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• The Golden State Warriors play in the Pacific Division of the NBA's Western Conference.

  In the 2008-2009 season, the Warriors finished with a record of 29-53. They received the 7th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, where they picked Stephen Curry, a point guard from Davidson College.

• Fast Facts

  1. Conference: Western Conference
  2. Division: Pacific Division
  3. Founded: 1946
  4. Arena: Oracle Arena
  5. City: Oakland, California
  6. Team colors: Midnight blue, Golden Gate orange, California yellow, White
  7. Owner: Chris Cohan
  8. Championships: BAA: 1 (1947) NBA: 2 (1956, 1975)
  9. Conference titles: 6
  10. Division titles: 7

• 2009 Warriors Roster

  
  Guards

  • 7 Kelenna Azubuike
  • 18 Marco Belinelli
  • Speedy Claxton
  • Stephen Curry
  • 8 Monta Ellis
  • Acie Law
  • 22 Anthony Morrow
  • 23 C.J. Watson

  Forwards

  • 33 Jermareo Davidson
  • 1 Stephen Jackson
  • 31 Rob Kurz
  • 50 Corey Maggette
  • 4 Anthony Randolph
  • 32 Brandan Wright

  Centers

  • 15 Andris Biedrins
  • 21 Ronny Turiaf

• Early History

  The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, winning the championship in the league's first season (1946-47). The team was relocated to San Francisco in 1962. They won the 1963-64 Western Division title, but lost in the NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics.

  The team changed their name to the Golden State Warriors for the 1971-72 season as they began playing almost all of their home games in Oakland. The went on to win the championship in 1975, sweeping the heavily favored Washington Bullets.

• Hall of Famers

  • 11 Paul Arizin
  • 24 Rick Barry
  • 13 Wilt Chamberlain
  • 10 Joe Fulks
  • 14 Tom Gola
  • 6 Neil Johnston
  • 16 Jerry Lucas
  • 00 Robert Parish
  • 17 Andy Phillip
  • 42 Nate Thurmond
  • Eddie Gottlieb (team founder-owner)

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