” he would ask.