1995–96 Golden State Warriors season

The 1995–96 NBA season was the Warriors' 50th season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] The Warriors won the Draft Lottery, and selected Joe Smith from the University of Maryland with the first overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft.[2] During the off-season, the team acquired B. J. Armstrong from the expansion Toronto Raptors,[3] and signed free agents Jerome Kersey and Jon Barry. With Armstrong and Kersey in the lineup at point guard and small forward respectively, Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin both played off the bench for most of the season. Midway through the season, Hardaway was traded along with Chris Gatling to the Miami Heat for Kevin Willis and Bimbo Coles.[4] Under new head coach Rick Adelman, the Warriors were in playoff connection with a 26–28 record as of February 24, but then lost 18 of their final 28 games. The team posted a 10–win improvement, finishing sixth in the Pacific Division with a 36–46 record, missing the playoffs by three games.[5]

1995–96 Golden State Warriors season
Head coachRick Adelman
OwnersChris Cohan
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKICU-TV
SportsChannel Pacific
RadioKNBR

Latrell Sprewell led the team with 18.9 points and 1.6 steals per game, while Smith averaged 15.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, while being selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and finishing in third place in Rookie of the Year voting.[6] In addition, Mullin provided the team with 13.3 points and 1.4 steals per game, but only played 55 games due to injury, while Armstrong contributed 12.3 points and 4.9 assists per game, and Rony Seikaly provided with 12.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.[7] Following the season, Willis signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets,[8] while Kersey signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Barry signed with the Atlanta Hawks.

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1995 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
11Joe SmithPF United StatesMaryland
234Andrew DeClercqC United StatesFlorida
240Dwayne WhitfieldPF United StatesJackson State
250Martin LewisSG/SF United StatesSeward Community College
255Michael McDonaldC United StatesNew Orleans

Roster
1995–96 Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 11 Armstrong, B. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1967–09–09 Iowa
G 20 Barry, Jon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1969–07–25 Georgia Tech
G 21 Churchwell, Robert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1972–02–20 Georgetown
G 12 Coles, Bimbo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1968–04–22 Virginia Tech
C 55 DeClercq, Andrew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1973–02–01 Florida
C 43 Hammink, Geert 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1969–07–12 LSU
F 7 Kersey, Jerome 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962–06–26 Longwood
F 3 Marshall, Donyell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1973–05–18 Connecticut
F 17 Mullin, Chris  (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1963–07–30 St. John's
C 44 Rozier, Clifford 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1972–10–31 Louisville
C 4 Seikaly, Rony  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1965–05–10 Syracuse
F 32 Smith, Joe 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1975–07–26 Maryland
G 15 Sprewell, Latrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–09–08 Alabama
F 41 Willis, Kevin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1962–09–06 Michigan State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics6418.780–38–326–1521–3
x-Los Angeles Lakers5329.6461130–1123–1817–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers4438.5372026–1518–2311–13
x-Phoenix Suns4141.5002325–1616–259–15
x-Sacramento Kings3943.4762526–1513–2811–13
Golden State Warriors3646.4392823–1813–287–17
Los Angeles Clippers2953.3543519–2210–317–17
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c-Seattle SuperSonics *6418.780–82
2 y-San Antonio Spurs *5923.720582
3 x-Utah Jazz5527.671982
4 x-Los Angeles Lakers5329.6461182
5 x-Houston Rockets4834.5851682
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers4438.5372082
7 x-Phoenix Suns4141.5002382
8 x-Sacramento Kings3943.4762582
9 Golden State Warriors3646.4392882
10 Denver Nuggets3547.4272982
11 Los Angeles Clippers2953.3543582
12 Minnesota Timberwolves2656.3173882
13 Dallas Mavericks2656.3173882
14 Vancouver Grizzlies1567.1834982
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1995-96 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta –4–03–10–43–11–11–12–21–11–11–32–00–22–22–21–14–02–12–22–10–22–02–00–20–24–01–12–01–3
Boston 0–4–2–20–31–30–21–12–10–21–10–42–00–23–13–12–02–20–41–34–01–10–22–00–20–23–10–21–12–2
Charlotte 1–32–2–1–33–12–02–01–30–20–21–31–12–02–23–11–10–33–00–43–12–01–11–10–20–23–11–12–03–1
Chicago 4–03–03–1–4–02–01–14–02–02–02–22–02–03–14–02–03–03–13–14–01–12–02–02–01–13–12–02–04–0
Cleveland 1–33–11–30–4–2–01–12–22–01–12–22–02–01–34–02–01–23–11–24–02–01–11–10–20–23–10–22–03–1
Dallas 1–12–00–20–20–2–2–20–22–21–30–22–20–40–21–10–41–10–21–10–21–30–42–22–22–21–11–34–00–2
Denver 1–11–10–21–11–12–2–1–12–21–30–21–32–20–21–14–00–21–11–12–03–10–40–40–41–32–03–13–11–1
Detroit 2–21–23–10–42–22–01–1–2–01–12–22–00–21–32–21–14–00–41–34–02–02–01–12–01–14–00–22–01–2
Golden State 1–12–02–00–20–22–22–20–2–2–21–13–11–31–11–13–12–00–20–22–01–31–31–31–30–41–11–34–01–1
Houston 1–11–12–00–21–13–13–11–12–2–2–04–03–10–22–02–22–00–20–22–03–12–22–21–30–42–02–24–01–1
Indiana 3–14–03–12–22–22–02–02–21–10–2–2–01–13–03–11–11–31–32–23–11–11–10–21–12–04–00–22–03–0
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–20–22–23–10–21–30–40–2–0–41–11–13–11–11–10–22–03–12–22–21–30–40–21–33–11–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–00–20–20–24–02–22–03–11–31–14–0–2–02–03–12–01–11–11–13–12–23–11–32–22–02–24–01–1
Miami 2–21–32–21–33–12–02–03–11–12–00–31–10–2–3–01–15–01–31–33–11–10–21–11–10–22–10–21–12–2
Milwaukee 2–21–31–30–40–41–11–12–21–10–21–31–10–20–3–1–11–32–21–32–10–22–00–21–10–22–20–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–20–24–00–41–11–32–21–11–31–31–11–1–1–10–20–21–11–30–43–11–30–41–11–32–20–2
New Jersey 0–42–23–00–32–11–12–00–40–20–23–11–10–20–53–11–1–2–20–42–20–21–11–10–20–22–20–22–02–2
New York 1–24–00–31–31–32–01–14–02–02–03–11–11–13–12–22–02–2–1–33–10–20–20–21–11–14–01–11–13–1
Orlando 2–23–14–01–32–11–11–13–12–02–02–22–01–13–13–12–04–03–1–4–02–01–11–11–11–12–11–12–04–0
Philadelphia 1–20–41–30–40–42–00–20–40–20–21–30–21–11–31–21–12–21–30–4–0–20–20–20–20–23–11–11–11–3
Phoenix 2–01–10–21–10–23–11–30–23–11–31–11–31–31–12–03–12–02–00–22–0–2–22–21–30–42–01–34–02–0
Portland 0–22–01–10–21–14–04–00–23–12–21–12–22–22–00–24–01–12–01–12–02–2–1–31–31–32–01–32–20–2
Sacramento 0–20–21–10–21–12–24–01–13–12–22–02–21–31–12–01–31–12–01–12–02–23–1–1–30–42–00–42–20–2
San Antonio 2–02–02–00–22–02–24–00–23–13–11–13–13–11–11–13–12–01–11–12–03–13–13–1–2–22–03–14–01–1
Seattle 2–02–02–01–12–02–23–11–14–04–00–24–02–22–02–04–02–01–11–12–04–03–14–02–2–1–13–13–11–1
Toronto 0–41–31–31–31–31–10–20–41–10–20–42–00–21–22–21–12–20–41–21–30–20–20–20–21–1–0–21–13–1
Utah 1–12–01–10–22–03–11–32–03–12–22–03–12–22–02–03–12–01–11–11–13–13–14–01–31–32–0–4–01–1
Vancouver 0–21–10–20–20–20–41–30–20–40–40–21–30–41–11–12–20–21–10–21–10–42–22–20–41–31–10–4–0–2
Washington 3–12–21–30–41–32–01–12–11–11–10–31–11–12–23–12–02–21–30–43–10–22–02–01–11–11–31–12–0—

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

Transactions

Trades
November 2, 1995 To Golden State Warriors
B. J. Armstrong		 To Toronto Raptors
Victor Alexander
Martin Lewis
Michael McDonald
Carlos Rogers
Dwayne Whitfield
February 20, 1996 To Golden State Warriors
Bimbo Coles
Kevin Willis		 To Miami Heat
Tim Hardaway
Chris Gatling

Free agents
Additions
Player Date signed Former team
Jon Barry October 4 Milwaukee Bucks
Kevin Ollie none
Matt Maloney October 6 none
Jerome Kersey October 18 Portland Trail Blazers
Robert Churchwell (10-day) March 14 Chicago Rockers (CBA)
Geert Hammink (10-day) March 25 Omaha Racers (CBA)
Robert Churchwell (rest of season) April 3 Golden State Warriors
Geert Hammink (rest of season) April 14 Golden State Warriors
Subtractions
Player Date signed New Team
Tim Legler September 27 Washington Bullets
Ricky Pierce October 3 Indiana Pacers
Kevin Ollie October 11 Connecticut Pride (CBA)
Matt Maloney November 1 Grand Rapids Mackers (CBA)
David Wood January 15 Phoenix Suns

Player Transactions Citation:[9]

References
  1. 1995-96 Golden State Warriors
  2. "PRO BASKETBALL; Underclassmen Rule Atop N.B.A. Draft Board". New York Times. June 29, 1995. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  3. "NBA'S RAPTORS TRADE FIRST PICK ARMSTRONG TO WARRIORS FOR PAIR". Greensboro. September 18, 1995. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  4. "Hardaway Heads for the Heat in Trade". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 1996. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  5. "1995–96 Golden State Warriors Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  6. "1995–96 NBA Awards Voting". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  7. "1995–96 Golden State Warriors Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  8. "Barkley Gets His Wish: He's on the Rockets". AP News. August 20, 1996. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  9. "1995–96 Golden State Warriors Transactions". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

See also
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