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Golden State Warriors

April 11, 2024

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city's name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971.[a][b] The club plays its home games at the Chase Center.

Golden State Warriors
2023–24 Golden State Warriors season
ConferenceWestern
DivisionPacific
Founded1946
HistoryPhiladelphia Warriors
1946–1962
San Francisco Warriors
1962–1971
Golden State Warriors
1971–present[1][2]
ArenaChase Center
LocationSan Francisco, California
Team colorsRoyal blue, yellow[3][4]
   
Main sponsorRakuten[5]
PresidentBrandon Schneider[6]
General managerMike Dunleavy Jr.[7]
Head coachSteve Kerr
OwnershipJoe Lacob (majority)
Peter Guber
Affiliation(s)Santa Cruz Warriors
Championships7 (1947, 1956, 1975, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
Conference titles7 (1975, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Division titles12 (1948, 1951, 1956, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1976, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Retired numbers6 (13, 14, 16, 17, 24, 42)
Websitewww.nba.com/warriors
Association
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Statement
City
Classic

The Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) championship in 1947,[c] and won again in 1956, led by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, and Neil Johnston. After the trade of star Wilt Chamberlain in January 1965, the team finished the 1964–65 season with the NBA's worst record (17–63). Their rebuilding period was brief due in large part to the Warriors' drafting of Rick Barry four months after the trade. In 1975, star players Barry and Jamaal Wilkes powered the Warriors to their third championship, widely considered one of the biggest upsets in NBA history.

The team struggled in the 1980s, then became playoff regulars at the turn of the decade with stars Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin, nicknamed "Run TMC". Led by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green, the team returned to championship glory in 2015, with defensive swingman Andre Iguodala being named Finals MVP. In 2016, the Warriors set the record for best regular season record at 73–9 before losing the Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers (against whom they played a record four straight finals) and becoming the first team to lose a series after leading 3–1 in the Finals. After signing former MVP Kevin Durant, the team won back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018 (Durant winning both Finals MVPs). They lost the 2019 Finals to the Toronto Raptors, a series which saw Durant and Thompson suffer serious Achilles and ACL injuries, respectively; Durant left that off-season. After missing the playoffs the following two seasons, the Warriors returned to the playoffs with a healthy Thompson and a new supporting cast that included All-Star Andrew Wiggins and key scorer Jordan Poole; they defeated the Boston Celtics in the 2022 Finals, where Curry won his first Finals MVP. The Warriors' dynasty has seen the team win four titles in eight seasons, as well as reach five consecutive Finals from 2015 to 2019 (six Finals in eight years); Curry, Green, Thompson, and Iguodala were on all four 21st century championship teams, Shaun Livingston and Kevon Looney were on three each.

Nicknamed the "Dubs" as a shortening of "W's",[8][9][10] the Warriors hold several NBA records: best regular season, most wins in a season (regular season and postseason combined), and best postseason run. Curry and Thompson are generally considered among the greatest backcourts of all time.[11][12] The Warriors have the third most NBA championships and have the third most Finals appearances; only the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have more. Wilt Chamberlain and Stephen Curry have been named the NBA's MVPs while playing for the Warriors, for a total of three MVP awards.

Franchise history

Main article: History of the Golden State Warriors

1946–1962: Early years in Philadelphia

 
Joe Fulks was the league's first scoring champion.

The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. They were owned by Peter A. Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League.[13] Tyrrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager.[14] The owners named the team after the Philadelphia Warriors, an old basketball team who played in the American Basketball League in 1925.[15]

Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, the team won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946–47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one. The NBA, which was created by a 1949 merger, officially recognizes that as its own first championship.[c] Gottlieb bought the team in 1951.

The Warriors won its next 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, Tom Gola and Neil Johnston.

1959–1965: The Wilt Chamberlain era

 
Wilt Chamberlain averaged 41.5 points per game and 25.1 rebounds per game during his five and a half seasons with the Warriors.

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.[16]

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 city limits) from 1962 to 1964 and the San Francisco Civic Auditorium from 1964 to 1966, though occasionally playing home games in nearby cities such as Oakland and San Jose. They also played frequently at The University of San Francisco gymnasium.

Prior to the 1963–64 NBA season, the Warriors drafted big man Nate Thurmond to go along with Chamberlain. The Warriors won the Western Division crown that season, but lost the 1964 NBA Finals 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.

1965–1978: Thurmond and Barry

 
Nate Thurmond averaged over 20 points per game during five different seasons and over 20 rebounds per game during two seasons while with the Warriors.

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.

 
Rick Barry (shown in 1976) was named the NBA Finals MVP in 1975.

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[17] of the rival American Basketball Association for the following year, but after four seasons in the ABA rejoined the Warriors in 1972. During Barry's absence, the Warriors were no longer title contenders, and the mantle of leadership fell to Thurmond, Jeff Mullins and Rudy LaRusso. They began scheduling more home games in Oakland with the opening of the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1966 and the 1970–71 season was the team's last as the San Francisco Warriors.

The franchise adopted its brand name Golden State Warriors prior to the 1971–72 season, to suggest that the team represented the entire state of California.[15][a] Almost all home games were played in Oakland that season; six were played in San Diego, but none in San Francisco or Daly City. Oakland Arena became the team's exclusive home court in 1971.

The Warriors made the playoffs from 1971 to 1977 except in 1974, and won their first NBA 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 and Jamaal Wilkes. Barry was named Finals MVP.[18]

At 59–23, the Warriors had the league's best record during the 1975–76 season. They were upset, however, by the 42–40 Phoenix Suns in seven games in the Western Conference Finals.[citation needed]

1978–1985: Competitive struggles

Due of the loss of key players such as Barry, Wilkes and Thurmond to trades and retirements, the Warriors struggled 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 acquired some players such as high-scoring forward Purvis Short (1978), former Purdue center Joe Barry Carroll (1980) and 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. In 1983, the Warriors matched the New York Knicks' offer for free-agent Bernard King, but, unable to pay his high salary, quickly traded him to the Knicks for guard Micheal Ray Richardson, whom they soon shipped to New Jersey in exchange for former Georgetown Hoya point guard Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, and journeyman forward Mickey Johnson. Floyd once scored 29 points for the Warriors in the fourth quarter of a playoff game against the Lakers, though he was later traded to the Houston Rockets.

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. New owners Jim Fitzgerald and Dan Finane finally managed to return the team to respectability by hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach George Karl as head coach in 1986 after selecting St. John's small forward Chris Mullin in the 1985 NBA draft.

1985–1997: 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 1987 Western Conference Semifinal match against Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers that is still shown on TV in the NBA's Greatest Games series. The second-half performance by the Warriors' All-Star point guard Sleepy Floyd 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" catalyzed increased interest in the NBA in the Bay Area; so did new coach Don Nelson, who engineered a 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., the trio stayed together for just two seasons and won only one playoff series. Nelson sent Richmond to the Sacramento Kings for rookie power forward Billy Owens, a promising young front-court player meant to complement the coach's run-and-gun system. Nelson had been brought to the Warriors from the Milwaukee Bucks by Jim Fitzgerald, who co-owned the team from 1986 to 1995 with Dan Finnane. In 1993–94, with first-round draft pick and Rookie of the Year power forward Chris Webber playing with 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. The 1994–95 season was the first under new team owner Chris Cohan, who had bought out Fitzgerald and Finnane. 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 with a 36–46 record, 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.[19] Following the season, Mullin was traded to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Erick Dampier and Duane Ferrell.[20]

1997–2009: Wilderness years and "We believe" mindset

Longtime Seton Hall college coach P. J. Carlesimo, who had been recently fired by the Portland Trail Blazers, replaced Adelman as head coach for the 1997–98 season. Sprewell was suspended for the remainder of the season for losing his temper and choking Carlesimo during a team practice in December, generating the glaring newspaper headline "WARRIORS HIT ROCK BOTTOM" and the declaration by general manager Garry St. Jean that Sprewell 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.

St. Jean had become the new Warriors' general manager 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.[21] 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 Warriors' star scorer through the 2006–07 season.

For a few years, with rising stars 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 Warriors' 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.

In June 2003, Cohan elevated marketing executive Robert Rowell to team president, a role which involved hiring, firing and contract negotiation on the basketball side.[22] After a disappointing 2003-04 season, head coach Eric Musselman and St. Jean were fired. Mike Montgomery was hired as head coach and Chris Mullin was chosen to succeed St. Jean with the title of executive vice president of basketball operations. Mullin hoped to build a winning team around Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy Jr and Troy Murphy, and drafted 7-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 plus .500 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.

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 off-season, 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.[23] 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 106–107 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.

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.[24] "We believe" became the Warriors' slogan for the last two months of the season and the playoffs.[25]

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 and 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 fashion. 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.

In the 2007–08 season, 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 season with six straight losses, but Ellis' rise, Davis' solid injury-free season (21.6 points, 8 assists, 4.6 rebounds per game),[26] and an overall improvement in team chemistry brought them back to playoff contention; but in the end the Warriors failed to make the playoffs despite a 48–34 record, 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 Western Conference was very strong that season; every playoff team won 50 games, leaving the Warriors two games out of the last playoff spot. The Warriors sold out nearly every home game during the season averaging 19,631 per game, the highest in team history.

In the 2008 off-season, Baron Davis opted to return to his hometown and sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. With the 14th pick of that year's 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 2008–09 season, finishing 29–53. Ellis was injured in a moped accident, and suspended for 30 games for riding the vehicle against the terms of his contract, 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.

2009–present: The Stephen Curry era

2009–2012: Continued struggles and suitable draft picks

The Warriors chose future superstar point guard Stephen Curry of Davidson College as the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft.[27] During the 2009 off-season, Warrior ownership declined to renew the contract of general manager Chris Mullin. Larry Riley, Nelson's longtime assistant coach,[28] was promoted in his place; Riley drafted Curry and traded Jamal Crawford to the Atlanta Hawks for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton.

The Warriors had another injury-prone year in 2009–10[29] 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 Falls Skyforce to a 10-day contract on March 2. They eventually waived the injured Bell to sign Williams for the rest of the year and finished the season 26–56, failing to make the playoffs. Curry finished second in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting to the Sacramento Kings' Tyreke Evans and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.[30]

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 switched to a simplified color scheme of royal blue and gold. They also introduced new uniforms reminiscent of the 1969–71 "The City" uniforms. The Warriors made an off-season 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 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, 2010, owner Chris Cohan sold the Warriors to Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment and his partner Joe Lacob for a then-record $450 million.[31] On November 15, the Warriors announced the new 19-person ownership group composed of Joe Lacob, Peter Guber, Vivek Ranadivé, 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, Dennis Wong and Chamath Palihapitiya.[32]

The Warriors continued their 2010 off-season signing spree by adding Harvard guard Jeremy Lin to their roster with a one-year partially guaranteed contract containing a second-year team option; Lin became the first Taiwanese-American player in NBA history. Louis Amundson was then added for little under $5 million in mid-September. After coach Don Nelson resigned in September 2010, assistant coach Keith Smart was hired as the team's new head coach.[33]

The Warriors won 36 games and failed to make the playoffs in 2010–11. The team broke a franchise record with 21 made three-pointers in a win against the Orlando Magic. In February 2011, the Warriors traded Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric for Troy Murphy and a 2012 second-round pick that was used on Draymond Green. On February 27, Murphy and the Warriors reached a buyout agreement and he was waived.[34][35] In April 2011, Dorell Wright made a franchise record of 184 three-pointers in a season in a home win versus Los Angeles Lakers, surpassing Richardson's 183 in 2005–06. In a win against the Portland Trail Blazers, Wright then broke another NBA record, becoming the first player to have scored more points in his seventh season than in all his first six seasons combined. Wright ended the season with the most three-pointers made in the NBA that season with 194, as well as the most three-pointers attempted with 516; each mark set a new Warriors franchise record. Following the season, Curry received the NBA Sportsmanship Award.[36] Coach Smart was dismissed on April 27, 2011, due to the change in ownership. Team President Rowell was also terminated and replaced with Rick Welts.[37][38] Seventeen-year NBA veteran and former ABC and ESPN commentator Mark Jackson replaced Smart as head coach on June 6.[39]

 
 
The "Splash Brothers": Stephen Curry (left) and Klay Thompson (right)

The Warriors selected future All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson with the 11th pick in the 2011 NBA draft.[40] However, the team did not improve in the 2011–12 NBA season under coach Jackson, finishing the lockout-shortened season with a 23–43 record (13th in the conference) and again failing to make the playoffs. Due to the 2011 NBA lockout, Jackson could not establish his system in training camp. Hindered by several injuries to key players, the team 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 a 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 Thompson move into a starting role. However, Curry suffered a series of ankle and foot-related injuries[41][42][43][44] that limited him to 26 regular-season games.[27]

2012–2014: Ascension

The Warriors' 2012 off-season moves changed the course of the franchise.[45] In the 2012 draft, the Warriors selected small forward Harrison Barnes with the 7th overall pick, center Festus Ezeli with the 30th pick, small forward Draymond Green with the 35th pick, and 7-foot-1 center Ognjen Kuzmic with the 52nd pick. According to sportswriter Anthony Slater, in this draft, "Golden State got a starter [Barnes], a rotation player [Ezeli] and a transcendent talent that perfectly fit the small-ball direction of the league [Green]."[45] In addition, Curry agreed to a four-year, $44 million rookie scale contract extension.[46] At the time, many basketball writers considered the move risky for Golden State because of Curry's injury history.[47] In 2016, however, Slater argued that Curry's relatively inexpensive contract paid "huge dividends" by freeing up the necessary funds to allow the team to "keep a strong core around him".[45] The team made a series of other moves, trading Dorell Wright, obtaining point guard Jarrett Jack, and signing forward Carl Landry.

Despite early-season injuries to Brandon Rush and Andrew Bogut, and despite starting two rookies (Barnes and Ezeli), the 2012–13 Warriors had one of their best starts in decades. The team earned 20 wins in less than 30 games played for the first time since 1992. The Warriors also achieved a milestone by completing their first ever 6–1 road trip in franchise history, including a 97–95 win over the defending champion Heat in Miami. On April 9, 2013, with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Warriors clinched the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and the first time since the 2006–07 "We Believe" Warriors. This time, the local battle cry was "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 by winning four out of six games. They lost in the second round to the San Antonio Spurs, four games to two. This was the first playoff experience for all of the starters of this group except for Andrew Bogut.[48] Other highlights of the season included Stephen Curry's 272 three-point baskets (an NBA single-season record for the player nicknamed "baby-faced assassin") and the naming of forward David Lee to the 2013 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve, ending the team's 16-year drought without an All Star selection. Curry and Klay Thompson, dubbed the "Splash Brothers"[49] by team employee Brian Witt[50] for their backcourt shooting prowess, combined for 483 three-pointers during the season, easily besting the prior record of 435 set by the Orlando Magic's Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott in 1995–96.

During the 2013 off-season, Golden State signed former Denver Nuggets swingman and future NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala to a four-year, $48 million deal. To make room under the salary cap, the Warriors traded Richard Jefferson, Andris Biedriņš and Brandon Rush (along with multiple draft picks) to the Utah Jazz.[51] With their lone selection in the 2013 NBA draft, the Warriors made 22-year-old Serbian combo-guard Nemanja Nedovic the 30th and final pick of the first round.[52] Other off-season changes included the departure of free agents Jarrett Jack and Carl Landry and the signings of forward-center Marreese Speights,[53] center Jermaine O'Neal, point guard Toney Douglas,[54] and Serbian center Ognjen Kuzmic.[55][56][57]

The Warriors began the 2013–14 season showing flashes of brilliance and also plenty of lapses. In early December their record was 12–9, as compared to 17–4 the year before. One challenging factor was a tough starting schedule that saw them play 14 of their first 22 games on the road, including 10 games against teams holding playoff spots in the standings. A stream of injuries also held the team back, including injuries to Ezeli, Douglas, and O'Neal. Most prominently of all, Iguodala suffered a hamstring pull in late November that kept him out for over a month; during this period, the Warriors' performance suffered significantly on both the defensive and offensive ends of the court and the team posted a losing 5–7 record while revealing a lack of bench depth. With Iguodala back in the lineup, the Warriors went on a 10-game winning streak that included six consecutive wins on a single road trip, tying an NBA record. The winning streak was the longest for the franchise since the 1975 championship year, and fell just one win short of the team record of 11 consecutive wins.

To strengthen their underperforming bench, the Warriors made a three-team trade on January 15, sending Douglas to the Miami Heat and picking up guards Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks from the Boston Celtics.[58] A day before the trade deadline, the Warriors traded Kent Bazemore and Brooks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for veteran point guard Steve Blake.[59] Boosted by the additions of Blake and Crawford and the play of 35-year-old Jermaine O'Neal (who returned sooner than expected from wrist surgery), the Warriors were one of the winningest teams in the NBA after the All-Star break. On April 11, in a 112–95 stomping of the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center, the Warriors clinched a playoff berth in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1991 and 1992. However, just one day earlier in a loss against the Portland Trail Blazers, Andrew Bogut suffered a cracked rib kept him out of the postseason; the injury dealt a blow to the sixth-seed Warriors' playoff hopes.

Even as the team rolled towards the postseason, signs emerged of trouble in the Warriors' front office. On March 25, the team reassigned assistant coach Brian Scalabrine to the team's NBA Development League Affiliate in Santa Cruz because of what head coach Mark Jackson called a "difference in philosophies"[60] and what unnamed league sources cited by Yahoo! Sports called "an increasingly dysfunctional atmosphere" on the Warriors' coaching staff.[61] Less than two weeks later, assistant coach Darren Erman was fired for secretly recording conversations between coaches, staff and players.[62]

The Warriors ended the season with a record of 51–31. The team won more than 50 games for only the fourth time in franchise history, finished 20 games over .500 for the first time in 22 years, and tied the 1991–92 squad for the franchise's all-time mark of 24 wins on the road. Even without Bogut, the Warriors battled the third-seed Los Angeles Clippers to a seventh and deciding game in the first round of the playoffs before their 2013–14 season came to an end. It was a season of many thrilling moments; the Warriors played in 17 regular-season games decided by two points or fewer, six games decided by winning shots in the final three seconds, and seven comeback wins in which the Warriors had been behind by 15 points or more.[63] Curry also made his first appearance in the All-Star Game in 2014. Curry and Klay Thompson continued to set league records in three-point shooting. Curry, who finished the season with 261 threes, set an individual record for most three-pointers in a span of two seasons with 533, surpassing the previous mark of 478 set by former Seattle SuperSonics legend Ray Allen in 2004–05 and 2005–06. Together, Thompson and Curry combined for 484 threes on the year, besting by one the NBA record they had set the year before.

2014–2019: The Dynasty

Jackson was fired as coach on May 6, 2014,[64] despite a unanimous declaration of support from his players[65] and a three-year 121–109 (.526) record that marked a major turnaround and placed him fourth on the franchise's all-time wins list, trailing Alvin Attles (557), Don Nelson (422) and Eddie Gottlieb (263).[66] Over the 17 years before Jackson took the helm in 2011, the franchise had averaged 30.2 wins per season and made the playoffs only once.[67] Jackson became just the third Warriors head coach to notch at least 50 wins in a season, joining Nelson and Attles, who both hit the mark twice.

On May 14, 2014, the Golden State Warriors signed Steve Kerr to a reported five-year, $25 million deal to become the team's new head coach.[68] It was the first head-coach job for Kerr, 48, a five-time NBA champion guard who set an all-time career record for accuracy in three-point shooting (.454). Kerr had served as president and general manager for the Phoenix Suns basketball team from 2007 to 2010, and had recently been working as an NBA broadcast analyst for Turner Network Television (TNT). The Warriors also signed point guard Shaun Livingston[69] and guard Leandro Barbosa[70] during the off-season.

The Warriors completed the 2014–2015 regular season with a league-best record of 67–15, setting a Warriors record for wins.[71] The team finished with a home record of 39–2, second-best in NBA history. The team ranked first in defensive efficiency for the season and second in offensive efficiency, barely missing the mark that the Julius Erving-led Sixers achieved by being first in both offensive and defensive efficiency. On May 4, Stephen Curry was named the 2014–15 NBA Most Valuable Player, the first Warrior since Wilt Chamberlain in 1960.

The Warriors swept the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the playoffs, defeated Memphis Grizzlies in six games in the second round, and dispatched Houston Rockets in five games in the Western Conference Finals. The Warriors advanced to their first NBA Finals since 1975. The team's opponent was the Cleveland Cavaliers, who would later go on to face the Warriors in each of the next three consecutive NBA Finals. After Golden State fell behind 2–1 in the series, Kerr gave swingman Andre Iguodala his first start of the season, replacing center Andrew Bogut in Game 4. The Warriors' small lineup (which came to be known as the Death Lineup) helped turn the series around.[72] The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers in six games, and Iguodala was named Finals MVP.[73] Kerr became the first rookie coach to win a title since Pat Riley in 1981–82.[74]

Other highlights of the 2014–15 season included Stephen Curry breaking his own record for three-pointers made in a single season with 286. He and Klay Thompson made a combined 525 three-pointers, the most by a duo in NBA history. In the postseason, Curry shattered Reggie Miller's record of 58 made three-pointers in a single postseason with 98. On January 23, 2015, Klay Thompson broke an NBA record for points in a quarter with 37 in the third. Curry was also the leader in the voting polls for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, won the 2014–15 NBA Most Valuable Player award and the 2015 ESPYs Best Male Athlete award.

 
Draymond Green was an All-NBA Second Team member in 2015–16.

On July 27, 2015, David Lee—who had lost his starting power forward job to Draymond Green during the season[75][76]—was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb;[77] Golden State was seeking to offload his salary given his limited role on the team.[78]

The Warriors began the 2015–2016 regular season by winning their first 24 games, the best start in NBA history.[79][80] This surpassed the previous record of 15–0 by the 1948–49 Capitols and the 1993–94 Rockets,[81] and broke a 131-year-old record of 20–0 set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America.[82] These 24 wins included the best road start in NBA history at 14–0, surpassing the 1969–70 New York Knicks, which was also the joint-third longest road win streak.[83] Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015.[84] Golden State also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the second longest winning streak in NBA history.[80] The team set an NBA record with 54 consecutive regular-season home wins, which spanned from January 31, 2015, to March 29, 2016; the previous record of 44 was held by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan.[85]

On March 31, 2016, the Warriors won their 68th win of the season in an overtime game over the Utah Jazz, breaking the franchise record for most wins in a single season in franchise history.[86] On April 13, 2016, Golden State set the NBA record for most wins in a single season. The team finished the season with a record of 73–9.[87] On May 10, 2016, Stephen Curry was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second straight season. Curry is the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP honors and became the first player in NBA history to win the MVP award by unanimous vote, winning all 131 first-place votes.[88] Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were all named to the 2016 All-Star Game. Green broke the Golden State franchise record of nine triple-doubles in a season. Curry broke numerous three-point records during the season, including his own NBA record for made three-pointers in a season of 286; he finished the season with 402 three-pointers. He made a three-pointer in 151 consecutive games, which broke the NBA record of 127 set by Kyle Korver in 2014. On February 27, 2016, Curry also tied the NBA record of twelve three-pointers made in a single game, jointly holding it with Donyell Marshall and Kobe Bryant.[89]

The Warriors reached the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year, facing a rematch against the Cleveland Cavaliers.[90] The Warriors won three of the first four games of the 2016 NBA Finals, but the Cavaliers made a comeback to tie the series at three wins apiece.[91] Draymond Green was suspended for Game Five of the series, and Curry was ejected from Game Six.[92] In Game Seven, the Warriors lost the series on their home court, earning the distinction of becoming the first team to lose the NBA Finals after having led three games to one.[93]

July 2016 featured a series of significant player transactions. On July 4, 2016, Kevin Durant announced he was leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to sign a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors.[94] On July 7, Durant signed his contract, which gave the Warriors a fourth All-NBA player on their team.[95] The Durant signing made the Warriors prohibitive favorites to win the 2017 NBA championship, according to oddsmakers.[96] On July 9, 2016, free-agent forward Harrison Barnes signed with the Dallas Mavericks.[97][98] Centers Festus Ezeli[99] and Marreese Speights[100] left the Warriors for other teams, as did guard Leandro Barbosa.[101] Center Andrew Bogut was traded, along with a future second-round pick, to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for a future conditional second-round pick.[102] Veteran power forward David West signed with the Warriors,[103] as did free-agent center Zaza Pachulia.[104]

The Warriors posted many notable achievements during the 2016–17 regular season. On November 7, 2016, Stephen Curry set the NBA record for most 3-pointers in a game with 13, in a 116–106 win over the Pelicans.[105] On December 5, 2016, Klay Thompson scored 60 points in 29 minutes, in a 142–106 victory over the Pacers. In doing so, Thompson became the first player in NBA history to score 60 or more points in fewer than 30 minutes of playing time.[106] Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson were all named to the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, making the Warriors only the eighth team in NBA history to have four All-Stars.[107] On February 10, 2017, Draymond Green recorded a triple-double with 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals, becoming the first player in NBA history to post a triple-double with fewer than 10 points.[108] On March 2, 2017, the Warriors' streak for most games without back-to-back losses ended at 146 with a 94–87 loss to the Chicago Bulls. The streak eclipsed the previous record of 95 held by the Utah Jazz.[109]

The Warriors earned home-court advantage throughout the 2017 playoffs, thanks to a 2016–17 regular-season record of 67–15. They were the first team in NBA playoff history to start the playoffs 12–0, defeating the Trail Blazers, the Jazz, and the Spurs in consecutive series. The 2017 Finals once again pitted the Warriors against the Cavaliers, becoming the first time in NBA history that two teams met in the Finals for three consecutive years. The Warriors won the championship after going 4–1 in the Finals, and their 16–1 playoff record garnered the best winning percentage (.941) in NBA playoffs history.[110] After the Warriors announced that they were uncertain if they would make the customary visit to the White House by playoff champions, President Donald Trump rescinded his invitation.[111] The team still planned to travel to Washington, D.C. to "celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion." Planned activities included meeting with local youth and a visit to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.[112]

The Warriors went into the 2018 playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference after earning a 2017–18 regular season record of 58–24. After defeating both the Spurs and the Pelicans 4–1, the Warriors came up against the top-seeded Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals. Despite reaching a 3–2 disadvantage against the Rockets after Game 5, the Warriors staved off elimination and came back to win the series 4–3, winning the Western Conference for the 4th straight year. The 2018 Finals pitted the Warriors against the Cavaliers for the fourth consecutive season; this marked the first time in NBA history that the same two teams had met in the Finals for four consecutive years. The Warriors swept the Cavaliers to win their second straight NBA championship; previously, there had not been an NBA Finals sweep since 2007.[113] On August 30, 2018, David West announced his retirement from the NBA after 15 seasons.[114][115] Following the 2018 NBA Finals, writers for Sports Illustrated,[116] USA Today,[92] The Wall Street Journal,[117] and the New York Daily News[118] described the Warriors as a dynasty. The Warriors returned to the Finals the following year and lost 4–2 to the Toronto Raptors.[119]

2019–2021: Return to San Francisco and injury struggles

Main article: Chase Center

In April 2014, the Warriors began the purchase process for a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site in Mission Bay, San Francisco, to hold a new 18,000-seat arena, which was expected to be ready beginning with the 2019–20 NBA season.[120][121][122] The location was selected after an original proposal to construct the arena on Piers 30 and 32, just south of the Bay Bridge, met with vocal opposition due to concerns about traffic, environmental impacts and obstruction of views.[123] The new location, which still faced some vocal opposition in San Francisco, eliminated the need for voter approval as required with the original site.[124] The move also elicited criticism due to the perceived alienation of a loyal fanbase in Oakland.[125] The sale was finalized in October 2015[126] and naming rights were sold to JPMorgan Chase for the arena to be called the Chase Center.[127] Although the Warriors considered a name change, possibly returning to their former name of San Francisco Warriors,[128] it was ultimately decided that they would remain the Golden State Warriors upon their return to San Francisco.[129]

After the Finals loss to Toronto, during which Durant tore his Achilles and Thompson tore his ACL, Durant chose to sign a four-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets. In order to not lose Durant for nothing, the Warriors sent Durant along with a protected first-round pick (2020) to the Nets in exchange for D'Angelo Russell in a two-way sign-and-trade. The sign-and-trade triggered a hard cap for the Warriors, who were forced to trade Iguodala's $17 million salary to the Memphis Grizzlies while also giving them a top-4 protected 2024 first-round pick as incentive.

The Warriors played their first regular-season game at the Chase Center on October 24, 2019, in a 141–122 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.[130] During their very next home game, on October 30 against the Phoenix Suns, Curry broke his hand in a collision, requiring surgery that was expected to keep him out of action for at least 3 months. This, along with Thompson's injury rehab keeping him out the entire year, sent the Warriors into a downward spiral from which they never recovered. However, they saw second-round pick Eric Paschall, two-way player Damion Lee, and training camp pickup Marquese Chriss establish themselves as rotation players. At the trade deadline, the Warriors traded Russell, 2018 first-round pick Jacob Evans, and recent acquisition Omari Spellman to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Andrew Wiggins, a top-3 protected first-round pick, and a second-round pick. Curry returned for one game on March 5 before the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Warriors were not one of the 22 teams invited to the NBA Bubble on June 4, which ended their 2019–20 season with a league-worst record of 15–50.

In the 2020 NBA draft lottery, the Warriors landed the second overall pick in the draft, which they used to draft James Wiseman.[131] They also drafted Nico Mannion with the 48th overall pick. Just as the 2020–21 NBA season was about to begin, guard Klay Thompson was reported to miss the incoming season due to an Achilles tendon injury making the second season he missed in his career.[132] At the beginning of the season against the Nets, Curry dropped 20 points to a 99–125 loss to the Nets.[133] They finished the regular season with a 39–33 record, qualifying for the new NBA play-in-tournament[134] against the seventh seeded Los Angeles Lakers. Curry won his second scoring title with 32.0 points per game[135] and was in the NBA Most Valuable Player conversation alongside Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Denver's Nikola Jokić, who would go on to win the award.[136] The Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs after losing two play-in tournaments to the Los Angeles Lakers who would become the seventh seed, and the Memphis Grizzlies, originally the ninth seed, who went on to face the Jazz after winning the play-in against the Warriors.[137] This was the second consecutive year that the Warriors missed the playoffs.

2021–2022: Championship glory

With the 2021 NBA draft lottery, the Warriors landed the seventh pick in the draft from the Minnesota Timberwolves from the D'Angelo Russell trade, and their own 14th overall pick.[138] With the seventh overall pick, the Warriors selected the NBA G League Ignite's forward Jonathan Kuminga[139] and with the 14th overall pick, the Warriors selected Arkansas guard Moses Moody.[140] The Warriors re-signed Curry to a four-year extension deal worth up to $215 million.[141] They also acquired Magic forward Otto Porter Jr.[142] and Heat forward Nemanja Bjelica[143] to one-year deals. On August 10, 2021, Andre Iguodala signed a deal to come back to the Bay Area.[144]

In January 2022, the team faced controversy after part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya repeatedly stated on a podcast that he did not care about the ongoing persecution of Uyghurs in China.[145][146] The team distanced themselves from Palihapitiya stating that he "does not speak on behalf of our franchise, and his views certainly don't reflect those of our organization."[147] The Warriors' statement was criticized for not mentioning the Uyghurs or the genocide.[148]

On April 10, 2022, the Warriors clinched the third seed in the Western conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since the 2018–19 season. In the first round, they advanced past the Denver Nuggets, and triumphed over the Memphis Grizzlies in the conference semi-finals. On May 26, 2022, the Warriors advanced to their seventh NBA Finals after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals, 4–1. On June 16, 2022, the team won their seventh NBA title, beating the Boston Celtics 4–2. Curry, Thompson, Green, and Iguodala all won their fourth championship as members of the Warriors.

In 2021, the Golden State Warriors, among other high-profile athletes and celebrities, were a paid spokespersons for FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange. In November 2022, FTX filed for bankruptcy, wiping out billions of dollars in customer funds. The Warriors, alongside other spokespeople, are currently being sued for promoting unregistered securities through a class-action lawsuit.[149] In February 2022, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media.[150]

2022–2023: Uncertainty

During the 2022–23 season, the Warriors faced a challenging regular season due to numerous injuries. Key players like Iguodala, DiVincenzo, Thompson, Green, Kuminga, and Curry, who was also unable to participate in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, were impacted.[151][152][153]

However, despite the team's average performance throughout the season, the San Francisco-based squad displayed remarkable determination and resilience. They ultimately finished with the sixth seed and a 44–38 record, qualifying for the last direct playoff spot. In the playoffs, they defeated the third-seeded Sacramento Kings in seven games, despite the Kings being up 2–0, to advance to the Western Conference semifinals. However, they then lost to the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in six games. This was the first time since 2014 that the Warriors lost in the playoffs before the Finals, and the first playoff series loss against a Western Conference opponent under Steve Kerr.

Logos and uniforms

The Warriors have utilized several different logo and uniform designs throughout their history, with the most recent redesign occurring in 2010.[3] However, on June 12, 2019, the Warriors unveiled subtle adjustments to their primary logo, including a new custom font.[154] The club then unveiled six new uniform designs using the newly updated logo on September 17, 2019.[155]

For the 2020–21 season, the Warriors wore a "City" uniform that paid tribute to the "We Believe" era in Oakland, as well as their 47 seasons there in general. It features the same coloring scheme as well as the "Oakland" location identifier in the lettering of the previous logo.[156]

For the 2021–22 season, the Warriors wore a Warriors Origins jersey, which is a modernization of their 1961–62 road uniform. The 1961–62 season was their last season in Philadelphia, as well as the season in which Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game. The jersey also commemorates the 75th anniversary of the franchise.[157]

Rivalries

Cleveland Cavaliers

Main article: Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry

While the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers have played each other since the Cavaliers joined the NBA in 1970, the two teams' rivalry began to develop in the 2014–15 season when they met in the first of four consecutive NBA Finals. Previously, no pair of teams had faced each other in more than two consecutive Finals. The Warriors have won three of the four NBA Finals in which they faced the Cavaliers, losing in 2016, and winning in 2015, 2017, and 2018.

Los Angeles Lakers

Main article: Lakers–Warriors rivalry

The Warriors have a lengthy history with the Los Angeles Lakers as both franchises relocated to California during the early 1960s. Geography does play a minor role in the rivalry; however there exists more respect between both teams and fans alike, unlike in the Dodgers–Giants or 49ers–Rams rivalries of the MLB and NFL, respectively, in which both teams and fanbases express fierce animosity against one another.[158][159] The rivalry began to sprout during the 1970s as the two teams would meet six times in the postseason from 1967 to 1991. Both teams fluctuated in success at varying times, however; the Lakers recent rise following the signing of LeBron James contributed heavily to adding a level of competition between both sides as James had previously faced the Warriors in four straight finals as a member of the Cavaliers. Both teams have met seven times in the postseason, combining for 38 division titles since both teams relocated to California in the early 1960s.[160][161] The Lakers lead the all time regular season series 262–173, and the postseason series 25–11.[162][163]

Sacramento Kings

Main article: Kings–Warriors rivalry

Since the Sacramento Kings relocated there in 1985, they have shared a geographic rivalry with the Warriors, as both cities are 86 miles apart from one another. However, despite the Kings joining the BAA in 1948 (when they were then known as the Royals and based in Rochester, New York), due to both teams having long periods of failing to make the playoffs, the two teams would not face each other in the postseason until 2023, where they faced off in the first round. [164] In a bitterly fought series, including a rough play between Damontas Sabonis and Draymond Green in game 2 where Green stomped roughly on Sabonis's chest after he grabbed Green's leg (resulting in Green being suspended in game 3)[165] and several violent viral fan scuffles throughout the series (as opposing fans were widespread at both the Chase Center and Golden 1 Center due to the geographic proximity),[166] the Warriors would defeat the Kings in seven games to advance to the semifinals. The series would draw the highest first and second round playoff TV ratings for the NBA since 1999, with game 7 peaking at 11.9 million viewers on ABC.[167]

Media

Television

Bob Fitzgerald has done television play-by-play, and former Warriors swingman Kelenna Azubuike does color commentary for the Warriors on NBC Sports Bay Area, where they telecast more than 70 Warrior games a year.[168] They also host Roundtable Live, a half-hour pre-game show leading up to the broadcast of select Golden State home games, and also do postgame analysis. Fitzgerald is in his 24th season as the Warriors' play-by-play man, as for Azubuike his 2nd as the color analyst.

Former Warrior guard Jim Barnett was the TV color analyst from 1985 to 2019, and is now the full-time color man on the radio.

Greg Papa and Garry St. Jean are also members of the telecast team, specializing in pregame, in-game, halftime and post-game analysis, while Kerith Burke serves as the sideline reporter.[169]

Radio

Tim Roye has done the radio play-by-play for Warrior games since 1995. He is joined in the booth by former Warriors forward Tom Tolbert for home games only. He will also be joined by Jim Barnett full-time starting in 2019, who will do color analysis for both road and home games, and has already been at the booth for nationally televised and postseason matchups.

On August 25, 2016, the Warriors announced that they were leaving long-time station KNBR and that all of their games would be broadcast on KGMZ's 95.7 The Game.[170] After each game, Roye, Fitzgerald and Barnett get together for post-game radio analysis and a next-game preview.

Season-by-season record

List of the last five seasons completed by the Warriors. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Golden State Warriors seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, W–L% = Winning percentage

Season GP W L W–L% Finish Playoffs
2018–19 82 57 25 .695 1st, Pacific Lost in NBA Finals, 2–4 (Raptors)
2019–20 65 15 50 .231 5th, Pacific Did not qualify
2020–21 72 39 33 .542 4th, Pacific Did not qualify
2021–22 82 53 29 .646 2nd, Pacific NBA champions, 4–2 (Celtics)
2022–23 82 44 38 .537 4th, Pacific Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Lakers)

Home arenas

Head coaches

Main article: List of Golden State Warriors head coaches

Personnel

Main article: Golden State Warriors all-time roster

Current roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 30 Curry, Stephen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-03-14 Davidson
F/C 12 Garuba, Usman (TW) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 229 lb (104 kg) 2002-03-09 Spain
F 23 Green, Draymond 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990-03-04 Michigan State
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 4 Moody, Moses 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 2002-05-31 Arkansas
G 3 Paul, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-05-06 Wake Forest
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
G/F 25 Quiñones, Lester 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 2000-11-16 Memphis
G 18 Robinson, Jerome (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-02-22 Boston College
G 15 Santos, Gui 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-06-22 Brazil
F/C 20 Šarić, Dario 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1994-04-08 Croatia
G 61 Spencer, Pat (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-07-04 Northwestern
G/F 11 Thompson, Klay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990-02-08 Washington State
F 22 Wiggins, Andrew   6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1995-02-23 Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (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: April 5, 2024

Retained draft rights

The Warriors hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee, who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends.[173] This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams.

Draft Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Current team Note(s) Ref
2020 2 51 Justinian Jessup G   United States ratiopharm ulm (Germany) [174]
2015 2 55 Cady Lalanne C   Haiti Kuwait Club (Kuwait) Acquired from the San Antonio Spurs [175]

Retired numbers

 
Golden State Warriors retired jerseys

[176]

Golden State Warriors retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure Date
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 1959–1965 1 December 29, 1999
14 Tom Meschery F 1961–1967 2 October 13, 1967
16 Al Attles G 1960–1971 3 February 10, 1977
17 Chris Mullin G/F 1985–1997
2000–2001 4		 March 19, 2012[177]
24 Rick Barry F 1965–1967
1972–1978		 March 18, 1988
42 Nate Thurmond C 1963–1974 March 8, 1978

Notes:

  • 1 Includes Chamberlain's tenure (1959–1962) in Philadelphia; retired posthumously.
  • 2 Includes Meschery's tenure (1961–1962) in Philadelphia.
  • 3 Includes Attles' tenure (1960–1962) in Philadelphia. He also served as head coach (1969–1983).
  • 4 Also served as general manager (2004–2009).
  • Meschery, Attles, Barry, Thurmond and Mullin are also members of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.
  • In July 2019, the team announced its intentions to retire No. 35 for Kevin Durant and No. 9 for Andre Iguodala when both of them retire.[178][179]
  • The NBA retired Bill Russell's No. 6 for all its member teams on August 11, 2022.[180][181]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members

Golden State Warriors Hall of Famers
Players
No. Name Position Tenure Inducted No. Name Position Tenure Inducted
17 Andy Phillip G/F 1950–1953 1961 15 Tom Gola F/G 1955–1962 1976
10 Joe Fulks F 1946–1954 1978 11 Paul Arizin F/G 1950–1962 1978
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 1959–1965 1978 32
47		 Jerry Lucas 2 F/C 1969–1971 1980
42 Nate Thurmond F/C 1963–1974 1985 24 Rick Barry F 1965–1967
1972–1978		 1987
6 Neil Johnston C 1951–1959 1990 00 Robert Parish C 1976–1980 2003
17 Chris Mullin 1 G/F 1985–1997
2000–2001		 2011 41 Jamaal Wilkes F 1974–1977 2012
50 Ralph Sampson C/F 1987–1989 2012 30 Bernard King F 1980–1982 2013
5
25		 Guy Rodgers G 1958–1966 2014 23 Mitch Richmond G 1988–1991 2014
13 Šarūnas Marčiulionis G 1989–1994 2014 10 Jo Jo White G 1979–1980 2015
4 Chris Webber F 1993–1994
2008		 2021 5
10		 Tim Hardaway G 1989–1996 2022
Coaches
Name Position Tenure Inducted Name Position Tenure Inducted
Frank McGuire Head coach 1961–1962 1977 Alex Hannum Head coach 1963–1966 1998
Bill Sharman Head coach 1966–1968 2004 Don Nelson Head coach 1988–1995
2006–2010		 2012
Rick Adelman Head coach 1995–1997 2021 George Karl Head coach 1986–1988 2022
Gregg Popovich Assistant coach 1992–1994 2023
Contributors
Name Position Tenure Inducted Name Position Tenure Inducted
Eddie Gottlieb Founder
Owner		 1946–1962 1972 Pete Newell 3 Scout 1977–1984 1979
Rick Welts President 2011–present 2018 16 Al Attles Player
Coach
Executive		 1960–present 2019
5
18		 Larry Costello G 1954–1955
1956–1957		 2022 Jerry West Executive 2011–2017 2024

Notes:

  • 1 Mullin was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice, as a player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team.
  • 2 Lucas was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice, as a player and as a member of the 1960 Olympic team.
  • 3 Newell was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice, as a contributor and as a member of the 1960 Olympic team.

Arizin, Fulks, Gola, Johnston and Phillip played all or most of their tenure with the Warriors in Philadelphia. Rodgers' tenure was evenly divided between Philadelphia and San Francisco, and Chamberlain's and Attles' nearly so. King (Knicks), Lucas (Knicks), Parish (Celtics), Richmond (Kings), Sampson (University of Virginia and Rockets), White (Celtics), and Wilkes (Lakers) were elected mostly for their performances with other teams. Marčiulionis played most of his NBA career with Golden State, but his induction is also for his distinguished international career (Statyba, USSR, and Lithuania). Of those elected to the hall primarily as Warriors, only Thurmond, Barry and Mullin spent significant time with the team since the 1971 move to Oakland and the name change to "Golden State".

FIBA Hall of Famers

Golden State Warriors Hall of Famers
Players
No. Name Position Tenure Inducted
13 Šarūnas Marčiulionis G 1989–1994 2015

Statistical leaders and awards

Franchise leaders

Career Leaders
Category Player Statistics
Games played Stephen Curry 882
Points Stephen Curry 21,712
Rebounds Nate Thurmond 12,771
Assists Stephen Curry 5,740
Steals Stephen Curry 1,419
Blocks Adonal Foyle 1,140
Field goals Stephen Curry 7,434
FG percentage Andris Biedriņš .594
3P FGs Stephen Curry 3,390
3P FG Percentage Anthony Morrow .460
Free throws Paul Arizin 5,010
FT percentage Stephen Curry .909
Triple-doubles Draymond Green 31
Points per game Wilt Chamberlain 41.5
Rebounds per game Wilt Chamberlain 25.1
Assists per game Tim Hardaway 9.3
Steals per game Rick Barry 2.3
Blocks per game Manute Bol 3.7

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

NBA Western Conference Finals MVP

NBA Finals MVP

NBA Defensive Player of the Year

NBA Rookie of the Year

NBA Most Improved Player of the Year

NBA Executive of the Year

NBA Coach of the Year

NBA Sportsmanship Award

NBA Community Assist Award

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

NBA Social Justice Champion Award

All-NBA First Team

All-NBA Second Team

All-NBA Third Team

NBA All-Defensive First Team

NBA All-Defensive Second Team

NBA All-Rookie First Team

NBA All-Rookie Second Team

NBA All-Star Weekend

NBA All-Star selections

NBA All-Star Game head coach

NBA All-Star Game MVP

Skills Challenge

Slam Dunk Contest

Three-Point Contest

Notes

  1. ^ a b California made "The Golden State" its official state nickname in 1968.
    . California State Library. May 10, 2015. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  2. ^ The Warriors changed their club geographic name from San Francisco to Golden State prior to the 1971–72 NBA season.
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  3. ^ a b After three seasons the eastern BAA merged with the older, midwestern National Basketball League (NBL) to create the NBA prior to the 1949–50 season. The NBA recognizes BAA history as the first stage of its own and begins its list of champions with the 1947 Warriors.
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The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association NBA as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia the Warriors moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city s name before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971 a b The club plays its home games at the Chase Center Golden State Warriors2023 24 Golden State Warriors seasonConferenceWesternDivisionPacificFounded1946HistoryPhiladelphia Warriors1946 1962San Francisco Warriors1962 1971Golden State Warriors1971 present 1 2 ArenaChase CenterLocationSan Francisco CaliforniaTeam colorsRoyal blue yellow 3 4 Main sponsorRakuten 5 PresidentBrandon Schneider 6 General managerMike Dunleavy Jr 7 Head coachSteve KerrOwnershipJoe Lacob majority Peter GuberAffiliation s Santa Cruz WarriorsChampionships7 1947 1956 1975 2015 2017 2018 2022 Conference titles7 1975 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 Division titles12 1948 1951 1956 1964 1967 1975 1976 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Retired numbers6 13 14 16 17 24 42 Websitewww wbr nba wbr com wbr warriorsAssociationIconStatementCityClassicThe Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America BAA championship in 1947 c and won again in 1956 led by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin Tom Gola and Neil Johnston After the trade of star Wilt Chamberlain in January 1965 the team finished the 1964 65 season with the NBA s worst record 17 63 Their rebuilding period was brief due in large part to the Warriors drafting of Rick Barry four months after the trade In 1975 star players Barry and Jamaal Wilkes powered the Warriors to their third championship widely considered one of the biggest upsets in NBA history The team struggled in the 1980s then became playoff regulars at the turn of the decade with stars Tim Hardaway Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin nicknamed Run TMC Led by Stephen Curry Klay Thompson and Draymond Green the team returned to championship glory in 2015 with defensive swingman Andre Iguodala being named Finals MVP In 2016 the Warriors set the record for best regular season record at 73 9 before losing the Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers against whom they played a record four straight finals and becoming the first team to lose a series after leading 3 1 in the Finals After signing former MVP Kevin Durant the team won back to back championships in 2017 and 2018 Durant winning both Finals MVPs They lost the 2019 Finals to the Toronto Raptors a series which saw Durant and Thompson suffer serious Achilles and ACL injuries respectively Durant left that off season After missing the playoffs the following two seasons the Warriors returned to the playoffs with a healthy Thompson and a new supporting cast that included All Star Andrew Wiggins and key scorer Jordan Poole they defeated the Boston Celtics in the 2022 Finals where Curry won his first Finals MVP The Warriors dynasty has seen the team win four titles in eight seasons as well as reach five consecutive Finals from 2015 to 2019 six Finals in eight years Curry Green Thompson and Iguodala were on all four 21st century championship teams Shaun Livingston and Kevon Looney were on three each Nicknamed the Dubs as a shortening of W s 8 9 10 the Warriors hold several NBA records best regular season most wins in a season regular season and postseason combined and best postseason run Curry and Thompson are generally considered among the greatest backcourts of all time 11 12 The Warriors have the third most NBA championships and have the third most Finals appearances only the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have more Wilt Chamberlain and Stephen Curry have been named the NBA s MVPs while playing for the Warriors for a total of three MVP awards Contents 1 Franchise history 1 1 1946 1962 Early years in Philadelphia 1 2 1959 1965 The Wilt Chamberlain era 1 3 1965 1978 Thurmond and Barry 1 4 1978 1985 Competitive struggles 1 5 1985 1997 The Run TMC era 1 6 1997 2009 Wilderness years and We believe mindset 1 7 2009 present The Stephen Curry era 1 7 1 2009 2012 Continued struggles and suitable draft picks 1 7 2 2012 2014 Ascension 1 7 3 2014 2019 The Dynasty 1 7 4 2019 2021 Return to San Francisco and injury struggles 1 7 5 2021 2022 Championship glory 1 7 6 2022 2023 Uncertainty 2 Logos and uniforms 3 Rivalries 3 1 Cleveland Cavaliers 3 2 Los Angeles Lakers 3 3 Sacramento Kings 4 Media 4 1 Television 4 2 Radio 5 Season by season record 6 Home arenas 7 Head coaches 8 Personnel 8 1 Current roster 8 2 Retained draft rights 8 3 Retired numbers 8 4 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members 8 5 FIBA Hall of Famers 9 Statistical leaders and awards 9 1 Franchise leaders 9 2 Individual awards 9 3 NBA All Star Weekend 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksFranchise historyMain article History of the Golden State Warriors This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Golden State Warriors news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1946 1962 Early years in Philadelphia nbsp Joe Fulks was the league s first scoring champion The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors a charter member of the Basketball Association of America They were owned by Peter A Tyrrell who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League 13 Tyrrell hired Eddie Gottlieb a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area as coach and general manager 14 The owners named the team after the Philadelphia Warriors an old basketball team who played in the American Basketball League in 1925 15 Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks the team won the championship in the league s inaugural 1946 47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags four games to one The NBA which was created by a 1949 merger officially recognizes that as its own first championship c Gottlieb bought the team in 1951 The Warriors won its next 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 Tom Gola and Neil Johnston 1959 1965 The Wilt Chamberlain era nbsp Wilt Chamberlain averaged 41 5 points per game and 25 1 rebounds per game during his five and a half seasons with the Warriors 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 16 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 city limits from 1962 to 1964 and the San Francisco Civic Auditorium from 1964 to 1966 though occasionally playing home games in nearby cities such as Oakland and San Jose They also played frequently at The University of San Francisco gymnasium Prior to the 1963 64 NBA season the Warriors drafted big man Nate Thurmond to go along with Chamberlain The Warriors won the Western Division crown that season but lost the 1964 NBA Finals 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 1965 1978 Thurmond and Barry nbsp Nate Thurmond averaged over 20 points per game during five different seasons and over 20 rebounds per game during two seasons while with the Warriors 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 nbsp Rick Barry shown in 1976 was named the NBA Finals MVP in 1975 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 17 of the rival American Basketball Association for the following year but after four seasons in the ABA rejoined the Warriors in 1972 During Barry s absence the Warriors were no longer title contenders and the mantle of leadership fell to Thurmond Jeff Mullins and Rudy LaRusso They began scheduling more home games in Oakland with the opening of the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1966 and the 1970 71 season was the team s last as the San Francisco Warriors The franchise adopted its brand name Golden State Warriors prior to the 1971 72 season to suggest that the team represented the entire state of California 15 a Almost all home games were played in Oakland that season six were played in San Diego but none in San Francisco or Daly City Oakland Arena became the team s exclusive home court in 1971 The Warriors made the playoffs from 1971 to 1977 except in 1974 and won their first NBA 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 and Jamaal Wilkes Barry was named Finals MVP 18 At 59 23 the Warriors had the league s best record during the 1975 76 season They were upset however by the 42 40 Phoenix Suns in seven games in the Western Conference Finals citation needed 1978 1985 Competitive struggles Due of the loss of key players such as Barry Wilkes and Thurmond to trades and retirements the Warriors struggled 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 acquired some players such as high scoring forward Purvis Short 1978 former Purdue center Joe Barry Carroll 1980 and 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 In 1983 the Warriors matched the New York Knicks offer for free agent Bernard King but unable to pay his high salary quickly traded him to the Knicks for guard Micheal Ray Richardson whom they soon shipped to New Jersey in exchange for former Georgetown Hoya point guard Eric Sleepy Floyd and journeyman forward Mickey Johnson Floyd once scored 29 points for the Warriors in the fourth quarter of a playoff game against the Lakers though he was later traded to the Houston Rockets 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 New owners Jim Fitzgerald and Dan Finane finally managed to return the team to respectability by hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach George Karl as head coach in 1986 after selecting St John s small forward Chris Mullin in the 1985 NBA draft 1985 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 1987 Western Conference Semifinal match against Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers that is still shown on TV in the NBA s Greatest Games series The second half performance by the Warriors All Star point guard Sleepy Floyd 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 catalyzed increased interest in the NBA in the Bay Area so did new coach Don Nelson who engineered a 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 the trio stayed together for just two seasons and won only one playoff series Nelson sent Richmond to the Sacramento Kings for rookie power forward Billy Owens a promising young front court player meant to complement the coach s run and gun system Nelson had been brought to the Warriors from the Milwaukee Bucks by Jim Fitzgerald who co owned the team from 1986 to 1995 with Dan Finnane In 1993 94 with first round draft pick and Rookie of the Year power forward Chris Webber playing with 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 The 1994 95 season was the first under new team owner Chris Cohan who had bought out Fitzgerald and Finnane 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 with a 36 46 record 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 19 Following the season Mullin was traded to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Erick Dampier and Duane Ferrell 20 1997 2009 Wilderness years and We believe mindset Longtime Seton Hall college coach P J Carlesimo who had been recently fired by the Portland Trail Blazers replaced Adelman as head coach for the 1997 98 season Sprewell was suspended for the remainder of the season for losing his temper and choking Carlesimo during a team practice in December generating the glaring newspaper headline WARRIORS HIT ROCK BOTTOM and the declaration by general manager Garry St Jean that Sprewell 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 St Jean had become the new Warriors general manager 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 21 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 Warriors star scorer through the 2006 07 season For a few years with rising stars 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 Warriors 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 In June 2003 Cohan elevated marketing executive Robert Rowell to team president a role which involved hiring firing and contract negotiation on the basketball side 22 After a disappointing 2003 04 season head coach Eric Musselman and St Jean were fired Mike Montgomery was hired as head coach and Chris Mullin was chosen to succeed St Jean with the title of executive vice president of basketball operations Mullin hoped to build a winning team around Jason Richardson Mike Dunleavy Jr and Troy Murphy and drafted 7 foot center Andris Biedrins 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 plus 500 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 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 off season 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 Sarunas Jasikevicius and forward Josh Powell 23 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 106 107 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 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 24 We believe became the Warriors slogan for the last two months of the season and the playoffs 25 Led by a healthy Baron Davis an ever improving Jason Richardson and young future star off guard Monta Ellis as well as center Biedrins 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 and 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 fashion 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 In the 2007 08 season 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 season with six straight losses but Ellis rise Davis solid injury free season 21 6 points 8 assists 4 6 rebounds per game 26 and an overall improvement in team chemistry brought them back to playoff contention but in the end the Warriors failed to make the playoffs despite a 48 34 record 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 Western Conference was very strong that season every playoff team won 50 games leaving the Warriors two games out of the last playoff spot The Warriors sold out nearly every home game during the season averaging 19 631 per game the highest in team history In the 2008 off season Baron Davis opted to return to his hometown and sign with the Los Angeles Clippers With the 14th pick of that year s 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 Biedrins to long term contracts The Warriors had a disappointing 2008 09 season finishing 29 53 Ellis was injured in a moped accident and suspended for 30 games for riding the vehicle against the terms of his contract 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 2009 present The Stephen Curry era 2009 2012 Continued struggles and suitable draft picks The Warriors chose future superstar point guard Stephen Curry of Davidson College as the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft 27 During the 2009 off season Warrior ownership declined to renew the contract of general manager Chris Mullin Larry Riley Nelson s longtime assistant coach 28 was promoted in his place Riley drafted Curry and traded Jamal Crawford to the Atlanta Hawks for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton The Warriors had another injury prone year in 2009 10 29 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 Falls Skyforce to a 10 day contract on March 2 They eventually waived the injured Bell to sign Williams for the rest of the year and finished the season 26 56 failing to make the playoffs Curry finished second in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting to the Sacramento Kings Tyreke Evans and was named to the NBA All Rookie First Team 30 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 switched to a simplified color scheme of royal blue and gold They also introduced new uniforms reminiscent of the 1969 71 The City uniforms The Warriors made an off season 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 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 2010 owner Chris Cohan sold the Warriors to Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment and his partner Joe Lacob for a then record 450 million 31 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 Dennis Wong and Chamath Palihapitiya 32 The Warriors continued their 2010 off season signing spree by adding Harvard guard Jeremy Lin to their roster with a one year partially guaranteed contract containing a second year team option Lin became the first Taiwanese American player in NBA history Louis Amundson was then added for little under 5 million in mid September After coach Don Nelson resigned in September 2010 assistant coach Keith Smart was hired as the team s new head coach 33 The Warriors won 36 games and failed to make the playoffs in 2010 11 The team broke a franchise record with 21 made three pointers in a win against the Orlando Magic In February 2011 the Warriors traded Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric for Troy Murphy and a 2012 second round pick that was used on Draymond Green On February 27 Murphy and the Warriors reached a buyout agreement and he was waived 34 35 In April 2011 Dorell Wright made a franchise record of 184 three pointers in a season in a home win versus Los Angeles Lakers surpassing Richardson s 183 in 2005 06 In a win against the Portland Trail Blazers Wright then broke another NBA record becoming the first player to have scored more points in his seventh season than in all his first six seasons combined Wright ended the season with the most three pointers made in the NBA that season with 194 as well as the most three pointers attempted with 516 each mark set a new Warriors franchise record Following the season Curry received the NBA Sportsmanship Award 36 Coach Smart was dismissed on April 27 2011 due to the change in ownership Team President Rowell was also terminated and replaced with Rick Welts 37 38 Seventeen year NBA veteran and former ABC and ESPN commentator Mark Jackson replaced Smart as head coach on June 6 39 nbsp nbsp The Splash Brothers Stephen Curry left and Klay Thompson right The Warriors selected future All Star shooting guard Klay Thompson with the 11th pick in the 2011 NBA draft 40 However the team did not improve in the 2011 12 NBA season under coach Jackson finishing the lockout shortened season with a 23 43 record 13th in the conference and again failing to make the playoffs Due to the 2011 NBA lockout Jackson could not establish his system in training camp Hindered by several injuries to key players the team 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 a 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 Thompson move into a starting role However Curry suffered a series of ankle and foot related injuries 41 42 43 44 that limited him to 26 regular season games 27 2012 2014 Ascension The Warriors 2012 off season moves changed the course of the franchise 45 In the 2012 draft the Warriors selected small forward Harrison Barnes with the 7th overall pick center Festus Ezeli with the 30th pick small forward Draymond Green with the 35th pick and 7 foot 1 center Ognjen Kuzmic with the 52nd pick According to sportswriter Anthony Slater in this draft Golden State got a starter Barnes a rotation player Ezeli and a transcendent talent that perfectly fit the small ball direction of the league Green 45 In addition Curry agreed to a four year 44 million rookie scale contract extension 46 At the time many basketball writers considered the move risky for Golden State because of Curry s injury history 47 In 2016 however Slater argued that Curry s relatively inexpensive contract paid huge dividends by freeing up the necessary funds to allow the team to keep a strong core around him 45 The team made a series of other moves trading Dorell Wright obtaining point guard Jarrett Jack and signing forward Carl Landry Despite early season injuries to Brandon Rush and Andrew Bogut and despite starting two rookies Barnes and Ezeli the 2012 13 Warriors had one of their best starts in decades The team earned 20 wins in less than 30 games played for the first time since 1992 The Warriors also achieved a milestone by completing their first ever 6 1 road trip in franchise history including a 97 95 win over the defending champion Heat in Miami On April 9 2013 with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves the Warriors clinched the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and the first time since the 2006 07 We Believe Warriors This time the local battle cry was 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 by winning four out of six games They lost in the second round to the San Antonio Spurs four games to two This was the first playoff experience for all of the starters of this group except for Andrew Bogut 48 Other highlights of the season included Stephen Curry s 272 three point baskets an NBA single season record for the player nicknamed baby faced assassin and the naming of forward David Lee to the 2013 NBA All Star Game as a reserve ending the team s 16 year drought without an All Star selection Curry and Klay Thompson dubbed the Splash Brothers 49 by team employee Brian Witt 50 for their backcourt shooting prowess combined for 483 three pointers during the season easily besting the prior record of 435 set by the Orlando Magic s Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott in 1995 96 During the 2013 off season Golden State signed former Denver Nuggets swingman and future NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala to a four year 48 million deal To make room under the salary cap the Warriors traded Richard Jefferson Andris Biedrins and Brandon Rush along with multiple draft picks to the Utah Jazz 51 With their lone selection in the 2013 NBA draft the Warriors made 22 year old Serbian combo guard Nemanja Nedovic the 30th and final pick of the first round 52 Other off season changes included the departure of free agents Jarrett Jack and Carl Landry and the signings of forward center Marreese Speights 53 center Jermaine O Neal point guard Toney Douglas 54 and Serbian center Ognjen Kuzmic 55 56 57 The Warriors began the 2013 14 season showing flashes of brilliance and also plenty of lapses In early December their record was 12 9 as compared to 17 4 the year before One challenging factor was a tough starting schedule that saw them play 14 of their first 22 games on the road including 10 games against teams holding playoff spots in the standings A stream of injuries also held the team back including injuries to Ezeli Douglas and O Neal Most prominently of all Iguodala suffered a hamstring pull in late November that kept him out for over a month during this period the Warriors performance suffered significantly on both the defensive and offensive ends of the court and the team posted a losing 5 7 record while revealing a lack of bench depth With Iguodala back in the lineup the Warriors went on a 10 game winning streak that included six consecutive wins on a single road trip tying an NBA record The winning streak was the longest for the franchise since the 1975 championship year and fell just one win short of the team record of 11 consecutive wins To strengthen their underperforming bench the Warriors made a three team trade on January 15 sending Douglas to the Miami Heat and picking up guards Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks from the Boston Celtics 58 A day before the trade deadline the Warriors traded Kent Bazemore and Brooks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for veteran point guard Steve Blake 59 Boosted by the additions of Blake and Crawford and the play of 35 year old Jermaine O Neal who returned sooner than expected from wrist surgery the Warriors were one of the winningest teams in the NBA after the All Star break On April 11 in a 112 95 stomping of the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center the Warriors clinched a playoff berth in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1991 and 1992 However just one day earlier in a loss against the Portland Trail Blazers Andrew Bogut suffered a cracked rib kept him out of the postseason the injury dealt a blow to the sixth seed Warriors playoff hopes Even as the team rolled towards the postseason signs emerged of trouble in the Warriors front office On March 25 the team reassigned assistant coach Brian Scalabrine to the team s NBA Development League Affiliate in Santa Cruz because of what head coach Mark Jackson called a difference in philosophies 60 and what unnamed league sources cited by Yahoo Sports called an increasingly dysfunctional atmosphere on the Warriors coaching staff 61 Less than two weeks later assistant coach Darren Erman was fired for secretly recording conversations between coaches staff and players 62 The Warriors ended the season with a record of 51 31 The team won more than 50 games for only the fourth time in franchise history finished 20 games over 500 for the first time in 22 years and tied the 1991 92 squad for the franchise s all time mark of 24 wins on the road Even without Bogut the Warriors battled the third seed Los Angeles Clippers to a seventh and deciding game in the first round of the playoffs before their 2013 14 season came to an end It was a season of many thrilling moments the Warriors played in 17 regular season games decided by two points or fewer six games decided by winning shots in the final three seconds and seven comeback wins in which the Warriors had been behind by 15 points or more 63 Curry also made his first appearance in the All Star Game in 2014 Curry and Klay Thompson continued to set league records in three point shooting Curry who finished the season with 261 threes set an individual record for most three pointers in a span of two seasons with 533 surpassing the previous mark of 478 set by former Seattle SuperSonics legend Ray Allen in 2004 05 and 2005 06 Together Thompson and Curry combined for 484 threes on the year besting by one the NBA record they had set the year before 2014 2019 The Dynasty Jackson was fired as coach on May 6 2014 64 despite a unanimous declaration of support from his players 65 and a three year 121 109 526 record that marked a major turnaround and placed him fourth on the franchise s all time wins list trailing Alvin Attles 557 Don Nelson 422 and Eddie Gottlieb 263 66 Over the 17 years before Jackson took the helm in 2011 the franchise had averaged 30 2 wins per season and made the playoffs only once 67 Jackson became just the third Warriors head coach to notch at least 50 wins in a season joining Nelson and Attles who both hit the mark twice On May 14 2014 the Golden State Warriors signed Steve Kerr to a reported five year 25 million deal to become the team s new head coach 68 It was the first head coach job for Kerr 48 a five time NBA champion guard who set an all time career record for accuracy in three point shooting 454 Kerr had served as president and general manager for the Phoenix Suns basketball team from 2007 to 2010 and had recently been working as an NBA broadcast analyst for Turner Network Television TNT The Warriors also signed point guard Shaun Livingston 69 and guard Leandro Barbosa 70 during the off season The Warriors completed the 2014 2015 regular season with a league best record of 67 15 setting a Warriors record for wins 71 The team finished with a home record of 39 2 second best in NBA history The team ranked first in defensive efficiency for the season and second in offensive efficiency barely missing the mark that the Julius Erving led Sixers achieved by being first in both offensive and defensive efficiency On May 4 Stephen Curry was named the 2014 15 NBA Most Valuable Player the first Warrior since Wilt Chamberlain in 1960 The Warriors swept the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round of the playoffs defeated Memphis Grizzlies in six games in the second round and dispatched Houston Rockets in five games in the Western Conference Finals The Warriors advanced to their first NBA Finals since 1975 The team s opponent was the Cleveland Cavaliers who would later go on to face the Warriors in each of the next three consecutive NBA Finals After Golden State fell behind 2 1 in the series Kerr gave swingman Andre Iguodala his first start of the season replacing center Andrew Bogut in Game 4 The Warriors small lineup which came to be known as the Death Lineup helped turn the series around 72 The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers in six games and Iguodala was named Finals MVP 73 Kerr became the first rookie coach to win a title since Pat Riley in 1981 82 74 Other highlights of the 2014 15 season included Stephen Curry breaking his own record for three pointers made in a single season with 286 He and Klay Thompson made a combined 525 three pointers the most by a duo in NBA history In the postseason Curry shattered Reggie Miller s record of 58 made three pointers in a single postseason with 98 On January 23 2015 Klay Thompson broke an NBA record for points in a quarter with 37 in the third Curry was also the leader in the voting polls for the 2015 NBA All Star Game won the 2014 15 NBA Most Valuable Player award and the 2015 ESPYs Best Male Athlete award nbsp Draymond Green was an All NBA Second Team member in 2015 16 On July 27 2015 David Lee who had lost his starting power forward job to Draymond Green during the season 75 76 was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb 77 Golden State was seeking to offload his salary given his limited role on the team 78 The Warriors began the 2015 2016 regular season by winning their first 24 games the best start in NBA history 79 80 This surpassed the previous record of 15 0 by the 1948 49 Capitols and the 1993 94 Rockets 81 and broke a 131 year old record of 20 0 set by the 1884 St Louis Maroons baseball team to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America 82 These 24 wins included the best road start in NBA history at 14 0 surpassing the 1969 70 New York Knicks which was also the joint third longest road win streak 83 Their record setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12 2015 84 Golden State also won 28 consecutive regular season games dating back to the 2014 15 season eclipsing the 2012 13 Miami Heat for the second longest winning streak in NBA history 80 The team set an NBA record with 54 consecutive regular season home wins which spanned from January 31 2015 to March 29 2016 the previous record of 44 was held by the 1995 96 Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan 85 On March 31 2016 the Warriors won their 68th win of the season in an overtime game over the Utah Jazz breaking the franchise record for most wins in a single season in franchise history 86 On April 13 2016 Golden State set the NBA record for most wins in a single season The team finished the season with a record of 73 9 87 On May 10 2016 Stephen Curry was named the NBA s Most Valuable Player MVP for the second straight season Curry is the 11th player to win back to back MVP honors and became the first player in NBA history to win the MVP award by unanimous vote winning all 131 first place votes 88 Stephen Curry Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were all named to the 2016 All Star Game Green broke the Golden State franchise record of nine triple doubles in a season Curry broke numerous three point records during the season including his own NBA record for made three pointers in a season of 286 he finished the season with 402 three pointers He made a three pointer in 151 consecutive games which broke the NBA record of 127 set by Kyle Korver in 2014 On February 27 2016 Curry also tied the NBA record of twelve three pointers made in a single game jointly holding it with Donyell Marshall and Kobe Bryant 89 The Warriors reached the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year facing a rematch against the Cleveland Cavaliers 90 The Warriors won three of the first four games of the 2016 NBA Finals but the Cavaliers made a comeback to tie the series at three wins apiece 91 Draymond Green was suspended for Game Five of the series and Curry was ejected from Game Six 92 In Game Seven the Warriors lost the series on their home court earning the distinction of becoming the first team to lose the NBA Finals after having led three games to one 93 July 2016 featured a series of significant player transactions On July 4 2016 Kevin Durant announced he was leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to sign a two year contract with the Golden State Warriors 94 On July 7 Durant signed his contract which gave the Warriors a fourth All NBA player on their team 95 The Durant signing made the Warriors prohibitive favorites to win the 2017 NBA championship according to oddsmakers 96 On July 9 2016 free agent forward Harrison Barnes signed with the Dallas Mavericks 97 98 Centers Festus Ezeli 99 and Marreese Speights 100 left the Warriors for other teams as did guard Leandro Barbosa 101 Center Andrew Bogut was traded along with a future second round pick to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for a future conditional second round pick 102 Veteran power forward David West signed with the Warriors 103 as did free agent center Zaza Pachulia 104 The Warriors posted many notable achievements during the 2016 17 regular season On November 7 2016 Stephen Curry set the NBA record for most 3 pointers in a game with 13 in a 116 106 win over the Pelicans 105 On December 5 2016 Klay Thompson scored 60 points in 29 minutes in a 142 106 victory over the Pacers In doing so Thompson became the first player in NBA history to score 60 or more points in fewer than 30 minutes of playing time 106 Stephen Curry Kevin Durant Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were all named to the 2017 NBA All Star Game making the Warriors only the eighth team in NBA history to have four All Stars 107 On February 10 2017 Draymond Green recorded a triple double with 12 rebounds 10 assists and 10 steals becoming the first player in NBA history to post a triple double with fewer than 10 points 108 On March 2 2017 the Warriors streak for most games without back to back losses ended at 146 with a 94 87 loss to the Chicago Bulls The streak eclipsed the previous record of 95 held by the Utah Jazz 109 The Warriors earned home court advantage throughout the 2017 playoffs thanks to a 2016 17 regular season record of 67 15 They were the first team in NBA playoff history to start the playoffs 12 0 defeating the Trail Blazers the Jazz and the Spurs in consecutive series The 2017 Finals once again pitted the Warriors against the Cavaliers becoming the first time in NBA history that two teams met in the Finals for three consecutive years The Warriors won the championship after going 4 1 in the Finals and their 16 1 playoff record garnered the best winning percentage 941 in NBA playoffs history 110 After the Warriors announced that they were uncertain if they would make the customary visit to the White House by playoff champions President Donald Trump rescinded his invitation 111 The team still planned to travel to Washington D C to celebrate equality diversity and inclusion Planned activities included meeting with local youth and a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture 112 The Warriors went into the 2018 playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference after earning a 2017 18 regular season record of 58 24 After defeating both the Spurs and the Pelicans 4 1 the Warriors came up against the top seeded Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals Despite reaching a 3 2 disadvantage against the Rockets after Game 5 the Warriors staved off elimination and came back to win the series 4 3 winning the Western Conference for the 4th straight year The 2018 Finals pitted the Warriors against the Cavaliers for the fourth consecutive season this marked the first time in NBA history that the same two teams had met in the Finals for four consecutive years The Warriors swept the Cavaliers to win their second straight NBA championship previously there had not been an NBA Finals sweep since 2007 113 On August 30 2018 David West announced his retirement from the NBA after 15 seasons 114 115 Following the 2018 NBA Finals writers for Sports Illustrated 116 USA Today 92 The Wall Street Journal 117 and the New York Daily News 118 described the Warriors as a dynasty The Warriors returned to the Finals the following year and lost 4 2 to the Toronto Raptors 119 2019 2021 Return to San Francisco and injury struggles Main article Chase Center In April 2014 the Warriors began the purchase process for a 12 acre 4 9 ha site in Mission Bay San Francisco to hold a new 18 000 seat arena which was expected to be ready beginning with the 2019 20 NBA season 120 121 122 The location was selected after an original proposal to construct the arena on Piers 30 and 32 just south of the Bay Bridge met with vocal opposition due to concerns about traffic environmental impacts and obstruction of views 123 The new location which still faced some vocal opposition in San Francisco eliminated the need for voter approval as required with the original site 124 The move also elicited criticism due to the perceived alienation of a loyal fanbase in Oakland 125 The sale was finalized in October 2015 126 and naming rights were sold to JPMorgan Chase for the arena to be called the Chase Center 127 Although the Warriors considered a name change possibly returning to their former name of San Francisco Warriors 128 it was ultimately decided that they would remain the Golden State Warriors upon their return to San Francisco 129 After the Finals loss to Toronto during which Durant tore his Achilles and Thompson tore his ACL Durant chose to sign a four year deal with the Brooklyn Nets In order to not lose Durant for nothing the Warriors sent Durant along with a protected first round pick 2020 to the Nets in exchange for D Angelo Russell in a two way sign and trade The sign and trade triggered a hard cap for the Warriors who were forced to trade Iguodala s 17 million salary to the Memphis Grizzlies while also giving them a top 4 protected 2024 first round pick as incentive The Warriors played their first regular season game at the Chase Center on October 24 2019 in a 141 122 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers 130 During their very next home game on October 30 against the Phoenix Suns Curry broke his hand in a collision requiring surgery that was expected to keep him out of action for at least 3 months This along with Thompson s injury rehab keeping him out the entire year sent the Warriors into a downward spiral from which they never recovered However they saw second round pick Eric Paschall two way player Damion Lee and training camp pickup Marquese Chriss establish themselves as rotation players At the trade deadline the Warriors traded Russell 2018 first round pick Jacob Evans and recent acquisition Omari Spellman to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Andrew Wiggins a top 3 protected first round pick and a second round pick Curry returned for one game on March 5 before the season was suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic The Warriors were not one of the 22 teams invited to the NBA Bubble on June 4 which ended their 2019 20 season with a league worst record of 15 50 In the 2020 NBA draft lottery the Warriors landed the second overall pick in the draft which they used to draft James Wiseman 131 They also drafted Nico Mannion with the 48th overall pick Just as the 2020 21 NBA season was about to begin guard Klay Thompson was reported to miss the incoming season due to an Achilles tendon injury making the second season he missed in his career 132 At the beginning of the season against the Nets Curry dropped 20 points to a 99 125 loss to the Nets 133 They finished the regular season with a 39 33 record qualifying for the new NBA play in tournament 134 against the seventh seeded Los Angeles Lakers Curry won his second scoring title with 32 0 points per game 135 and was in the NBA Most Valuable Player conversation alongside Philadelphia s Joel Embiid and Denver s Nikola Jokic who would go on to win the award 136 The Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs after losing two play in tournaments to the Los Angeles Lakers who would become the seventh seed and the Memphis Grizzlies originally the ninth seed who went on to face the Jazz after winning the play in against the Warriors 137 This was the second consecutive year that the Warriors missed the playoffs 2021 2022 Championship glory With the 2021 NBA draft lottery the Warriors landed the seventh pick in the draft from the Minnesota Timberwolves from the D Angelo Russell trade and their own 14th overall pick 138 With the seventh overall pick the Warriors selected the NBA G League Ignite s forward Jonathan Kuminga 139 and with the 14th overall pick the Warriors selected Arkansas guard Moses Moody 140 The Warriors re signed Curry to a four year extension deal worth up to 215 million 141 They also acquired Magic forward Otto Porter Jr 142 and Heat forward Nemanja Bjelica 143 to one year deals On August 10 2021 Andre Iguodala signed a deal to come back to the Bay Area 144 In January 2022 the team faced controversy after part owner Chamath Palihapitiya repeatedly stated on a podcast that he did not care about the ongoing persecution of Uyghurs in China 145 146 The team distanced themselves from Palihapitiya stating that he does not speak on behalf of our franchise and his views certainly don t reflect those of our organization 147 The Warriors statement was criticized for not mentioning the Uyghurs or the genocide 148 On April 10 2022 the Warriors clinched the third seed in the Western conference qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since the 2018 19 season In the first round they advanced past the Denver Nuggets and triumphed over the Memphis Grizzlies in the conference semi finals On May 26 2022 the Warriors advanced to their seventh NBA Finals after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals 4 1 On June 16 2022 the team won their seventh NBA title beating the Boston Celtics 4 2 Curry Thompson Green and Iguodala all won their fourth championship as members of the Warriors In 2021 the Golden State Warriors among other high profile athletes and celebrities were a paid spokespersons for FTX a cryptocurrency exchange In November 2022 FTX filed for bankruptcy wiping out billions of dollars in customer funds The Warriors alongside other spokespeople are currently being sued for promoting unregistered securities through a class action lawsuit 149 In February 2022 the U S 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media 150 2022 2023 Uncertainty During the 2022 23 season the Warriors faced a challenging regular season due to numerous injuries Key players like Iguodala DiVincenzo Thompson Green Kuminga and Curry who was also unable to participate in the 2023 NBA All Star Game were impacted 151 152 153 However despite the team s average performance throughout the season the San Francisco based squad displayed remarkable determination and resilience They ultimately finished with the sixth seed and a 44 38 record qualifying for the last direct playoff spot In the playoffs they defeated the third seeded Sacramento Kings in seven games despite the Kings being up 2 0 to advance to the Western Conference semifinals However they then lost to the seventh seeded Los Angeles Lakers in six games This was the first time since 2014 that the Warriors lost in the playoffs before the Finals and the first playoff series loss against a Western Conference opponent under Steve Kerr Logos and uniformsThe Warriors have utilized several different logo and uniform designs throughout their history with the most recent redesign occurring in 2010 3 However on June 12 2019 the Warriors unveiled subtle adjustments to their primary logo including a new custom font 154 The club then unveiled six new uniform designs using the newly updated logo on September 17 2019 155 For the 2020 21 season the Warriors wore a City uniform that paid tribute to the We Believe era in Oakland as well as their 47 seasons there in general It features the same coloring scheme as well as the Oakland location identifier in the lettering of the previous logo 156 For the 2021 22 season the Warriors wore a Warriors Origins jersey which is a modernization of their 1961 62 road uniform The 1961 62 season was their last season in Philadelphia as well as the season in which Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game The jersey also commemorates the 75th anniversary of the franchise 157 RivalriesCleveland Cavaliers Main article Cavaliers Warriors rivalry While the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers have played each other since the Cavaliers joined the NBA in 1970 the two teams rivalry began to develop in the 2014 15 season when they met in the first of four consecutive NBA Finals Previously no pair of teams had faced each other in more than two consecutive Finals The Warriors have won three of the four NBA Finals in which they faced the Cavaliers losing in 2016 and winning in 2015 2017 and 2018 Los Angeles Lakers Main article Lakers Warriors rivalry The Warriors have a lengthy history with the Los Angeles Lakers as both franchises relocated to California during the early 1960s Geography does play a minor role in the rivalry however there exists more respect between both teams and fans alike unlike in the Dodgers Giants or 49ers Rams rivalries of the MLB and NFL respectively in which both teams and fanbases express fierce animosity against one another 158 159 The rivalry began to sprout during the 1970s as the two teams would meet six times in the postseason from 1967 to 1991 Both teams fluctuated in success at varying times however the Lakers recent rise following the signing of LeBron James contributed heavily to adding a level of competition between both sides as James had previously faced the Warriors in four straight finals as a member of the Cavaliers Both teams have met seven times in the postseason combining for 38 division titles since both teams relocated to California in the early 1960s 160 161 The Lakers lead the all time regular season series 262 173 and the postseason series 25 11 162 163 Sacramento Kings Main article Kings Warriors rivalry Since the Sacramento Kings relocated there in 1985 they have shared a geographic rivalry with the Warriors as both cities are 86 miles apart from one another However despite the Kings joining the BAA in 1948 when they were then known as the Royals and based in Rochester New York due to both teams having long periods of failing to make the playoffs the two teams would not face each other in the postseason until 2023 where they faced off in the first round 164 In a bitterly fought series including a rough play between Damontas Sabonis and Draymond Green in game 2 where Green stomped roughly on Sabonis s chest after he grabbed Green s leg resulting in Green being suspended in game 3 165 and several violent viral fan scuffles throughout the series as opposing fans were widespread at both the Chase Center and Golden 1 Center due to the geographic proximity 166 the Warriors would defeat the Kings in seven games to advance to the semifinals The series would draw the highest first and second round playoff TV ratings for the NBA since 1999 with game 7 peaking at 11 9 million viewers on ABC 167 MediaTelevision Bob Fitzgerald has done television play by play and former Warriors swingman Kelenna Azubuike does color commentary for the Warriors on NBC Sports Bay Area where they telecast more than 70 Warrior games a year 168 They also host Roundtable Live a half hour pre game show leading up to the broadcast of select Golden State home games and also do postgame analysis Fitzgerald is in his 24th season as the Warriors play by play man as for Azubuike his 2nd as the color analyst Former Warrior guard Jim Barnett was the TV color analyst from 1985 to 2019 and is now the full time color man on the radio Greg Papa and Garry St Jean are also members of the telecast team specializing in pregame in game halftime and post game analysis while Kerith Burke serves as the sideline reporter 169 Radio This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information June 2022 Tim Roye has done the radio play by play for Warrior games since 1995 He is joined in the booth by former Warriors forward Tom Tolbert for home games only He will also be joined by Jim Barnett full time starting in 2019 who will do color analysis for both road and home games and has already been at the booth for nationally televised and postseason matchups On August 25 2016 the Warriors announced that they were leaving long time station KNBR and that all of their games would be broadcast on KGMZ s 95 7 The Game 170 After each game Roye Fitzgerald and Barnett get together for post game radio analysis and a next game preview Season by season recordList of the last five seasons completed by the Warriors For the full season by season history see List of Golden State Warriors seasons Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses W L Winning percentage Season GP W L W L Finish Playoffs2018 19 82 57 25 695 1st Pacific Lost in NBA Finals 2 4 Raptors 2019 20 65 15 50 231 5th Pacific Did not qualify2020 21 72 39 33 542 4th Pacific Did not qualify2021 22 82 53 29 646 2nd Pacific NBA champions 4 2 Celtics 2022 23 82 44 38 537 4th Pacific Lost in Conference Semifinals 2 4 Lakers Home arenasPhiladelphia Arena 1946 1962 Philadelphia Convention Hall 1952 1962 Cow Palace 1962 1964 1966 1971 and two games in 1975 NBA Finals War Memorial Gymnasium occasional games 1962 1967 San Francisco Civic Auditorium 1964 1966 Oakland Coliseum Arena The Arena in Oakland Oracle Arena 1971 2019 San Diego Sports Arena six games in 1971 1972 San Jose Arena 1996 1997 due to renovations at Oakland Arena Chase Center 2019 present 171 172 Head coachesMain article List of Golden State Warriors head coachesPersonnelMain article Golden State Warriors all time roster Current roster Golden State Warriors rostervtePlayers CoachesPos No Name Height Weight DOB FromG 30 Curry Stephen 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg 1988 03 14 DavidsonF C 12 Garuba Usman TW 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 229 lb 104 kg 2002 03 09 SpainF 23 Green Draymond 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 230 lb 104 kg 1990 03 04 Michigan StateF C 32 Jackson Davis Trayce 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 245 lb 111 kg 2000 02 22 IndianaF 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 UCLAG 4 Moody Moses 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 211 lb 96 kg 2002 05 31 ArkansasG 3 Paul Chris 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m 175 lb 79 kg 1985 05 06 Wake ForestG F 0 Payton Gary II 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 195 lb 88 kg 1992 12 01 Oregon StateG 2 Podziemski Brandin 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 205 lb 93 kg 2003 02 25 Santa ClaraG F 25 Quinones Lester 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 208 lb 94 kg 2000 11 16 MemphisG 18 Robinson Jerome TW 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 190 lb 86 kg 1997 02 22 Boston CollegeG 15 Santos Gui 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 185 lb 84 kg 2002 06 22 BrazilF C 20 Saric Dario 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 225 lb 102 kg 1994 04 08 CroatiaG 61 Spencer Pat TW 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 205 lb 93 kg 1996 07 04 NorthwesternG F 11 Thompson Klay 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 220 lb 100 kg 1990 02 08 Washington StateF 22 Wiggins Andrew nbsp 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 197 lb 89 kg 1995 02 23 Kansas Head coachSteve KerrAssistant coach es Ron Adams Kenny Atkinson Chris DeMarco Bruce Fraser Kris WeemsLegend C Team captain DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended GL On assignment to G League affiliate TW Two way affiliate player nbsp Injured Roster Last transaction April 5 2024Retained draft rights The Warriors hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA A drafted player either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him is allowed to sign with any non NBA teams In this case the team retains the player s draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player s contract with the non NBA team ends 173 This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams Draft Round Pick Player Pos Nationality Current team Note s Ref2020 2 51 Justinian Jessup G nbsp United States ratiopharm ulm Germany 174 2015 2 55 Cady Lalanne C nbsp Haiti Kuwait Club Kuwait Acquired from the San Antonio Spurs 175 Retired numbers nbsp Golden State Warriors retired jerseys 176 Golden State Warriors retired numbersNo Player Position Tenure Date13 Wilt Chamberlain C 1959 1965 1 December 29 199914 Tom Meschery F 1961 1967 2 October 13 196716 Al Attles G 1960 1971 3 February 10 197717 Chris Mullin G F 1985 19972000 2001 4 March 19 2012 177 24 Rick Barry F 1965 19671972 1978 March 18 198842 Nate Thurmond C 1963 1974 March 8 1978Notes 1 Includes Chamberlain s tenure 1959 1962 in Philadelphia retired posthumously 2 Includes Meschery s tenure 1961 1962 in Philadelphia 3 Includes Attles tenure 1960 1962 in Philadelphia He also served as head coach 1969 1983 4 Also served as general manager 2004 2009 Meschery Attles Barry Thurmond and Mullin are also members of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame In July 2019 the team announced its intentions to retire No 35 for Kevin Durant and No 9 for Andre Iguodala when both of them retire 178 179 The NBA retired Bill Russell s No 6 for all its member teams on August 11 2022 180 181 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members Golden State Warriors Hall of FamersPlayersNo Name Position Tenure Inducted No Name Position Tenure Inducted17 Andy Phillip G F 1950 1953 1961 15 Tom Gola F G 1955 1962 197610 Joe Fulks F 1946 1954 1978 11 Paul Arizin F G 1950 1962 197813 Wilt Chamberlain C 1959 1965 1978 3247 Jerry Lucas 2 F C 1969 1971 198042 Nate Thurmond F C 1963 1974 1985 24 Rick Barry F 1965 19671972 1978 19876 Neil Johnston C 1951 1959 1990 00 Robert Parish C 1976 1980 200317 Chris Mullin 1 G F 1985 19972000 2001 2011 41 Jamaal Wilkes F 1974 1977 201250 Ralph Sampson C F 1987 1989 2012 30 Bernard King F 1980 1982 2013525 Guy Rodgers G 1958 1966 2014 23 Mitch Richmond G 1988 1991 201413 Sarunas Marciulionis G 1989 1994 2014 10 Jo Jo White G 1979 1980 20154 Chris Webber F 1993 19942008 2021 510 Tim Hardaway G 1989 1996 2022CoachesName Position Tenure Inducted Name Position Tenure InductedFrank McGuire Head coach 1961 1962 1977 Alex Hannum Head coach 1963 1966 1998Bill Sharman Head coach 1966 1968 2004 Don Nelson Head coach 1988 19952006 2010 2012Rick Adelman Head coach 1995 1997 2021 George Karl Head coach 1986 1988 2022Gregg Popovich Assistant coach 1992 1994 2023ContributorsName Position Tenure Inducted Name Position Tenure InductedEddie Gottlieb FounderOwner 1946 1962 1972 Pete Newell 3 Scout 1977 1984 1979Rick Welts President 2011 present 2018 16 Al Attles PlayerCoachExecutive 1960 present 2019518 Larry Costello G 1954 19551956 1957 2022 Jerry West Executive 2011 2017 2024Notes 1 Mullin was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice as a player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team 2 Lucas was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice as a player and as a member of the 1960 Olympic team 3 Newell was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice as a contributor and as a member of the 1960 Olympic team Arizin Fulks Gola Johnston and Phillip played all or most of their tenure with the Warriors in Philadelphia Rodgers tenure was evenly divided between Philadelphia and San Francisco and Chamberlain s and Attles nearly so King Knicks Lucas Knicks Parish Celtics Richmond Kings Sampson University of Virginia and Rockets White Celtics and Wilkes Lakers were elected mostly for their performances with other teams Marciulionis played most of his NBA career with Golden State but his induction is also for his distinguished international career Statyba USSR and Lithuania Of those elected to the hall primarily as Warriors only Thurmond Barry and Mullin spent significant time with the team since the 1971 move to Oakland and the name change to Golden State FIBA Hall of Famers Golden State Warriors Hall of FamersPlayersNo Name Position Tenure Inducted13 Sarunas Marciulionis G 1989 1994 2015Statistical leaders and awardsFranchise leaders Career Leaders Category Player StatisticsGames played Stephen Curry 882Points Stephen Curry 21 712Rebounds Nate Thurmond 12 771Assists Stephen Curry 5 740Steals Stephen Curry 1 419Blocks Adonal Foyle 1 140Field goals Stephen Curry 7 434FG percentage Andris Biedrins 5943P FGs Stephen Curry 3 3903P FG Percentage Anthony Morrow 460Free throws Paul Arizin 5 010FT percentage Stephen Curry 909Triple doubles Draymond Green 31Points per game Wilt Chamberlain 41 5Rebounds per game Wilt Chamberlain 25 1Assists per game Tim Hardaway 9 3Steals per game Rick Barry 2 3Blocks per game Manute Bol 3 7Individual awards Most Valuable Player Wilt Chamberlain 1960 Stephen Curry 2015 2016NBA Western Conference Finals MVP Stephen Curry 2022NBA Finals MVP Rick Barry 1975 Andre Iguodala 2015 Kevin Durant 2017 2018 Stephen Curry 2022NBA Defensive Player of the Year Draymond Green 2017NBA Rookie of the Year Woody Sauldsberry 1958 Wilt Chamberlain 1960 Rick Barry 1966 Jamaal Wilkes 1975 Mitch Richmond 1989 Chris Webber 1994NBA Most Improved Player of the Year Gilbert Arenas 2003 Monta Ellis 2007NBA Executive of the Year Dick Vertlieb 1975 Bob Myers 2015 2017NBA Coach of the Year Alex Hannum 1964 Don Nelson 1992 Steve Kerr 2016NBA Sportsmanship Award Stephen Curry 2011NBA Community Assist Award Stephen Curry 2014J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award Stephen Curry 2023NBA Social Justice Champion Award Stephen Curry 2023All NBA First Team Joe Fulks 1947 1949 Howie Dallmar 1948 Paul Arizin 1952 1956 1957 Neil Johnston 1953 1956 Wilt Chamberlain 1960 1962 1964 Rick Barry 1966 1967 1974 1976 Chris Mullin 1992 Latrell Sprewell 1994 Stephen Curry 2015 2016 2019 2021 Kevin Durant 2018All 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 Stephen Curry 2014 2017 2022 2023 Draymond Green 2016 Kevin Durant 2017 2019All NBA Third Team Chris Mullin 1990 Tim Hardaway 1993 David Lee 2013 Klay Thompson 2015 2016 Draymond Green 2017 Stephen Curry 2018NBA All Defensive First Team Nate Thurmond 1969 1971 Andre Iguodala 2014 Draymond Green 2015 2017 2021NBA All Defensive Second Team Rudy LaRusso 1969 Nate Thurmond 1972 1974 Phil Smith 1976 Jamaal Wilkes 1976 1977 E C Coleman 1978 Latrell Sprewell 1994 Andrew Bogut 2015 Draymond Green 2018 2019 2022 2023 Klay Thompson 2019NBA All Rookie First Team Nate Thurmond 1964 Fred Hetzel 1966 Rick Barry 1966 Jamaal Wilkes 1975 Gus Williams 1976 Joe Barry Carroll 1981 Larry Smith 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 Harrison Barnes 2013 Eric Paschall 2020NBA All Rookie Second Team Latrell Sprewell 1993 Donyell Marshall 1995 Antawn Jamison 1999 NBA All Star Weekend NBA All Star selections Paul Arizin 1951 1952 1955 1962 Joe Fulks 1951 1952 Andy Phillip 1951 1952 Neil Johnston 1953 1958 Jack George 1956 1957 Woody Sauldsberry 1959 Tom Gola 1960 1962 Wilt Chamberlain 1960 1965 Tom Meschery 1963 Guy Rodgers 1963 1964 1966 Nate Thurmond 1965 1968 1970 1973 1974 Rick Barry 1966 1967 1973 1978 Jim King 1968 Clyde Lee 1968 Rudy LaRusso 1968 1969 Jeff Mullins 1969 1971 Jerry Lucas 1971 Cazzie Russell 1972 Jamaal Wilkes 1976 Phil Smith 1976 1977 Bernard King 1982 Sleepy Floyd 1987 Joe Barry Carroll 1987 Chris Mullin 1989 1993 Tim Hardaway 1991 1993 Latrell Sprewell 1994 1995 1997 David Lee 2013 Stephen Curry 2014 2019 2021 2023 Klay Thompson 2015 2019 Draymond Green 2016 2018 2022 Kevin Durant 2017 2019 Andrew Wiggins 2022NBA All Star Game head coach Alex Hannum 1965 Bill Sharman 1968 Al Attles 1975 1976 Don Nelson 1992 Steve Kerr 2015 2017NBA All Star Game MVP Paul Arizin 1952 Wilt Chamberlain 1960 Rick Barry 1967 Kevin Durant 2019 Stephen Curry 2022Skills Challenge Stephen Curry 2011Slam Dunk Contest Jason Richardson 2002 2003Three Point Contest Stephen Curry 2015 2021 Klay Thompson 2016Notes a b California made The Golden State its official state nickname in 1968 California State Symbols California State Library May 10 2015 Archived from the original on January 25 2016 Retrieved May 11 2015 The Warriors changed their club geographic name from San Francisco to Golden State prior to the 1971 72 NBA season Warriors History Index National Basketball Association Golden State Warriors Retrieved February 4 2021 a b After three seasons the eastern BAA merged with the older midwestern National Basketball League NBL to create the NBA prior to the 1949 50 season The NBA recognizes BAA history as the first stage of its own and begins its list of champions with the 1947 Warriors NBA Season Recaps 1946 47 to 2018 19 NBA com NBA Media Ventures LLC Retrieved February 4 2021 References History Team by Team PDF 2019 20 Official NBA Guide PDF NBA Properties Inc Retrieved May 22 2022 NBA com Stats Golden State Warriors seasons Stats NBA com NBA Media Ventures LLC Retrieved December 2 2022 a b Warriors Logo History amp Hall of Famers PDF 2022 23 Golden State Warriors Media Guide NBA Properties Inc Retrieved December 4 2022 The colors of the new logos and branding elements are Warriors Royal Blue and California Golden Yellow Golden State Warriors Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet NBA Properties Inc Archived from the original on February 27 2021 Retrieved December 4 2022 Warriors and Rakuten Form Jersey Partnership Warriors com Press release NBA Media Ventures LLC September 12 2017 Retrieved December 17 2017 Warriors Name Brandon Schneider President amp Chief Operating Officer Warriors com Turner Sports Digital Retrieved July 10 2022 Warriors Promote Mike Dunleavy Jr To General Manager National Basketball Association Golden State Warriors June 16 2023 Retrieved July 4 2023 NBA LockerVision Golden State Warriors City Edition Story Guide LockerVision NBA com NBA Properties Inc Retrieved November 3 2023 Born in The City the Warriors as much as the cable car have become a symbol of San Francisco The cable car is a landmark that distinguishes San Francisco and is a symbol of resilience as it has a 150 year history surviving the 1906 Earthquake The iconic nature of the cable car has reached the likes of classic songs and Dubs jersey designs The Warriors are excited to celebrate the cable car s anniversary and unique story through a new uniform design that focuses on the beautiful legacy of SF Sherwood Strauss Ethan June 20 2014 To make splash Dubs must break up duo ESPN Retrieved May 16 2022 Kale Williams Jenna Lyons April 14 2016 Warriors fans delirious after basking in historic night San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved May 31 2016 Ranking 70 Greatest Backcourt Duos in NBA History National Basketball Association December 27 2017 Retrieved February 23 2019 Barney Chuck December 21 2018 Warriors Splash Brothers meet the Bad Boys in new TV special The Mercury News Retrieved February 23 2019 The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia Villard Books 1994 p 29 ISBN 0 679 43293 0 The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia Villard Books 1994 p 33 ISBN 0 679 43293 0 a b Behind The Name Warriors National Basketball Association Golden State Warriors Retrieved May 15 2016 Chamberlain scores 100 in 1962 game versus Knicks National Basketball Association March 2 2013 Retrieved May 3 2015 Oakland Oaks American basketball team Britannica www britannica com Retrieved January 31 2024 Rick Barry Bio National Basketball Association May 3 2015 Retrieved May 3 2015 Golden State Warriors 2014 15 Media Guide PDF National Basketball Association October 10 2014 Retrieved May 3 2015 Warriors Trade Mullin to Pacers The New York Times August 12 1997 Retrieved July 6 2018 Fainaru Wada Mark February 10 2002 The man who owns the Warriors Cohan s rocky reign An era marked by lost games lost fans and endless litigation San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved May 16 2022 Spencer K June 9 2003 Warriors Promote Robert Rowell To Team President NBA com Archived from the original on November 3 2022 Retrieved January 3 2023 Pacers make 8 player trade with Warriors Indiana Pacers January 17 2007 Retrieved May 3 2015 Warriors Trail Blazers Recap On April 18 the Warriors clinched their first playoff berth since 1994 with a resounding 120 98 win in the regular season finale at Portland Thompson Marcus II April 27 2007 Warriors fan is behind We Believe campaign East Bay Times Archived from the original on July 17 2007 Retrieved May 16 2022 Baron Davis ESPN Retrieved June 16 2011 a b Stephen Curry NBA Stats Basketball Reference Retrieved January 2 2016 Larry Riley Q A Getting to Know GState s GM December 6 2010 Retrieved March 30 2012 Simmons Rusty April 15 2010 Limp to Victory Is Fitting Finish San Francisco Chronicle Kings Evans takes home T Mobile Rookie of Year award National Basketball Association Archived from the original on June 10 2016 Retrieved January 2 2016 Lacob Guber have deal to buy Warriors Associated Press July 15 2010 Retrieved May 16 2022 Joe Lacob on the New Era Warriors Something very special is happening already Talking Points Blogs mercurynews com November 15 2010 Retrieved June 16 2011 Torkelson Tommy September 23 2010 Don Nelson Out As Golden State Warriors Coach Rapid Reaction Bleacher Report Retrieved September 9 2018 Kawakami Tim February 27 2011 Breaking news Warriors buy out Troy Murphy and why it s a wise move San Jose Mercury News Retrieved May 16 2022 Murphy had to be waived before Tuesday to remain eligible for a playoff roster on a new team CLARIFICATION There is a later deadline for signing with a new team Warriors Murphy reach buyout agreement National Basketball Association Associated Press February 28 2011 Archived from the original on March 3 2011 Retrieved May 16 2022 Stephen Curry Wins 2010 11 NBA Sportsmanship Award National Basketball Association Golden State Warriors May 5 2011 Retrieved January 3 2016 Simmons Rusty June 22 2011 Robert Rowell out as Warriors president San Francisco Chronicle Archived from 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