Team: | Golden State Warriors |
End Year: | 2020 |
Wins: | 15 |
Losses: | 50 |
Division: | Pacific |
Division Place: | 5 |
Conf Place: | 15 |
Coach: | Steve Kerr |
Gm: | Bob Myers |
Owners: | Joe Lacob Peter Guber |
Arena: | Chase Center |
Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
Bbr Team: | GSW |
Television: | NBC Sports Bay Area |
Radio: | 95.7 The Game |
The 2019–20 Golden State Warriors season was the 74th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 58th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors entered the season as the five-time defending Western Conference champion and runners-up in the 2019 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Toronto Raptors in six games. The Warriors moved from the Oracle Arena (now Oakland Arena) in Oakland to the new Chase Center in San Francisco before the start of the season, the first time the team had played in the city since the 1970–71 season.[1]
This season saw the departures of Kevin Durant and Andre Iguodala, and thus the break up of the Hamptons Five. After considering signing with teams such as the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers, Durant left in a sign-and-trade with the Brooklyn Nets, with the Golden State Warriors acquiring All-Star guard D'Angelo Russell as part of the deal.[2] Iguodala was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies after six seasons with the Warriors, in which he won three championships and a Finals MVP. Russell would then be traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for former #1 pick Andrew Wiggins at the trade deadline in February 2020.
Despite lofty expectations, the Warriors got off to a 4–16 start, their worst since the 2000 season. Injuries were a major reason for the poor start. All-Star SG Klay Thompson missed the entire regular season with an ACL tear he suffered during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.[3] Stephen Curry was injured on October 30, 2019, which required surgery to repair his broken second metacarpal. Curry played in just five of the Warriors' 65 games.[4]
With their 33rd loss against the Dallas Mavericks on January 14, 2020, the Warriors failed to reach 50 wins for the first time since 2013. From the end of December to the middle of January, the team suffered a 10-game losing streak, the first time they have lost 10 games in a row since 2002. They also suffered their first losing season since 2012 following their 42nd loss to the Miami Heat. With their March 10 loss to the Clippers, the Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2012 and did not make the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, ending five consecutive Finals appearances.
In response to mounting concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic by public health officials, the season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11[5] after it was reported that then Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.[6] This came after the Warriors announced that their game against the Brooklyn Nets the next day would be played behind closed doors. On June 4, 2020, it was announced by the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play in the NBA Bubble on July 31, 2020, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) the next day. The Warriors, with the Western Conference's (and the league's overall) worst record at the time of the season's suspension, were not among them, effectively ending the team's season. This was the first time the team had the worst season record in the league in franchise history.[7] [8]
See main article: 2019 NBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School / club team | |
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1 | 28 | Jordan Poole | Shooting Guard | Michigan | ||
2 | 41 | Eric Paschall | Power Forward | Villanova | ||
2 | 58 | Miye Oni | Shooting Guard | Yale |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 24| L. A. Clippers| | Stephen Curry (23)| Kevon Looney (9)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 27| @ Oklahoma City| | Stephen Curry (23)| Curry, Spellman (8)| Stephen Curry (5)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 0–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 28| @ New Orleans| | Stephen Curry (26)| Draymond Green (17)| Stephen Curry (11)| Smoothie King Center
17,307| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 30| Phoenix| | Eric Paschall (20)| Green, Russell, Spellman (6)| Stephen Curry (6)| Chase Center
18,064| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| November 1| San Antonio| | D'Angelo Russell (30)| Marquese Chriss (9)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 2| Charlotte| | Eric Paschall (25)| Cauley-Stein, Robinson III (8)| Ky Bowman (4)| Chase Center
18,064| 1–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| November 4| Portland| | Eric Paschall (34)| Eric Paschall (13)| Ky Bowman (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| November 6| @ Houston| | Alec Burks (28)| Glenn Robinson III (11)| Ky Bowman (4)| Toyota Center
18,055| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 8| @ Minnesota| | D'Angelo Russell (52)| Burks, Russell (9)| D'Angelo Russell (5)| Target Center
15,647| 2–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 9| @ Oklahoma City| | D'Angelo Russell (30)| Damion Lee (7)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 2–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| November 11| Utah| | D'Angelo Russell (33)| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 2–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 13| @ L. A. Lakers| | D'Angelo Russell (21)| Omari Spellman (7)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 2–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 15| Boston| | Alec Burks (20)| Draymond Green (11)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 2–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 17| @ New Orleans| | Eric Paschall (30)| Chriss, Paschall (7)| Alec Burks (5)| Smoothie King Center
16,812| 2–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15| November 19| @ Memphis| | Alec Burks (29)| Cauley-Stein, Green (10)| Draymond Green (11)| FedExForum
14,511| 3–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 20| @ Dallas| | Eric Paschall (22)| Eric Paschall (7)| Jordan Poole (7)| American Airlines Center
19,569| 3–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| November 22| @ Utah| | Alec Burks (20)| Eric Paschall (7)| Bowman, Paschall, Robinson III (5)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 3–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 25| Oklahoma City| | Glenn Robinson III (25)| Eric Paschall (10)| Marquese Chriss (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 3–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| November 27| Chicago| | Eric Paschall (25)| Omari Spellman (11)| Draymond Green (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 4–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| November 29| @ Miami| | Jordan Poole (20)| Ky Bowman (7)| Bowman, Chriss (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 4–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| December 1| @ Orlando| | Glenn Robinson III (19)| Willie Cauley-Stein (12)| Draymond Green (7)| Amway Center
15,052| 4–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| December 2| @ Atlanta| | Eric Paschall (24)| Paschall, Spellman (9)| Eric Paschall (6)| State Farm Arena
14,278| 4–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 4| @ Charlotte| | D'Angelo Russell (18)| Willie Cauley-Stein (7)| Draymond Green (6)| Spectrum Center
14,355| 4–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 6| @ Chicago| | Glenn Robinson III (20)| Cauley-Stein, Robinson III, Russell (7)| Ky Bowman (6)| United Center
18,841| 5–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 9| Memphis| | Burks, Russell (18)| Cauley-Stein, Robinson III (8)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 5–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 11| New York| | D'Angelo Russell (32)| Chriss, Green (10)| Draymond Green (12)| Chase Center
18,064| 5–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 13| @ Utah| | Alec Burks (24)| Marquese Chriss (13)| Marquese Chriss (5)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 5–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 15| Sacramento| | Willie Cauley-Stein (14)| Marquese Chriss (6)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 5–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 18| @ Portland| | D'Angelo Russell (26)| Marquese Chriss (10)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Moda Center
19,393| 5–24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 20| New Orleans| | D'Angelo Russell (25)| Alec Burks (8)| Draymond Green (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 6–24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 23| Minnesota| | D'Angelo Russell (30)| Draymond Green (14)| Alec Burks (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 7–24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| December 25| Houston| | Damion Lee (22)| Damion Lee (15)| Ky Bowman (6)| Chase Center
18,064| 8–24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33| December 27| Phoenix| | D'Angelo Russell (31)| Damion Lee (8)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| Chase Center
18,064| 9–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| December 28| Dallas| | D'Angelo Russell (35)| Damion Lee (12)| Draymond Green (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 9–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 35| December 31| @ San Antonio| | Alec Burks (28)| Marquese Chriss (11)| Draymond Green (9)| AT&T Center
18,354| 9–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 2| @ Minnesota| | Glenn Robinson III (16)| Paschall, Chriss (7)| Draymond Green (6)| Target Center
15,477| 9–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 4| Detroit| | Alec Burks (27)| Alec Burks (7)| Alec Burks (5)| Chase Center
18,064| 9–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38| January 6| @ Sacramento| | Glenn Robinson III (16)| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)| Willie Cauley-Stein (5)| Golden 1 Center
15,819| 9–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 8| Milwaukee| | Alec Burks (19)| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)| Draymond Green (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 9–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 10| @ L. A. Clippers| | Robinson III, Spellman (17)| Alec Burks (8)| Burks, Lee (5)| Staples Center
19,068| 9–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 12| @ Memphis| | D'Angelo Russell (34)| Draymond Green (8)| Eric Paschall (5)| FedExForum
16,408| 9–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 14| Dallas| | Jacob Evans (17)| Glenn Robinson III (7)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 9–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 16| Denver| | Alec Burks (25)| Draymond Green (8)| D'Angelo Russell (9)| Chase Center
18,064| 9–34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 18| Orlando| | D'Angelo Russell (26)| Eric Paschall (9)| D'Angelo Russell (12)| Chase Center
18,064| 10–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 20| @ Portland| | Alec Burks (33)| Eric Paschall (13)| D'Angelo Russell (9)| Moda Center
19,493| 10–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 22| Utah| | D'Angelo Russell (26)| Marquese Chriss (8)| Damion Lee (4)| Chase Center
18,064| 10–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47| January 24| Indiana| | D'Angelo Russell (37)| Paschall, Robinson III (7)| Draymond Green (11)| Chase Center
18,064| 10–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 28| @ Philadelphia| | D'Angelo Russell (28)| Draymond Green (9)| Draymond Green (12)| Wells Fargo Center
20,854| 10–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| January 30| @ Boston| | D'Angelo Russell (22)| Damion Lee (7)| Draymond Green (7)| TD Garden
19,156| 10–39|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50| February 1| @ Cleveland| | Glenn Robinson III (22)| Chriss, Green, Russell (7)| Draymond Green (16)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18,410| 11–39|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51| February 3| @ Washington| | Alec Burks (30)| Green, Paschall (10)| Green, Robinson III (7)| Capital One Arena
17,120| 12–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 5| @ Brooklyn| | D'Angelo Russell (17)| Marquese Chriss (7)| Evans, Poole (4)| Barclays Center
14,352| 12–40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 53| February 8| L. A. Lakers| | Marquese Chriss (26)| Marquese Chriss (9)| Ky Bowman (11)| Chase Center
18,064| 12–41|- style="background:#fcc;"| 54| February 10| Miami| | Damion Lee (26)| Chriss, Green (9)| Draymond Green (9)| Chase Center
18,064| 12–42|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 12| @ Phoenix| | Andrew Wiggins (27)| Marquese Chriss (12)| Draymond Green (9)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
15,216| 12–43|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 20| Houston| | Andrew Wiggins (22)| Paschall, Toscano-Anderson (7)| Draymond Green (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 12–44|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 23| New Orleans| | Damion Lee (22)| Andrew Wiggins (9)| Ky Bowman (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 12–45|- style="background:#fcc;"| 58| February 25| Sacramento| | Marquese Chriss (21)| Marquese Chriss (10)| Lee, Poole (4)| Chase Center
18,064| 12–46|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 27| L. A. Lakers| | Eric Paschall (23)| Marquese Chriss (7)| Jordan Poole (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 12–47|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| February 29| @ Phoenix| | Eric Paschall (25)| Bender, Chriss (9)| Damion Lee (8)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
16,395| 13–47|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 1| Washington| | Andrew Wiggins (27)| Marquese Chriss (13)| Jordan Poole (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 13–48|- style="background:#cfc;"| 62| March 3| @ Denver| | Paschall, Wiggins (22)| 5 tied (5)| Andrew Wiggins (10)| Pepsi Center
19,520| 14–48|- style="background:#fcc;"| 63| March 5| Toronto| | Curry, Lee (23)| Marquese Chriss (12)| Eric Paschall (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 14–49|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64| March 7| Philadelphia| | Damion Lee (24)| Marquese Chriss (10)| Marquese Chriss (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 15–49|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 10| L. A. Clippers| | Dragan Bender (23)| Marquese Chriss (10)| Eric Paschall (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 15–50|- style="background:#;"| 66| March 12| Brooklyn| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 67| March 14| @ Milwaukee| |||| Fiserv Forum||- style="background:#;"| 68| March 16| @ Toronto| |||| Scotiabank Arena||- style="background:#;"| 69| March 18| @ Indiana| |||| Bankers Life Fieldhouse||- style="background:#;"| 70| March 20| @ Detroit| |||| Little Caesars Arena||- style="background:#;"| 71| March 21| @ New York| |||| Madison Square Garden||- style="background:#;"| 72| March 25| Atlanta| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 73| March 28| Oklahoma City| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 74| March 29| San Antonio| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 75| March 31| Denver| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 76| April 2| @ Houston| |||| Toyota Center||- style="background:#;"| 77| April 3| @ San Antonio| |||| AT&T Center||- style="background:#;"| 78| April 7| @ LA Lakers| |||| Staples Center||- style="background:#;"| 79| April 8| Cleveland| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 80| April 11| @ LA Clippers| |||| Staples Center||- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| Portland| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| @ Sacramento| |||| Golden 1 Center|
|| 5 || 5 || 27.8 || .402 || .245 || 1.000 || 5.2 || 6.6 || 1.0 || .4 || 20.8|-|| 60 || 26 || 27.6 || .497 || .287 || .774 || 4.6 || 2.1 || .5 || .2 || 14.0|-|| 49 || 36 || 29.0 || .417 || .356 || .873 || 4.9 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .1 || 12.7|-|| 59 || 21 || 20.3 || .545 || .205 || .769 || 6.2 || 1.9 || .7 || 1.1 || 9.3|-|| 57 || 14 || 22.4 || .333 || .279 || .798 || 2.1 || 2.4 || .6 || .2 || 8.8|-|| 43 || 43 || 28.4 || .389 || .279 || .759 || 6.2 || 6.2 || 1.4 || .8 || 8.0|-|| 45 || 12 || 22.6 || .417 || .308 || .829 || 2.7 || 2.9 || 1.0 || .2 || 7.4|-|| 14 || 0 || 9.9 || .500 || .231 || .842 || 1.9 || .9 || .2 || .3 || 4.2|-|| 20 || 4 || 13.1 || .367 || .071 || .750 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .6 || .3 || 3.4|-| ≠| 12 || 12 || 33.6 || .457 || .339 || .672 || 4.6 || 3.6 || 1.3 || 1.4 || 19.4|-| ≠| 7 || 3 || 29.1 || .388 || .308 || .750 || 3.3 || 1.1 || .3 || .1 || 11.0|-| ≠| 9 || 3 || 21.7 || .437 || .324 || .727 || 5.9 || 2.1 || .4 || .4 || 9.0|-| ≠| 3 || 0 || 14.7 || .500 || .429 || .000 || 1.0 || 2.7 || .3 || .0 || 8.3|-| ≠| 13 || 6 || 20.9 || .460 || .348 || .600 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .4 || 5.3|-| ≠| 3 || 0 || 12.0 || .273 || .375 || 1.000 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .7 || .0 || 3.3|-| ≠| 3 || 0 || 13.3 || .000 || .000 || .833 || .7 || 1.7 || .7 || .0 || 1.7|-| †| 33 || 33 || 32.1 || .430 || .374 || .785 || 3.7 || 6.2 || .9 || .3 || 23.6|-| †| 48 || 18 || 29.0 || .406 || .375 || .897 || 4.7 || 3.1 || 1.0 || .4 || 16.1|-| †| 48 || 48 || 31.6 || .481 || .400 || .851 || 4.7 || 1.8 || .9 || .3 || 12.9|-| †| 41 || 37 || 23.0 || .560 || — || .614 || 6.2 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 1.2 || 7.9|-| †| 49 || 3 || 18.1 || .431 || .391 || .793 || 4.5 || 1.0 || .7 || .5 || 7.6|-| †| 27 || 1 || 15.3 || .338 || .342 || .862 || 1.5 || 1.1 || .4 || .4 || 4.7|}After all games.[9]
‡ Waived during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
See main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions.
Player | Signed | |
---|---|---|
Klay Thompson[18] | 5-year contract worth $190 million | |
Kevon Looney[19] | 3-year contract worth $15 million | |
Damion Lee[20] | Two-way contract / 3-year contract worth $4.5 million | |
Draymond Green[21] | 4-year max extension contract worth $100 million |
Player | Signed | Former Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Willie Cauley-Stein[22] | 2-year contract worth $4.4 million | Sacramento Kings | |
Glenn Robinson III[23] | 2-year contract worth $3.9 million | Detroit Pistons | |
Alec Burks[24] | 1-year contract worth $1.6 million | Sacramento Kings | |
Ky Bowman[25] [26] | Two-way contract / 3-year contract worth $3.6 million | Boston College | |
Marquese Chriss[27] [28] | 1-year contract worth $1.6 million / Two-way contract / 2-year contract worth $2.4 million | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
Juan Toscano-Anderson | 3-year contract worth $3.6 million | Santa Cruz Warriors | |
Zach Norvell Jr.[29] | 10-day contract worth $50,752 | South Bay Lakers | |
Jeremy Pargo | 10-day contract worth $81,678 | Santa Cruz Warriors | |
Dragan Bender[30] [31] | 10-day contract worth $94,850 | Milwaukee Bucks | |
Mychal Mulder[32] [33] | 10-day contract worth $50,752 / 3-year contract worth 3.4 million | Sioux Falls Skyforce | |
Chasson Randle[34] | 10-day contract worth $91,557 | Tianjin Pioneers |
Player | Reason left | New Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Quinn Cook[35] | 2-year contract worth $6 million | Los Angeles Lakers | |
Demarcus Cousins | 1-year contract worth $3.5 million | Los Angeles Lakers | |
Shaun Livingston[36] [37] | Waived / Retired | ||
Jordan Bell[38] | 1-year contract worth $1.6 million | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
Jonas Jerebko[39] | 2-year contract | Khimki | |
Alfonzo McKinnie[40] | Waived | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
Marquese Chriss[41] | Waived | Golden State Warriors |