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[edit] Rebounds

Found what looks like to be an error here:

  1. Offensive Rebounds - Larry Smith (2,709)
  2. Defensive Rebounds - Larry Smith (3,731)
  3. Total Rebounds - Nate Thurmond (12,771)

This can't be right. If Thurmond has 12,771 total rebounds, then shouldn't he also hold the record for offensive or defensive or (most likely) both?

Am I missing something?

Thanks

Offensive and defensive rebounds weren't recorded in the NBA until the 1973-74 season. Thurmond only played one season (1973-74) with the Warriors while these statistics were tabulated. But you're right in that one can infer that Thurmond would have been the franchise leader in at least one of the two categories, had they been recorded. Myasuda 14:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trades

Trading Richmond for Owens isn't what finally killed the Warriors. It was the sign-and-trade of Chris Webber for Tom Gugliotta that did them in. C'mon!

"The Warriors are the only major professional sports league franchise to exclude the legal name of their city or state from the team's name." Is this true? What about the New England Patriots?

I'm not sure about euro soccer teams, who may also use ambiguous place names, but New England is an actual place. Until this year, I always assumed that the "Golden State" was Arizona or New Mexico, with the reference being to the desert. I wouldn't even think of CA as the gold state, I would think of Alaska. (Personally, I would call CA the lettuce state) I think the bigger violater of not declaring your hometown is the NFLs Jets/Giants who play in a different state than they're name suggestsTallrichard2 05:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

"The Golden State" is the official nickname of California. I don't think "New England" is either the official name or official nickname of any place. Thus, one could say that the Warriors are the only team in North American professional sports known by two "official" nicknames. 207.69.139.162 16:42, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

California's called the Golden State because of the Gold Rush. New England's the collection of states in the northeast U.S. where the first English pilgrims arrived. Check the respective Wikipedia entries. As for the Golden State roster, why is #22 Matt Barnes not on it? 69.233.51.166 00:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mullin not General Manager

He may act like it, but Rod Higgins actually is, so I'm changing it.

[edit] Not To Be Forgotten?

Some players listed are still on the team, so...how could they be forgotten if they are actively playing on the Warriors? I am removing the current Warriors from the NTBF list.


Ike Diogu? Troy Murphy? Bobby Sura? I think we should clean up this list to include who really matters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.220.70.152 (talk) 19:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


Who are they, if they don't start they arn't really that big of a deal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.190.172.3 (talk) 17:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not really busts

For their draft positions, Vonteego Cummings and especially Chris Porter were not really busts. Porter played pretty decently when he was with the team, and he was the 4th to last guy drafted! I'm removing those two from the list, replacing them instead with Steve Logan.

[edit] "Nothing in return"

It's sort of cheating to list both Jamison and Carter on the "nothing in return" list. Contrary to what the general public seems to believe, the Jamison-Carter trade was planned before the draft, so the Warriors never could have had Carter anyway. Even if they could have kept him, the team did get Jamison, which wasn't a complete waste. I am removing Vince from the list.

[edit] Mark Price

Price was signed when Dave Twardzik was still GM. I'm removing him from the St. Jean section.

[edit] Overall cleanup

The article was suffering from a severe case of stilted language caused by multiple authorship, so I went through and cleaned it up a little. I hope the improvement is noticeable.


[edit] outlandish foyle comments

i had to tighten that up. adonal is #57 all-time. not one of the best, except by a stretch. i inserted "excellent" and emphasized his off-court work, which is what he is most known for.24.92.254.51 03:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dajuan Wagner

Actually, he played in 1 game during the regular season (2006) and scored 4 points.

[edit] What the?!?!?!?!?!?

I got on here to settle a bet about 5 minutes after the Dallas-GS game was over and I already saw the score posted. Are there seriously people sitting around going "Dallas won by 6, I should make sure this is on Wikipedia" News flash, get a life.

Jsaint1023 04:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

If you don't want to contribute, just sit there and watch. Don't criticize people just because they are working on wikipedia. If you think people have no life up here, why do you join in the first place. Chris 05:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


I joined to contribute to conversations and give my opinion. I also like pissing people off who I have never met. I like having an impact. 1 love.

I liked GSW winning over Dallas, but isn't putting " in what was arguably THE BIGGEST SERIES UPSET IN NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY" a bit exaggerated?Grifter tm 02:48, 12 June 2007

[edit] Era names

I'm sorry but those era names were incredibly lame so I got rid of them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.253.188.167 (talk) 03:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

The original owner of the Philadelphia Warriors was Peter Tyrrell not Pat Tyrrell.

[edit] 1980s-94 section

This section is an absolute mess. I started to try to clean it up, but I'm not even sure what it's trying to say. It references the trade of Mitch Richmond, made prior to the 1991-92 season, then includes a weird general statement about the general manager, and then says "the following year," referring to 1993-94, which is actually THREE seasons after the most recent season mentioned (so it's clear that someone took something out without making what remained make sense together). It also includes phrases that aren't really basketball phrases, like "string of wins" in reference to an entire period (does it mean "winning seasons"? Or perhaps the Warriors went on a 246-game winning *streak* that no one noticed?).

[edit] Mascot

Need description of mascot and changes over the years thereof, which is entirely lacking from the article. Badagnani 21:50, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nathan Bowens?

There is a player named Nathan Bowens in the "Not to be forgotten" section, but I have to admit that I've never heard of him. Are there any non-Wikipedia sources out there stating that he was a basketball player for the Warriors? If not, he should probably be removed. Bash Kash (talk) 05:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I have removed him per lack of reliable sources. Bash Kash (talk) 22:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Updating rosters

I see that the rosters were updated about a month ago and there have been slight adjustments since then. Webber is no longer the starter with his injury, Biedrins is. Patrick O'Bryant has recently been put to the D League, and Matt Barnes should be under the Small Foward category. Would it be a good idea for me to put these slight changes? --Aml 88fl (talk) 05:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that would be fine. However, if Barnes was moved to SF, where would Pietrus go? Bash Kash (talk) 05:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] San Jose

The HP Pavilion article, as well as this source and this one all state that the Warriors only played in San Jose for one season (1996-1997), yet this article states that they played in SJ for 2 seasons and lists different years (97-98, 98-99). Does anyone have any sources that they played at SJ for 2 seasons? Sjsharktank (talk) 09:09, 13 April 2008 (UTC)