Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors
2012–13 Golden State Warriors season
Conference	Western Conference
Division	Pacific Division
Founded	1946
History	Philadelphia Warriors 1946–1962 San Francisco Warriors 1962–1971 Golden State Warriors 1971–Present
Arena	Oracle Arena
Location	Oakland, California
Team colors	Royal Blue and Golden Yellow
Head coach	Mark Jackson
Ownership	Joe Lacob (Majority), Peter Guber
Championships	BAA: 1 (1947) NBA: 2 (1956, 1975)
Conference titles	6 (1947, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1967, 1975)
Division titles	2 (1975, 1976)
Home Away Third

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was first established in 1946, as the Philadelphia Warriors, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the franchise won the championship in the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the league that would eventually become the National Basketball Association after a merger with the National Basketball League (NBL).

In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden State Warriors. Since 1966, the team has played home games in the building currently known as the Oracle Arena, and exclusively since 1972 with the exception of a one-year hiatus during which they played in San Jose, California while Oracle Arena was being remodeled. Along with their inaugural championship win in the 1946–47 season, the Warriors have won two others in the team's history, including another in Philadelphia after the 1955–56 season, and one as Golden State after the 1974–75 season, tying them for 5th in the NBA in number of championships.

Franchise history

Main article: History of the Golden State Warriors

Team Creation

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Philadelphia Warriors logo 1946–1962

The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. They were owned by Peter Tyrrell and Steven Kim, who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League. Tyrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager. He named the team after an early professional team in the city.

1946-1962: Philadelphia Warriors

Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946–47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one. (The BAA became the National Basketball Association in 1949.) Gottlieb bought the team in 1951.

The Warriors won their other championship in Philadelphia in the 1955–56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The Warrior stars of this era were future Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Michael Bryson and Neil Johnston. In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain. Known as "Wilt the Stilt", he led the team in scoring six times, quickly began shattering NBA scoring records and changed the NBA style of play forever. On March 2, 1962, in a Warrior "home" game played on a neutral court in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks, a single-game record the NBA ranks among its finest moments.

1962–1971: San Francisco Warriors

In 1962, Franklin Mieuli purchased the majority shares of the team and relocated the franchise to the San Francisco Bay Area, renaming them the San Francisco Warriors. The Warriors played most of their home games at the Cow Palace in Daly City (the facility lies just south of the San Francisco border) from 1962–64 and the San Francisco Civic Auditorium from 1964–66, though occasionally playing home games in nearby cities such as Oakland and San Jose. The Warriors won the 1963–64 Western Division crown, losing the NBA championship series to the Boston Celtics, four games to one.

In the 1964–65 season, the Warriors traded Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and $150,000 and won only 17 games. In 1965, they drafted Rick Barry in the first round who went on to become NBA Rookie of the Year that season and then led the Warriors to the NBA finals in the 1966–67 season, losing (four games to two) to Chamberlain's new team that had replaced the Warriors in Philadelphia, the 76ers. Angered by management's failure to pay him certain incentive bonuses he felt were due him, Barry sat out the 1967–68 season and signed with the Oakland Oaks of the rival American Basketball Association for the following year, but after four seasons in the ABA rejoined the Warriors in 1972. With the opening of the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1966, the Warriors began scheduling increasing numbers of home games there and the 1970–71 season would be the team's last as the San Francisco Warriors.

1971–1978: The Rick Barry era

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Warriors logo 1971–1987

They renamed themselves the Golden State Warriors for the 1971–72 season, and played almost all their home games in Oakland. Six "home" games were played in San Diego during that season but more significantly, none were played in San Francisco or Daly City.

The Warriors made the playoffs from 1971 to 1977 except in 1974, and won their only championship on the West Coast in 1974–75. In what many consider the biggest upset in NBA history, Golden State not only defeated the heavily favored Washington Bullets but humiliated them in a four-game sweep. That team was coached by former Warrior Al Attles, and led on the court by Rick Barry, Jamaal Wilkes and Phil Smith.

1978–1987: A period of struggles

Because of the loss of key players such as Barry, Wilkes and Nate ("the Great") Thurmond (together with Jerry Lucas of the Cincinnati Royals, author of one of the only two quadruple-double games in NBA history) to bad trades and retirements, the Warriors would struggle to put a competitive team on the court from 1978 to 1987 after being one of the NBA's dominant teams in the 1960s and most of the 1970s. Through the NBA draft, however, they did acquire some standout players such as high-scoring forward Purvis Short (1978), former Georgetown Hoya point guard Eric "Sleepy" Floyd (1982) (who once scored 29 points for the Warriors in the fourth quarter of a playoff game, an All-Star before being traded to the Houston Rockets), former Purdue University standout center Joe Barry Carroll (1980) and standout center Robert Parish (1976), who was traded to the Boston Celtics in 1980 along with the draft pick that would become Kevin McHale for the pick used to draft Carroll.

The departure of these players for various reasons symbolized the franchise's futility during this period, as head coach Attles moved up to the front office as general manager in 1980 and the team made several coaching changes. Attles finally managed to climb the team back up to respectability by hiring dynamic young former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach George Karl as head coach in 1986 after finding a diamond in the rough that would change the direction of the franchise when he selected St. John's University standout sharpshooting small forward Chris Mullin in the 1985 NBA draft.

1987–1997: The Run TMC era

After a subpar stretch in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the team had a brief resurgence under coach Karl, culminating in a famous 1987 Western Conference Semifinal match against Magic Johnson and his Los Angeles Lakers which is still shown on TV in the NBA's Greatest Games series.

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Warriors logo 1987–1997

In the game, Warrior All-Star point guard Sleepy Floyd's amazing performance in the second half still stands as the NBA playoff record for points scored in a quarter (29) and in a half (39). His six consecutive field goals in the fourth quarter led to a 51-point finish for him and a victory for the Warriors.

The "Sleepy Floyd game" was a catalyst for increased interest in the NBA in the Bay area which was furthered by new coach Don Nelson, who engineered another successful string of wins in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the high-scoring trio of point guard Tim Hardaway, guard Mitch Richmond and forward Chris Mullin (collectively known as "Run TMC" after the rap group Run-D.M.C.). But "Run TMC" stayed together for only two seasons (winning only one playoff series,) when coach Nelson, in a move to get a promising young frontcourt player to complement his run-and-gun system, sent Richmond to the Sacramento Kings for standout rookie power forward Billy Owens. Nelson had been brought to the Warriors from the Milwaukee Bucks by Jim Fitzgerald, who along with Dan Finnane owned the team between 1986 and 1995. In 1993–94, with first-round draft pick and Rookie of the Year power forward Chris Webber playing alongside starry young off-guard Latrell Sprewell, the Warriors made the playoffs.

At the start of the next season, however, a rift formed between Webber and Sprewell on the one hand and Nelson on the other. All three soon left the team, and the organization went into a tailspin. 1994–95 was the first season under new team owner Chris Cohan, who had bought out Fitzgerald and Finnane at a prohibitive price. The Warriors selected power forward prospect Joe Smith as their first overall draft pick in 1995 and hired Rick Adelman as the new head coach. They sent Tim Hardaway, and Chris Gatling to the Miami Heat for Kevin Willis and Bimbo Coles midway through the 1995-96 season, and ended up a 36-46 record just three wins short of making the playoffs. While their home court, the Oakland Coliseum Arena, was being extensively renovated, the 1996–97 Warriors played their home games in the San Jose Arena and struggled to a 30–52 finish.

Longtime Seton Hall college coach P.J. Carlesimo, who was recently fired by the Portland Trail Blazers, replaced Adelman as head coach for 1997-98. Sprewell was suspended for the remainder of the 1997–98 season for losing his temper and choking him during a team practice in December, generating the glaring newspaper headline WARRIORS HIT ROCK BOTTOM and the declaration by GM Garry St. Jean that he would never play for the Warriors again. He would not play in the NBA again until he was dealt in January 1999 to the New York Knicks for John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings.

1997–2005: The Garry St. Jean era

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Warriors Logo 1997–2010

St. Jean had become the new Warrior GM in July 1997; he and his predecessor Dave Twardzik received much of the blame for the Warriors' struggles early in Cohan's turbulent tenure as owner in addition to Cohan himself. St. Jean brought in players such as Terry Cummings, John Starks and Mookie Blaylock who were well past their primes. Twardzik drafted several flops, such as Todd Fuller (while Kobe Bryant was still available as well as Steve Nash and Jermaine O'Neal) and Steve Logan (who never played an NBA game). In the following draft, the team selected Adonal Foyle while Tracy McGrady was still available. St. Jean did, however, draft future two-time NBA slam-dunk champion off-guard Jason Richardson (from Michigan State), a Warrior star scorer through the 2006–07 season.

For a few years, with rising stars Jason Richardson, small forward Antawn Jamison and point guard Gilbert Arenas leading the team, the Warriors seemed like a team on the rise; but the young Warriors did not have enough in the competitive Western Conference to make the playoffs. After the 2002–03 season, St. Jean's earlier mistakes of committing money to players like Danny Fortson, Adonal Foyle and Erick Dampier were painfully felt by Warrior fans when the team was unable to re-sign Arenas despite his desire to stay in the Bay Area. A new rule was implemented in response to second round draft picks who quickly become superstars.

2005–2009: "We Believe"

Chris Mullin succeeded St. Jean with the title of Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations in 2004. He hoped to build a winning team around Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy Jr and Troy Murphy, and drafted seven-foot center Andris Biedriņš from Latvia (11th overall). At the 2005 trading deadline, he bolstered to the team with the acquisition of point guard Baron Davis, bringing to the team its first superstar since Mullin himself. The Warriors enjoyed a great start to the 2005–06 season, entering the new year with a winning percentage for the first time since 1994, but managed to win only 13 more games through the end of March due to injuries. Davis often found himself at odds with new head coach Mike Montgomery (used to dealing with college players in his long tenure at Stanford) and failed to remain healthy, playing in just 54 games. On April 5, 2006, the Warriors were officially eliminated from playoff contention in a 114–109 overtime loss to the Hornets, extending their playoff drought to 12 seasons.

See also: 2006–07 Golden State Warriors season

Entering the 2006–07 season, the Warriors held the active record (12) for the most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance (see Active NBA non-playoff appearance streaks). During the 2006 offseason, Golden State announced that it had bought out the remaining two years of coach Montgomery's contract and hired previous Golden State and former Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson to take over for him. During training camp, small forward Matt Barnes established himself in the rotation. On January 17, 2007, the Warriors traded the disappointing Murphy and Dunleavy with promising young power forward Ike Diogu and Keith McLeod to the Indiana Pacers for forward Al Harrington, forward/guard Stephen Jackson, guard Šarūnas Jasikevičius and forward Josh Powell. This trade allowed the Warriors to "run and gun" their way to the playoffs with a more athletic and talented team. On March 4, 2007, the Warriors suffered a 107–106 loss in Washington, the Wizards handing them their 6th straight loss when former Warrior Arenas hit a technical free throw with less than one second remaining after Nelson had protested a controversial call with the Warriors ahead by a slim margin. The loss dropped them to 26–35, but inspired the team to a point of total determination.

March 4 marked the turning point for the Warriors. The Warriors closed out the regular season (42–40) at 16–5 in their last 21 games. "We Believe" became the Warriors' slogan for the last two months of the season and the playoffs.

Led by a healthy Baron Davis, an ever-improving Jason Richardson and young future star off-guard Monta Ellis as well as center Biedriņš, the Warriors immediately dashed the highly favored top-seed Dallas Mavericks' expectations of a short and easy series win with a Game 1 victory in Dallas thanks to Davis' frantic style of play. The Mavericks came back to win Game 2 easily to tie the series at a game apiece, but the Warriors won both Games 3 & 4 with a huge lift from the home crowd at Oracle Arena. A close Game 5 saw the Mavericks eke out a 118–112 victory with a last-minute surge led by superstar forward Dirk Nowitzki to send the series back to California at 3-2. In Game 6, the Warriors engineered a third-quarter 18–0 run to eliminate the Mavericks and become the NBA's first No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in a seven-game series (and the first NBA No. 8 seed to beat the top seed since 1999 when the New York Knicks eliminated the Miami Heat). It was an upset in name only, given the fact that the Warriors had swept the Mavericks in the regular season series. The Warriors went on to play the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 2006–07 playoffs, where they dropped two close games at EnergySolutions Arena to open the series. The series then shifted to the Oracle Arena, where the Warriors won Game 3 in a convincing blowout. Davis scored 32 points and electrified the crowd with a monster dunk on Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko late in the fourth quarter, but they lost Game 4 at home, their first loss in Oakland in well over a month and the Jazz closed them out in Game 5 in Salt Lake City.

The Warriors faced early difficulties in their attempt to return to the playoffs. Richardson was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats for rookie Brandan Wright. To make things even worse, Jackson was suspended for seven games over a firearm incident. They opened the 2007-08 season with six straight losses, but Ellis' rise, Davis' solid injury-free season (21.6 points, 8 assists, 4.6 rebounds per game), and an overall improvement in team chemistry brought them back to playoff contention; but in the end the Warriors were eliminated from the 2008 Western Conference Playoffs despite a 48–34 season, which is the best record in NBA history for a non-playoff team since the NBA playoffs had expanded to eight teams per conference. The Warriors sold out nearly every home game during the season averaging 19,631 per game, the highest in team history.

2008–2011: Monta Ellis, Struggles, and Rebuilding

In the offseason, Davis opted to return to his home town and sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. With the 14th pick of the 2008 NBA draft, the Warriors selected and signed Anthony Randolph out of LSU. To compensate for the loss of Davis, the Warriors signed free agents Corey Maggette and Ronny Turiaf and re-signed Ellis and Andris Biedriņš to long-term contracts.

The Warriors had a disappointing 2008–2009 season, finishing 29–53. Ellis was injured in, and suspended for, a moped accident riding one against the terms of his contract the summer before, depriving the Warriors of their top player. They traded disenchanted forward Al Harrington to the New York Knicks for guard Jamal Crawford, and were undone by injuries and the minimal experience of their young players such as Anthony Morrow and Brandan Wright. Coach Nelson often had to make adjustments to the starting lineups since many of the original starters missed games due to injuries. Despite the team's losing record, the Warriors were hard to beat when they had a healthy lineup and a strong bench. With leadership and improvement in their young players, they were sometimes able to defeat powerhouse teams such as the Boston Celtics, 99-89.

During the 2009 offseason, Warrior ownership declined to renew the contract of general manager Mullin. Larry Riley, Nelson's longtime assistant coach, was promoted in his place and drafted Stephen Curry as an outstanding seventh lottery pick, but dubiously traded Jamal Crawford to the Atlanta Hawks for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton.

The Warriors had another injury-prone year in 2009-10. as they were consistently unable to field their ideal starting lineup. In November, a malcontented Stephen Jackson and seldom-used Acie Law were traded to the Charlotte Bobcats for Raja Bell (out for the season with an injury) and Vladimir Radmanovic. Four days later, they signed center Chris Hunter. Starting in January 2010, they issued multiple 10-day contracts, most notably to power forward Anthony Tolliver from the Idaho Stampede. Due to their multiple injuries, they were granted an exception allowing them to sign Reggie Williams from the Sioux Skyforce to a 10-day contract on March 2, making it their fifth D-League call-up that season, tying an NBA record. They eventually waived the injured Bell to sign Williams for the rest of the year, and finished the season 26–56, fourth in the Pacific Division.

On June 24, the Warriors selected Ekpe Udoh, a power forward from Baylor, as the 6th pick of the 2010 NBA draft. They also introduced a modernized version of their "The City" logo depicting the new eastern span of the San Francisco –Oakland Bay Bridge, and returned to the original colors of royal blue and gold. They also introduced new uniforms reminiscent of the 1960s "The City" uniforms. The Warriors made an offseason trade that sent Turiaf, Randolph and Kelenna Azubuike to the New York Knicks in return for star high-scoring power forward David Lee via a sign-and-trade. Lee agreed to a six-year, $80 million dollar deal, on a framework contingent on the decision of superstar forward LeBron James to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Miami Heat that same day. Following Morrow's departure after he signed the New Jersey Nets' offer sheet, the Warriors signed Dorell Wright, formerly with the Miami Heat, to a three-year, $11 million deal.

On July 15, long-suffering owner Chris Cohan sold the Warriors to Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment and his partner Joe Lacob for a record $450 million. On November 15, the Warriors announced the new 19-person ownership group composed of Joe Lacob, Peter Guber, Vivek Ranadive, Erika Glazer, Fred Harman, Bob Piccinini, Larry Bowman, Danny German, Marty Glick, Chad Hurley, Craig R. Johnson, Bruce Karsh, Jeffrey A. Miller, Paul Schaeffer, David Scially, Nick Swinmurn, Harry Tsao, John Walecka and Dennis Wong.

The Warriors gathered together during the team's starting lineup ceremony prior to their 2011-12 exhibition opener against the Sacramento Kings.

The Warriors continued their signing spree by adding Harvard guard Jeremy Lin to their roster with a one-year partially guaranteed contract containing a second-year team option, the first Chinese-American player in NBA history. Louis Amundson was then added for little under $5 million in mid-September. Keith Smart was hired as head coach that same month after Nelson had resigned before the start of training camp.

In February 2011, the Warriors traded Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric for Troy Murphy and a 2011 second round pick. On February 27, Murphy and the Warriors reached a buyout agreement and he was waived.

During a steady season without making any real ground in the playoff race, the Warriors broke franchise records with 21 made 3's in a win against the Orlando Magic. In April 2011, Dorell Wright made a franchise record of 184 3's in a season in a home win versus Los Angeles Lakers, surpassing Richardson's 183 in 2005–06. He then broke another NBA record, as the first player to have scored more points in his seventh season than in all his first six seasons combined in a win against the Portland Trail Blazers. He ended the season with the most 3's made in the NBA that season with 194, as well as the most 3's attempted with 516, both of which set new Warrior franchise records.

The Warriors failed to make the playoffs after a 36-win season in 2010–11, and coach Smart was dismissed on April 27 due to the change in ownership. 17-year NBA veteran and former ABC and ESPN commentator Mark Jackson replaced him as head coach on June 6. On December 19, they traded Amundson to the Indiana Pacers for small forward Brandon Rush.

2011–present: The "We Belong" Era

The Warriors couldn't improve in the 2011–12 NBA season under coach Jackson, finishing the lockout-shorted season at 23–43 record, 13th in the conference. The team suffered several injuries to key players, and due to the lockout, Jackson could not establish his system in training camp. They then entered into another chaotic rebuilding phase.

Team leader Monta Ellis was traded in mid-March 2012, along with Kwame Brown and Ekpe Udoh, to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Andrew Bogut (out injured for the season) and former Warrior small forward Stephen Jackson, who without playing another game for the Warriors was quickly traded to the San Antonio Spurs for Richard Jefferson and a conditional first round pick on March 15. These moves saw the rise of Stephen Curry and David Lee to team co-captains, and saw off-guard Klay Thompson, the 11th overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft, move into a starting role. On July 11, they acquired point guard Jarrett Jack from the New Orleans Hornets in a three-team trade also including the Philadelphia 76ers, who received Dorell Wright from Golden State. On August 1, they signed swingman Carl Landry on the termination of his one-year contract with the New Orleans Hornets. In the 2012 NBA draft, they selected small forward Harrison Barnes with the 7th overall pick, center Festus Ezeli with the 30th pick, and small forward Draymond Green 35th overall. In early November, swingman Rush was lost for the year with a torn ACL after falling awkwardly on the court early in the second game of the season, and less than a month later the team announced that Andrew Bogut was out indefinitely with a foot injury that was more serious than originally reported.

Coming out of this maelstrom of trades and injuries with a team starting two rookies (Barnes and Ezeli), the Warriors were surprisingly off to one of their best starts in decades, earning their 20th win before hitting the 30-game mark for the first time since 1992. The Warriors also made history by completing their first ever 6–1 road trip in franchise history, including a 97–95 win over the defending champion the Miami Heat, in Miami.

The Warriors have proposed building a 17,000-to-19,000-seat waterfront arena on Piers 30 & 32 in San Francisco, a 13-acre site near the Bay Bridge they hope to finish in time for the 2017-18 NBA season, when the team's lease at the Oracle Arena in Oakland expires.

On January 24, 2013, forward David Lee was named to the 2013 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve, ending the team's 16 year drought without an all-star selection, dating back to Latrell Sprewell in the 1997 season.

The Warriors started off the 2012–13 season strong with a 22–10 record through January 2 and in excellent shape to make the postseason for the first time since the 2006–07 season, but the team struggled since that point going 8–12 entering the All-Star break and going 11-17 between January 5 and March 2, which includes a stretch where the Warriors played 14 out of 19 games on the road. On April 9, 2013, with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Golden State Warriors clinched the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and the first time since the 2006-2007 "We Believe" Warriors. With the season coming to an end, locals have revived the "We Believe" saying, originally used as the 2006–2007 Golden State Warriors playoff theme, but re-dubbed it "We Belong".

The team finished the season with a record of 47-35, earning the sixth seed in the Western Conference, and defeated the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. This is the first playoff experience for all of the starters of this group except for Andrew Bogut.

Uniforms history

1946–64 Home

1964–86 Home

1986–97 Home

1997–2010 Home

1997–2010 Away

2004–10 Alternate

2011–present Home

2011–present Away

Television

Bob Fitzgerald has done television play-by-play, and former Warrior small forward Jim Barnett has done color commentary for the Warriors for many years, currently on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area where they telecast over 70 Warrior games per year. They also host "Roundtable Live", a half-hour pre-game show leading up to the broadcast of select Golden State home games. Bob is in his 16th season as the Warriors' play-by-play man, while Jim is in his 27th season as color man. Matt Steinmetz and Scott Reese are the third and fourth members of the telecast team, specializing in in-game, halftime and post-game analysis, while Ric Bucher serves as the sideline reporter.

Radio

Tim Roye, in his 13th season announcing Warrior games on the radio, does the play-by-play by himself without a color commentator except for nationally televised games, when Barnett (since he is not on TV) does color commentary alongside him. All games are broadcast on KNBR, 680 AM. After each game Roye, Fitzgerald and Barnett get together for postgame radio analysis and next-game preview

Season-by-season records

Main article: List of Golden State Warriors seasons

Home arenas

• Philadelphia Arena (1946–62)
• Philadelphia Convention Hall (1952–62)
• Cow Palace (1962–64, 1966–71 and two games in 1975 NBA Finals)
• San Francisco Civic Auditorium (1964–66)
• USF War Memorial Gymnasium (1964–66)
• San Diego Sports Arena (1971–1972 – six games)
• San Jose Arena (now the HP Pavilion) (1996–97)
• Coliseum Arena/The Arena in Oakland/Oracle Arena (1966–67, 1971–96 and 1997–2017)
• New San Francisco Arena (2017–)

Training facilities

The team currently trains at Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, CA.

Head coaches

Main article: List of Golden State Warriors head coaches

Coach	Years active
Edward Gottlieb	1946–1955
George Senesky	1955–1958
Al Cervi	1958–1959
Neil Johnston	1959–1961
Frank McGuire	1961–1962
Bob Feerick	1962–1963
Alex Hannum	1963–1966
Bill Sharman	1966–1968
George Lee	1968–1970
Al Attles	1970–1980
Johnny Bach	1980
Al Attles	1980–1983
Johnny Bach	1983–1986
George Karl	1986–1988
Ed Gregory	1988
Don Nelson	1988–1995
Bob Lanier	1995
Rick Adelman	1995–1997
P. J. Carlesimo	1997–1999
Garry St. Jean	1999–2000
Dave Cowens	2000–2001
Brian Winters	2001–2002
Eric Musselman	2002–2004
Mike Montgomery	2004–2006
Don Nelson	2006–2010
Keith Smart	2010–2011
Mark Jackson	2011 – present

Players

Main article: Golden State Warriors all-time roster

Current roster

Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 1 Anderson, Kyle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993-09-20 UCLA G 3 Beekman, Reece (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2001-10-08 Virginia G 30 Curry, Stephen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-03-14 Davidson F 23 Green, Draymond 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990-03-04 Michigan State G/F 7 Hield, Buddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1992-12-17 Oklahoma F/C 32 Jackson-Davis, Trayce 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 2000-02-22 Indiana F 00 Kuminga, Jonathan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 2002-10-06 The Patrick School (NJ) F/C 5 Looney, Kevon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1996-02-06 UCLA G 8 Melton, De'Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-05-28 USC G 4 Moody, Moses 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 2002-05-31 Arkansas G/F 0 Payton, Gary II 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1992-12-01 Oregon State G 2 Podziemski, Brandin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2003-02-25 Santa Clara F/C 21 Post, Quinten (TW) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 2000-03-21 Boston College G 15 Santos, Gui 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-06-22 Brazil G 61 Spencer, Pat (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-07-04 Northwestern G/F 43 Waters, Lindy III 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-07-28 Oklahoma State F 22 Wiggins, Andrew 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1995-02-23 Kansas

Head coach Steve Kerr Assistant coach(es) Ron Adams Chris DeMarco Bruce Fraser Khalid Robinson Jacob Rubin Jerry Stackhouse Terry Stotts Anthony Vereen Kris Weems Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: October 21, 2024

International rights

G/F

Mladen Šekularac

2002 NBA Draft

55th pick

Retired numbers

Golden State Warriors retired numbers
N°	Player	Position	Tenure
13	Wilt Chamberlain	C	1959–65 1
14	Tom Meschery	F	1961–71 2
16	Al Attles	G	1960–71 3
17	Chris Mullin	G, F	1985–97, 2000–01 4
24	Rick Barry	F	1965–67, 1972–78
42	Nate Thurmond	C	1963–74

Notes:

• ¹ Includes Chamberlain's tenure (1959–62) in Philadelphia.
• ² Includes Meschery's tenure (1961–62) in Philadelphia.
• ³ Includes Attle's tenure (1960–62) in Philadelphia. He also served as head coach from 1969 to 1983.
• ⁴ Also general manager from 2004–09.
• Meschery, Attles, Barry, Thurmond and Mullin are also members of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers

• 11 Paul Arizin (1950–1962 with Philadelphia Warriors)
• 24 Rick Barry (1966–1967, 1972–1978 with San Francisco/Golden State Warriors)
• 13 Wilt Chamberlain (1959–1964 with Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors)
• 10 Joe Fulks (1946–1954 with Philadelphia Warriors)
• 14 Tom Gola (1955–1962 with Philadelphia Warriors)
• 6 Neil Johnston (1951–1959 with Philadelphia Warriors)
• 16 Jerry Lucas (1969–1971 with San Francisco Warriors)
• 17 Chris Mullin (1985–1997, 2000–2001 with Golden State Warriors)
• 00 Robert Parish (1976–1980 with Golden State Warriors)
• 17 Andy Phillip (1950–1953 with Philadelphia Warriors)
• 50 Ralph Sampson (1987–1989 with the Golden State Warriors)
• 42 Nate Thurmond (1963–1974 with San Francisco/Golden State Warriors)
• 41 Jamaal Wilkes (1974–1977 with the Golden State Warriors)
• Eddie Gottlieb (team founder-owner)
• Don Nelson (Coach for the Golden State Warriors 1988-1995, 2006-2010)

Arizin, Fulks, Gola, Johnston and Phillip played all or most of their tenure with the Warriors in Philadelphia. Chamberlain's tenure was about evenly divided between Philadelphia and San Francisco. Lucas and Parish were elected mainly for their performances with other teams. Thurmond, Barry and Mullin are the only Hall-of-Famers who spent significant time with the team since the 1971 move to Oakland and the name change to "Golden State."

High points

Franchise leaders

• Adonal Foyle – Blocked Shots (1,140)
• Chris Mullin – Games (807), Steals (1,360), Turnovers (2,110)
• Guy Rodgers – Assists (4,855)
• Jason Richardson – 3-Point Field Goals Made (700), 3-Point Field Goal Attempts (2,001)
• Larry Smith – Defensive Rebounds (3,731), Offensive Rebounds (2,709)
• Nate Thurmond – Minutes Played (30,729), Total Rebounds (12,771)
• Paul Arizin – Free Throw Attempts (6,189), Free Throws Made (5,010), Personal Fouls (2,764)
• Rick Barry – Field Goals Attempted (14,392)
• Wilt Chamberlain – Field Goals Made (7,216), Points (17,783)

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

• Wilt Chamberlain – 1960

NBA Finals MVP

• Rick Barry – 1975

NBA All-Star Game MVP

• Paul Arizin – 1952
• Wilt Chamberlain – 1960
• Rick Barry – 1967

NBA All-Star selections

• Paul Arizin – 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
• Andy Phillip – 1951, 1952
• Joe Fulks – 1951, 1952
• Neil Johnston – 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
• Tom Gola – 1960, 1961, 1962
• Wilt Chamberlain – 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
• Tom Meschery – 1963
• Nate Thurmond – 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974
• Rick Barry – 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
• Jerry Lucas – 1969, 1971
• Chris Mullin – 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
• Tim Hardaway – 1991, 1992, 1993
• Latrell Sprewell – 1995, 1997
• David Lee – 2013

NBA Scoring Champion

• Joe Fulks – 1947
• Paul Arizin – 1952, 1957
• Neil Johnston – 1953, 1954, 1955
• Wilt Chamberlain – 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
• Rick Barry – 1967

NBA Rookie of the Year

• Woody Sauldsberry – 1958
• Wilt Chamberlain – 1960
• Rick Barry – 1966
• Jamaal Wilkes – 1975
• Mitch Richmond – 1989
• Chris Webber – 1994

NBA Most Improved Player of the Year

• Gilbert Arenas – 2003
• Monta Ellis – 2007

NBA Executive of the Year

• Dick Vertlieb – 1975

NBA Coach of the Year

• Alex Hannum – 1964
• Don Nelson – 1992

Slam Dunk Contest

• Jason Richardson – 2002, 2003

All-NBA First Team

• Joe Fulks – 1947, 1948, 1949
• Howie Dallmar – 1948
• Paul Arizin – 1952, 1956, 1957
• Neil Johnston – 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
• Wilt Chamberlain – 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
• Rick Barry – 1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976
• Chris Mullin – 1992
• Latrell Sprewell – 1994

All-NBA Second Team

• Joe Fulks – 1951
• Andy Phillip – 1952, 1953
• Jack George – 1956
• Neil Johnston – 1957
• Tom Gola – 1958
• Paul Arizin – 1959
• Wilt Chamberlain – 1963
• Rick Barry – 1973
• Phil Smith – 1976
• Bernard King – 1982
• Chris Mullin – 1989, 1991
• Tim Hardaway – 1992

All-NBA Third Team

• Chris Mullin – 1990
• Tim Hardaway – 1993

NBA All-Defensive First Team

• Nate Thurmond – 1969, 1971

NBA All-Defensive Second Team

• Rudy LaRusso – 1969
• Nate Thurmond – 1972, 1973, 1974
• Phil Smith – 1976
• Jamaal Wilkes – 1976, 1977
• E.C. Coleman – 1978
• Latrell Sprewell – 1994

NBA All-Rookie First Team

• Nate Thurmond – 1964
• Fred Hetzel – 1966
• Rick Barry – 1966
• Jamaal Wilkes – 1975
• Gus Williams – 1976
• Larry Smith – 1981
• Joe Barry Carroll – 1981
• Mitch Richmond – 1989
• Tim Hardaway – 1990
• Billy Owens – 1992
• Chris Webber – 1994
• Joe Smith – 1996
• Marc Jackson – 2001
• Jason Richardson – 2002
• Stephen Curry – 2010
• Klay Thompson – 2012

NBA All-Rookie Second

• Latrell Sprewell – 1993
• Donyell Marshall – 1995
• Antawn Jamison – 1999

External links

• Template:NBATeam
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