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The history of the Golden State Warriors began in Philadelphia in 1946. In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden State Warriors.
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.
Sep 16, 2024 · In 1971 the franchise—which had been experiencing years of disappointing financial returns—relocated across the East Bay to Oakland and changed its name to the Golden State Warriors.
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It’s unclear whom the Warriors expected to take with the No. 7 pick in the 2009 draft. What is clear is that they were headed toward using that pick on behalf of another team. Ironically, Golden State was negotiating with then-Suns general manager Steve Kerr to trade their pick and a package of players to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for All-Star f...
Bob Myers grew up a Warriors fan in Oakland before earning respect as a professional agent during his adult career. But even with those credentials — and a few kind words delivered by Danny Ainge — Myers later admittedhe “fully expected to be denied” when he approached Warriors owner Joe Lacob in 2010 about possibly working for the team. Lacob, how...
Golden State missed on its 2010 first-round pick (Ekpe Udoh at No. 6), but it recovered by selecting future All-Star Klay Thompson at No. 11 the following summer. The decision was not universally lauded as the Warriors already had Curry and Monta Ellis in the backcourt. But Golden State ignored 1) the appeal of best fit via defensive-minded forward...
Ellis or Curry? The answer wasn’t nearly as clear in the moment as it is in hindsight. Ellis, a key member of that beloved “We Believe” squad of 2007, was averaging more than 20 points per game for the third consecutive season. Plus, he was just 26 years old. Curry’s ankles, meanwhile, had already shown significant signs of being injury prone, redu...
Again, luck matters, and it might never have mattered more for the Warriors as we know them than on this date. Golden State owed a top-seven protected pick after acquiring Marcus Williams from New Jersey in 2008. The Nets then conveyed that Warriors pick to Utah in 2011 as part of the Jazz’s trade for All-Star point guard Deron Williams. Golden Sta...
While Curry and Thompson get the headlines and nicknames (see: “Splash Brothers”), the players selected in the 2012 draft helped define the modern-day Warriors as much as anyone else. Golden State pounced on North Carolina’s Harrison Barnes at No. 7, giving them a slash-and-shoot forward to complete their perimeter rotation. The Warriors then compl...
After choosing to make Curry a vital part of the franchise just seven months earlier, the Warriors were determined to make that decision long term. They did not do so blindly, however. Golden State was well aware of Curry’s ankle issues, which had required two arthroscopic surgeries. The 6-foot-3 guard had sprained his ankle again just 12 days earl...
By now, Golden State was viewed as a Western Conference up-and-comer. The young Warriors, in their second playoff appearance since 1994, had pushed the Spurs to six games in the 2013 West semis. Now they had their eye the kind of veteran presence they had just seen up close in the playoffs: then-Denver Nuggets swingman Andre Iguodala. The former Al...
New York or Oakland? That was the choice facing Steve Kerr, a former NBA player, general manager and TNT NBA analyst who was now readying for the coaching phase of his career. He had his pick between the Warriors and the Knicks, with the latter boasting his own former coach and Hall-of-Famer Phil Jackson as team president. Jackson’s pull, however, ...
Injuries are never good in a vacuum, but their ripple effects can sometimes lead to surprisingly positive adjustments. Such was the case on this night, when starting forward David Lee came up hobbling with a strained hamstringin a preseason game. The injury forced Kerr to start Green at power forward to begin the 2014-15 campaign. Though the former...
The history of the Warriors began in Philadelphia in 1946. In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden State Warriors.
Jan 30, 2017 · Struggling in San Francisco, in both finance and performance, the Warriors jumped across the Bay to Oakland and changed their name to the Golden State Warriors in the 1971-72 season. The Warriors signed Cazzie Russell who alongside Jeff Mullins and Nate Thurmond average 21.4 PPG.
The Golden State Warriors were originally founded in the city of Philadelphia in 1946, and moved to San Francisco after a change in ownership in 1962.
