1994-95 Golden State Warriors season

The 1994–95 Golden State Warriors season was the 49th season for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association, and their 33rd season in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] During the off-season, the Warriors acquired Ricky Pierce, and rookie power forward, and first-round draft pick Carlos Rogers out of Tennessee State University from the Seattle SuperSonics.^[2][3][4] Before the start of the regular season, the Warriors acquired Rony Seikaly from the Miami Heat.^[5][6][7] Second-year star Chris Webber sat out early into the season, and exercised his option to become a restricted free agent, claiming irreconcilable differences with head coach and General Manager Don Nelson. Webber and Nelson both feuded with each other during the previous season, and Webber asked to be traded; the Warriors dealt him to the Washington Bullets in exchange for Tom Gugliotta in November.^[8][9][10]

With the addition of Seikaly, Gugliotta and Pierce, along with the return of All-Star guard Tim Hardaway, who missed all of the previous season due to a knee injury, the Warriors won their first five games of the regular season, and posted an 8–5 record in November. However, the team soon struggled losing 18 of their next 20 games, posting ten and eight-game losing streaks respectively, as Pierce, Seikaly and Chris Mullin all missed large parts of the season due to injuries. All of this led to the resignation of Nelson,^[11][12][13] after a 14–31 record at the All-Star break.^[14] At mid-season, the team traded Gugliotta to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for rookie small forward, and first-round draft pick Donyell Marshall from the University of Connecticut.^[15][16][17] Under Nelson's replacement, retired All-Star center and Hall of Famer Bob Lanier as an interim coach, the Warriors finished in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a disappointing 26–56 record.^[18]

Latrell Sprewell averaged 20.6 points, 4.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game, while Hardaway averaged 20.1 points, 9.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and led the Warriors with 168 three-point field goals, Mullin provided the team with 19.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in 25 games, and Marshall contributed 14.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in 32 games after the trade, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In addition, Seikaly provided with 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 36 games, while Pierce contributed 12.5 points per game off the bench in 27 games, and Chris Gatling provided with 13.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, while shooting .633 in field-goal percentage. Meanwhile, Victor Alexander averaged 10.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, Rogers averaged 8.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in only just 49 games, Keith Jennings contributed 7.4 points and 4.7 assists per game, and top draft pick Clifford Rozier provided with 6.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.^[19]

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, Sprewell was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Western Conference All-Star team,^[20][21][22] while Rozier was selected for the NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the White team. Before the mid-season trade, Marshall also participated in the Rookie Game as part of the White team, while playing for the Timberwolves.^[23][24] Gatling finished in eighth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting,^[25][26] and also finished tied in ninth place in Most Improved Player voting.^[27][26]

The Warriors finished 19th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 616,025 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena during the regular season.^[19][28] Following the season, Pierce signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers,^[29] while Rogers and Alexander were both traded to the Toronto Raptors expansion team,^[30] Jennings was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Raptors,^[31][32][33] and Lanier was fired as head coach.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Team
1	16	Clifford Rozier	C	United States	Louisville
2	39	Anthony Miller	PF	United States	Michigan State
2	45	Dwayne Morton	SG	United States	Louisville

Roster

1994–95 Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 52 Victor Alexander  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–08–31 Iowa State F 25 Chris Gatling 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1967–09–03 Old Dominion G 10 Tim Hardaway  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1966–09–01 UTEP G 2 Keith Jennings 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1968–11–02 East Tennessee State G 20 Tim Legler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1966–12–26 La Salle G 9 Ryan Lorthridge 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1972–07–27 Jackson State F 3 Donyell Marshall 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1973–04–18 Connecticut G 50 Dwayne Morton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1971–08–08 Louisville F 17 Chris Mullin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1963–07–30 St. John's G 22 Ricky Pierce  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice F 34 Carlos Rogers 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–02–06 Tennessee State C 44 Clifford Rozier 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1972–10–31 Louisville C 4 Rony Seikaly 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1965–05–10 Syracuse G 15 Latrell Sprewell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–09–08 Alabama F 12 David Wood 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1964–11–30 Nevada

Head coach Bob Lanier (interim) Assistant(s) Al Attles Rod Higgins Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Player statistics

1.^ Statistics with the Warriors.

Player statistics citation:^[19]

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also

• 1994-95 NBA season