1992–93 Golden State Warriors season

1992–93 Golden State Warriors season
Latrell Sprewell's rookie season
Head coach	Don Nelson
Arena	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record	34–48 (.415)
Place	Division: 6th (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1992–93 NBA season was the Warriors' 47th season in the NBA and 30th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors were severely bitten by the injury bug losing their top players. Chris Mullin missed half the season with a torn ligament in his right thumb, Tim Hardaway missed 16 games with a bruised right knee, Šarūnas Marčiulionis broke his right leg and dislocated his right ankle in a jogging accident before the season, returned to play 30 games, then sat out the rest of the year with Achilles tendonitis; and Billy Owens missed 45 games with a knee injury. The Warriors finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 34-48 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The season is most memorable when the Warriors drafted Latrell Sprewell with the 24th pick of the 1992 NBA Draft.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1992 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	24	Latrell Sprewell	SG/SF	United States	Alabama
2	43	Predrag Danilović	SG/SF	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	50	Matt Fish	C	United States	North Carolina-Wilmington

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 52 Alexander, Victor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Iowa State SF 35 Buechler, Jud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arizona PF 45 Courtney, Joe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Southern Mississippi PF 25 Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Old Dominion SG 44 Grayer, Jeff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Iowa State PG 10 Hardaway, Tim (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas–El Paso SF 3 Higgins, Sean 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan C 32 Hill, Tyrone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier PF 21 Houston, Byron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Oklahoma State PG 2 Jennings, Keith 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 160 lb (73 kg) East Tennessee State SG 13 Marčiulionis, Šarūnas  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Lithuania SF 17 Mullin, Chris (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) St. John's PF 30 Owens, Billy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Syracuse SF 12 Spencer, Andre 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Northern Arizona SG 15 Sprewell, Latrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Alabama	Head coach Don Nelson (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Donnie Nelson (Wheaton College (IL)) Gregg Popovich (Air Force) Paul Pressey (Tulsa) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	—	35–6	27–14	21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7	33–8	22–19	22–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11	30–11	21–20	19–11
x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21	27–14	14–27	15–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23	20–21	19–22	13–17
Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28	19–22	15–26	9–21
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37	16–25	9–32	6–24

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

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