2003–04 Golden State Warriors season

2003–04 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Eric Musselman
Owner(s)	Chris Cohan
Arena	The Arena in Oakland
Results
Record	37–45 (.451)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 2003-04 NBA season was the Warriors' 58th season in the NBA and 42nd in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2003 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Mickaël Piétrus	G/SF	France
2	40	Derrick Zimmerman	G	United States	Mississippi State

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 9 Bremer, J. R. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) St. Bonaventure F 35 Cardinal, Brian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Purdue F 40 Cheaney, Calbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Indiana G 10 Claxton, Speedy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Hofstra C 25 Dampier, Erick 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Mississippi State F 34 Dunleavy, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Duke C 31 Foyle, Adonal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate G 6 Johnson, Avery 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern F 54 Jones, Popeye 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Murray State F/C 1 Murphy, Troy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Notre Dame G 2 Piétrus, Mickaël 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) France G/F 23 Richardson, Jason 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Michigan State F/C 3 Robinson, Cliff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Connecticut G 37 Van Exel, Nick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Cincinnati	Head coach Eric Musselman (San Diego) Assistant coach(es) Jim Boylan (Marquette) David Fizdale (San Diego) Keith Smart (Indiana) Tom Sterner (Millersville (PA)) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Erick Dampier	Adonal Foyle
PF	Cliff Robinson	Troy Murphy	Brian Cardinal Popeye Jones
SF	Mike Dunleavy	Calbert Cheaney
SG	Jason Richardson
PG	Nick Van Exel	Speedy Claxton Mickaël Piétrus	Avery Johnson J. R. Bremer

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	–	34–7	22–19	15–9
x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	1	34–7	21–20	16–8
Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	15	25–16	16–25	13–11
Seattle SuperSonics	37	45	.451	19	21–20	16–25	11–13
Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	19	27–14	10–31	12–12
Phoenix Suns	29	53	.354	27	18–23	11–30	9–15
Los Angeles Clippers	28	54	.341	28	18–23	10–31	8–16

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Minnesota Timberwolves	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	57	25	.695	1
4	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	6
6	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	8
7	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
8	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	15
9	Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	16
10	Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	17
11	Seattle SuperSonics	37	45	.451	21
12	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	21
13	Phoenix Suns	29	53	.354	29
14	Los Angeles Clippers	28	54	.341	30

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player stats

Player	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
J. R. Bremer	5	0	8.0	.190	.000	.000	.40	.20	.60	2.40	.00	.00	1.00	1.00	1.6
Brian Cardinal	76	11	21.5	.472	.444	.878	1.30	2.90	4.20	1.4	.90	.30	1.10	2.70	9.6
Calbert Cheaney	79	7	26.2	.481	.000	.610	1.00	2.30	3.30	1.7	.80	.20	1.10	2.30	7.6
Speedy Claxton	60	29	26.6	.427	.182	.813	.60	2.00	2.60	4.5	1.60	.20	1.70	2.40	10.6
Erick Dampier	74	74	32.5	.535	.000	.654	4.60	7.30	12.00	.8	.40	1.90	1.80	3.10	12.3
Mike Dunleavy, Jr.	75	69	31.1	.449	.370	.741	1.20	4.70	5.90	2.9	.90	.20	1.90	2.30	11.7
Adonal Foyle	44	8	13.0	.454	.000	.543	1.20	2.60	3.80	.4	.10	1.00	.50	1.50	3.1
Avery Johnson	46	1	13.8	.402	.000	.667	.10	.70	.70	2.4	.60	.10	1.10	.70	4.6
Popeye Jones	5	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	.20	.00	.20	.0	.0	.0	.0	.40	0.0
Rusty LaRue	4	0	5.5	.333	1.000	.500	.00	.80	.80	.5	.50	.00	1.00	.50	1.0
Sean Lampley	10	0	6.3	.650	.000	.667	.20	.90	1.10	.2	.00	.10	.30	.20	3.4
Dan Langhi	4	0	4.3	.333	.000	1.000	.00	.80	.80	.00	.00	.00	.50	1.30	1.5
Troy Murphy	28	0	21.8	.440	.294	.750	1.70	4.50	6.20	.70	.40	.60	1.20	2.10	10.0
Cherokee Parks	12	0	5.3	.400	.000	.667	.30	.50	.80	.1	.00	.30	.20	.60	1.0
Mickaël Piétrus	53	22	14.1	.416	.333	.693	.90	1.30	2.20	.5	.60	.20	.80	1.90	5.3
Jason Richardson	78	78	37.6	.438	.282	.684	1.60	5.10	6.70	2.9	1.10	.50	2.50	2.30	18.7
Cliff Robinson	82	82	34.7	.387	.357	.711	.70	3.30	3.90	3.3	.80	.90	2.10	2.90	11.8
Nick Van Exel	39	29	32.2	.390	.307	.707	.40	2.30	2.70	5.3	.50	.10	2.00	1.50	12.6

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

• On April 3, Jason Richardson scored a team-high 35 points.
• On March 28, Erick Dampier pulled down a team-high 25 rebounds. Dampier's total would be tied with Kevin Garnett's for second-most rebounds pulled down in a single game in the 2003-04 season. Dampier also blocked a team-high 7 shots on January 12.
• On February 11, Speedy Claxton dished out a team-high 13 assists. Claxton would also have a team-high 7 steals that night.
• Speedy Claxton was the NBA season leader in steal percentage.
• Erick Dampier was the NBA season leader in offensive rebounds (344), offensive rebound percentage (16.1%), and total rebound percentage (20.8%). He also placed in other areas: third in total rebounds (887), third in field goal percentage (.535), fourth in rebounds per game (12.0), sixth in effective field goal percentage (.535), and fifth in defensive rebound percentage (25.5%).
• Cliff Robinson was the only player on the team that played (and started) all 82 games of the regular season.

Transactions

Trades

August 18, 2003

To Golden State Warriors Evan Eschmeyer Avery Johnson Popeye Jones Antoine Rigaudeau Nick Van Exel To Dallas Mavericks Danny Fortson Antawn Jamison Chris Mills Jiří Welsch

August 21, 2003

To Golden State Warriors Cliff Robinson Pepe Sánchez To Detroit Pistons Bob Sura

Free Agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Speedy Claxton	July 23	San Antonio Spurs
Calbert Cheaney	August 27	Utah Jazz
Brian Cardinal	October 1	Pamesa Valencia (Spain)
Zendon Hamilton	October 1	Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
Juaquin Hawkins	October 1	Houston Rockets
Tierre Brown	October 20	Cleveland Cavaliers
Dan Langhi	October 31	Phoenix Suns
Cherokee Parks	November 9	Los Angeles Clippers
Dan Langhi	November 13	Golden State Warriors
Sean Lampley	November 14	Dakota Wizards (CBA)
Rusty LaRue (10-day)	March 1	Asheville Altitude (D-League)
J. R. Bremer	March 11	Cleveland Cavaliers

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New Team
Derrick Zimmerman	October 7	Columbus Riverdragons (D-League)
Juaquin Hawkins	October 14	Long Beach Jam (ABA)
Tierre Brown	October 23	Charleston Lowgators (D-League)
Zendon Hamilton	October 27	Philadelphia 76ers
Pepe Sánchez	October 31	Etosa Alicante (Spain)
Dan Langhi	November 21	Milwaukee Bucks
Sean Lampley	December 14	Makedonikos (Greece)
Cherokee Parks	December 22	U. S. Aubenas (France)

See also

• 2003-04 NBA season