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1992–93 Golden State Warriors season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

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The 1992–93 Golden State Warriors season was the 47th season for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association, and their 30th season in the San Francisco Bay Area. The season was perhaps most memorable for the Warriors drafting shooting guard Latrell Sprewell from the University of Alabama with the 24th overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. During the off-season, the team signed free agent Jeff Grayer.

The Warriors lost several of their important players to injury during the regular season; Chris Mullin missed half the season with a torn ligament in his right thumb, only playing in just 46 games, and Tim Hardaway missed 16 games with a bruised right knee. Meanwhile, sixth man Šarūnas Marčiulionis broke his right leg and dislocated his right ankle in a jogging accident before the season began, returned to play 30 games, then sat out the remainder of the season with Achilles tendonitis, and second-year star Billy Owens only played just 37 games due to a knee injury.

Because of the injuries, the Warriors struggled after an 18–14 start to the regular season, losing 15 of their next 17 games, including an 8-game losing streak between January and February, and held a 23–30 record at the All-Star break. After releasing oft-injured center Alton Lister to free agency in March, the team lost six of their final eight games of the season, and finished in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a 34–48 record, failing to qualify for the NBA playoffs.

Mullin averaged 25.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, while Hardaway averaged 21.6 points, 10.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game, led the Warriors with 102 three-point field goals, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and Sprewell provided the team with 15.4 points and 1.6 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In addition, Owens provided with 16.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while Marčiulionis contributed 17.4 points and 1.7 steals per game, and second-year center Victor Alexander averaged 11.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, second-year forward Chris Gatling averaged 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game off the bench, Grayer contributed 8.8 points per game in 48 games, and Tyrone Hill provided with 8.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mullin and Hardaway were both selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Western Conference All-Star team, but Mullin did not participate due to injury; it was Mullin's fifth and final All-Star selection. Following the season, Hill was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
124Latrell SprewellSG/SFAlabama
243Predrag DanilovićSG/SF
250Matt FishCNorth Carolina-Wilmington

Roster

  • Don Nelson
  • Gregg Popovich
  • Paul Pressey
  • Donnie Nelson

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
79816.1.446.286.6654.0.9.6.55.3
776935.6.464.369.7463.53.81.6.715.4
746628.0.508.000.62410.2.9.6.58.6
725924.3.516.455.6855.81.3.5.711.2
701117.8.539.000.7254.6.6.6.89.3
70918.4.437.339.7472.81.3.7.36.2
666639.5.447.330.7444.010.61.8.221.5
481221.4.467.143.6693.31.5.6.28.8
464641.3.510.451.8105.03.61.5.925.9
373732.5.501.091.6397.13.9.9.816.5
30827.9.543.200.7613.23.51.7.117.4
†3047.6.348.318.7001.6.4.3.01.5
29420.4.447.351.7452.32.3.4.28.3
2098.7.452.5382.2.3.0.52.3
18014.9.439.000.7781.71.7.6.34.4
†17123.9.456.000.7594.71.4.9.411.0
8017.0.595.556.7781.42.9.5.08.6
†7010.0.391.8002.4.3.4.63.1
5115.6.240.7502.8.8.2.24.2
203.0.5001.0.0.0.01.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Warriors only. Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

  • Chris Mullin, NBA All-Star Game
  • Tim Hardaway, NBA All-Star Game
  • Tim Hardaway, All-NBA Third Team
  • Latrell Sprewell, NBA All-Rookie Team Second Team

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/1993.html 1992-93 Golden State Warriors]
  2. Wojciechowski, Gene. (June 25, 1992). "Miner Didn't Realize Heat Would Be on Like This: NBA Draft: USC Star Waits Longer Than Expected Before Miami Makes Him the 12th Overall Selection. UCLA's Murray Goes to San Antonio, Pepperdine's Christie to Seattle". Los Angeles Times.
  3. (October 9, 1992). "Pro Basketball". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "1992 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.
  5. (August 1, 1992). "Transactions". The New York Times.
  6. Cremer, Randy. (August 1, 1992). "Warriors Add Free Agent Grayer, Release Higgins". Tampa Bay Times.
  7. Aldridge, David. (February 6, 1993). "Enfeebled Warriors Trampled by Bullets". The Washington Post.
  8. (February 7, 1993). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Mullin Adds to Woes". The New York Times.
  9. (February 9, 1993). "Surgery on Mullin's Thumb Successful". United Press International.
  10. (March 5, 1993). "Pro Basketball". Los Angeles Times.
  11. Freeman, Mike. (March 12, 1993). "PRO BASKETBALL; Petrovic to the Rescue in Nets' Fourth in Row". The New York Times.
  12. Nelson, Glenn. (April 26, 1993). "Sonics Get Home-Court Edge Over Houston the Hardaway -- Seattle Loses Finale, But So Do Rockets". The Seattle Times.
  13. (September 22, 1992). "Marciulionis Breaks Leg". United Press International.
  14. (September 29, 1992). "Warriors Lose Marciulionis". The New York Times.
  15. (February 28, 1993). "SuperSonics 109, Warriors 92". United Press International.
  16. (January 14, 1993). "Forward Billy Owens of the Golden State...". Los Angeles Times.
  17. Aldridge, David. (February 6, 1993). "Enfeebled Warriors Trampled by Bullets". The Washington Post.
  18. (June 28, 1993). "Owens Fine After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery". United Press International.
  19. "NBA Games Played on February 18, 1993". Basketball-Reference.
  20. (March 24, 1993). "Transactions". The New York Times.
  21. Winderman, Ira. (March 28, 1993). "Nix Fighting? League Finally Sends Message". Sun Sentinel.
  22. "1992–93 Golden State Warriors Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
  23. "1992–93 Golden State Warriors Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
  24. (February 10, 1993). "Manning Gets All-Star Berth: Pro Basketball: He Is Selected for the First Time. The Lakers and Celtics Are Shut Out for the First Time Since Game Began". Los Angeles Times.
  25. (September 13, 2021). "1993 NBA All-Star Recap". NBA.com.
  26. "1993 NBA All-Star Game: West 135, East 132 (OT)". Basketball-Reference.
  27. (July 15, 1993). "Warriors Send Tyrone Hill to Cavs". United Press International.
  28. (July 16, 1993). "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Warriors Trade Hill". The New York Times.
  29. Rosser, Felecia. (July 16, 1993). "Warriors Trade Hill to Cavs for '94 Draft Pick". Tampa Bay Times.
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