Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco, California.

The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as part of this league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Warriors jumped to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the town’s name, before changing its geographical moniker to Golden State in 1971. [b] They will start playing their home games at the Chase Center beginning in October 2019.
The Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) championship in 1947,[c] and won its second championship in 1956, directed by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, also Neil Johnston. However, the Warriors would not go back to similar heights in Philadelphia, and after a short rebuilding period after the trade of star Wilt Chamberlain, the team moved to San Francisco. With star players Jamaal Wilkes and Rick Barry, the Warriors returned into name contention, also won their third tournament in 1975, in what is largely considered one of the biggest upsets in NBA history.
This would precede another period of battle in the 1980s, before becoming playoff regulars in the turn of this decade with celebrities Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin, colloquially referred to as”Run TMC”. After failing to capture a championship, the team entered a different rebuilding phase in the 2000s. The Warriors’ fortunes changed from the 2010s, ushering in a new era of success led by Stephen Curry. After deploying recurrent All-Stars Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, the team returned to championship glory in 2015, before winning another two in 2017 and 2018 with the help of former league MVP Kevin Durant.
Nicknamed the Dubs as a shortening of”W’s”, the Warriors hold several NBA records; they’ve registered the best ever regular season, most wins in a season (regular season and postseason combined), in addition to the best postseason run. With the combined shooting of Curry and Thompson, they are credited as one of the best backcourts of all time. The team’s six NBA championships are tied to third-most in NBA history with the Chicago Bulls. According to Forbes, the Warriors would be the seventh highest appreciated sports business in the United States, and joint-tenth in the world, with an estimated value of about $3.1 billion.