1992–93 Golden State Warriors season

1992–93 Golden State Warriors season
Latrell Sprewell's rookie season
Head coach Don Nelson
Arena Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record 3448 (.415)
Place Division: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1992–93 NBA season was the Warriors' 47th season in the NBA and 30th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] The Warriors were severely bitten by the injury bug losing their top players. Chris Mullin missed half the season with a torn ligament in his right thumb, Tim Hardaway missed 16 games with a bruised right knee, Šarūnas Marčiulionis broke his right leg and dislocated his right ankle in a jogging accident before the season, returned to play 30 games, then sat out the rest of the year with Achilles tendonitis; and Billy Owens missed 45 games with a knee injury. The Warriors finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 34-48 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The season is most memorable when the Warriors drafted Latrell Sprewell with the 24th pick of the 1992 NBA Draft.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 24 Latrell Sprewell SG/SF  United States Alabama
2 43 Predrag Danilović SG/SF  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 50 Matt Fish C  United States North Carolina-Wilmington

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 52 United States Alexander, Victor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Iowa State
SF 35 United States Buechler, Jud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arizona
PF 45 United States Courtney, Joe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Southern Mississippi
PF 25 United States Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Old Dominion
SG 44 United States Grayer, Jeff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Iowa State
PG 10 United States Hardaway, Tim (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas–El Paso
SF 3 United States Higgins, Sean 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan
C 32 United States Hill, Tyrone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier
PF 21 United States Houston, Byron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Oklahoma State
PG 2 United States Jennings, Keith 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 160 lb (73 kg) East Tennessee State
SG 13 Lithuania Marčiulionis, Šarūnas  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Lithuania
SF 17 United States Mullin, Chris (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) St. John's
PF 30 United States Owens, Billy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Syracuse
SF 12 United States Spencer, Andre 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Northern Arizona
SG 15 United States Sprewell, Latrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Alabama
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

RosterTransactions

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Phoenix Suns 62 20 .756 35–6 27–14 21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics 55 27 .671 7 33–8 22–19 22–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers 51 31 .622 11 30–11 21–20 19–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers 41 41 .500 21 27–14 14–27 15–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers 39 43 .476 23 20–21 19–22 13–17
Golden State Warriors 34 48 .415 28 19–22 15–26 9–21
Sacramento Kings 25 57 .305 37 16–25 9–32 6–24
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Awards and records

References

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