Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco.
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41 Facts About Golden State Warriors
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The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association, as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division.
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Golden State Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America championship in 1947, and won again in 1956, led by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, and Neil Johnston.
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The Golden State Warriors' dynasty has seen the team win 4 titles in 8 seasons, as well as reach five consecutive Finals from 2015 to 2019 ; Curry, Green, Thompson, and Iguodala were on all four 21st century championship teams, Shaun Livingston and Kevon Looney were on three each.
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The Golden State Warriors have the third most NBA championships and have the third most Finals appearances; only the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have more.
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Golden State Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Golden State Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America.
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The Golden State Warriors played most of their home games at the Cow Palace in Daly City 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.
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The Golden State Warriors won the Western Division crown that season, but lost the 1964 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, four games to one.
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In 1983, the Golden State 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.
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The Golden State Warriors selected power forward prospect Joe Smith as their first overall draft pick in 1995 and hired Rick Adelman as the new head coach.
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Golden State Warriors hoped to build a winning team around Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy Jr and Troy Murphy, and drafted 7-foot center Andris Biedrins from Latvia.
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The Mavericks came back to win Game 2 easily to tie the series at a game apiece, but the Golden State Warriors won both Games 3 and 4 with a huge lift from the home crowd at Oracle Arena.
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The Golden State Warriors sold out nearly every home game during the season averaging 19,631 per game, the highest in team history.
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Golden State Warriors chose future superstar point guard Stephen Curry of Davidson College with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft.
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The Golden State 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.
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Golden State 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.
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In February 2011, the Golden State Warriors traded Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric for Troy Murphy and a 2012 second-round pick that was used on Draymond Green.
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Golden State Warriors selected future All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson with the 11th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.
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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 and former Warrior small forward Stephen Jackson, who without playing a game for the Golden State Warriors was quickly traded to the San Antonio Spurs for Richard Jefferson and a conditional first-round pick on March 15.
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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.
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The Golden State Warriors signed point guard Shaun Livingston and guard Leandro Barbosa during the off-season.
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Golden State 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.
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The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cavaliers in six games, and Iguodala was named Finals MVP.
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On July 27,2015, David Lee—who had lost his starting power forward job to Draymond Green during the season—was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb; Golden State was seeking to offload his salary given his limited role on the team.
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On March 31,2016, the Golden State 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.
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Golden State Warriors made a three-pointer in 151 consecutive games, which broke the NBA record of 127 set by Kyle Korver in 2014.
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Golden State Warriors reached the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year, facing a rematch against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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The Golden State 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.
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In Game Seven, the Golden State 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.
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The Golden State Warriors swept the Cavaliers to win their second straight NBA championship; previously, there had not been an NBA Finals sweep since 2007.
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The sign-and-trade triggered a hard cap for the Golden State Warriors, who were forced to trade Iguodala's $17 million salary to the Memphis Grizzlies while giving them a top-4 protected 2024 first-round pick as incentive.
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At the trade deadline, the Golden State 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.
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The Golden State 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 Golden State Warriors.
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The Golden State Warriors re-signed Curry to a 4-year extension deal worth up to $215 million.
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Golden State Warriors have utilized several different logo and uniform designs throughout their history, with the most recent redesign occurring in 2010.
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However, on June 12,2019, the Golden State Warriors unveiled subtle adjustments to their primary logo, including a new custom font.
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The Golden State 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.
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Golden State Warriors is joined in the booth by former Warriors forward Tom Tolbert for home games only.
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Golden State Warriors will 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.
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Golden State Warriors hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA.
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