The 1989–90 NBA season was the Warriors' 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the 14th pick in the

1989 NBA draft The 1989 NBA draft took place on June 27, 1989, in New York City. Despite eight of the top ten picks being considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry, the draft produced many talented players such as Shawn K ...

, the Warriors selected Tim Hardaway from the University of Texas-El Paso. Hardaway teamed with All-Star forward Chris Mullin, and second-year star Mitch Richmond to form the threesome later known as

Run TMC Run(s) or RUN may refer to: Places * Run (island), one of the Banda Islands in Indonesia * Run (stream), a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant People * Run (rapper), Joseph Simmons, now known as "Reverend Run", from the hip-hop group ...

. The Warriors got off to a bad start losing 14 of their first 18 games, but posted two six-game winning streaks afterwards winning 12 of their next 15 games, and held a 23–24 record at the All-Star break. At midseason, the team traded Winston Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers. However, midway through the season, they struggled and fell below .500, missing the playoffs by finishing fifth in the Pacific Division with a 37–45 record. Mullin averaged 25.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and was selected for the

1990 NBA All-Star Game The 40th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 11, 1990, at Miami Arena in Miami. Magic Johnson was named the game's MVP as well as the leading scorer with 22 points. The Eastern Conference All-Star Starters as sel ...

. In addition, Richmond averaged 22.1 points per game, while Terry Teagle provided the team with 16.1 points per game, and Hardaway contributed 14.7 points, 8.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Rookie guard Sarunas Marciulionis contributed 12.1 points per game off the bench, while Rod Higgins provided with 11.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, and Manute Bol led the team with 3.2 blocks per game. In a 120–115 road win over the

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...

on January 21, 1990, Hardaway, Mullin and Richmond all surpassed 20 points in the same game for the first time. The Warriors also led the NBA in scoring during the season. Following the season, Teagle was traded to the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

, and Bol was dealt to the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...

. For the season, the Warriors changed their uniforms, which remained in use until 1997.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Awards and records

* Chris Mullin, NBA All-Star Game * Chris Mullin, All-NBA Third Team * Tim Hardaway, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

* June 15, 1989: Otis Smith drafted in the NBA expansion draft by the

Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was establ ...

. * June 16, 1989: Released

Orlando Graham Orlando Graham (born May 5, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the second round (40th pick overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Graham was born in Montgomery, Alabama and graduated from Si ...

. * June 16, 1989: Released Ben McDonald. * June 16, 1989: Released

John Starks John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965) is an American former professional basketball shooting guard. Starks was listed at 6'5" and 190 pounds during his NBA playing career. Although he was undrafted in the 1988 NBA draft after attending four ...

. * June 23, 1989: Signed Sarunas Marciulionis as a free agent. * June 27, 1989: Traded a 1989 1st round draft pick to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1990 1st round draft pick. * July 5, 1989: Released

Steve Alford Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). Born and raised in Indiana, he was a ...

. * July 11, 1989: Larry Smith signed as an unrestricted free agent with the

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...

. * August 7, 1989: Traded a 1990 1st round draft pick to the Seattle SuperSonics for Alton Lister. * August 10, 1989: Signed Leonard Taylor as a free agent. * September 22, 1989: Signed Uwe Blab as an unrestricted free agent. * September 27, 1989: Traded Ralph Sampson to the Sacramento Kings for Jim Petersen. * October 2, 1989: Traded

Tellis Frank Tellis Joseph Frank Jr. (born April 26, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). At 6'8.5" (2.08 m) and 225 pounds (102&nb ...

to the Miami Heat for a 1990 2nd round draft pick. * October 5, 1989: Signed Tom Tolbert as a free agent. * October 5, 1989:

signed as an unrestricted free agent with the

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

. * October 7, 1989: Signed Marques Johnson as an unrestricted free agent. * November 2, 1989: Waived Tom Tolbert. * November 9, 1989: Signed Tom Tolbert as a free agent. * November 29, 1989: Waived Marques Johnson. * December 4, 1989: Signed John Shasky as a free agent. * December 12, 1989: Waived Leonard Taylor. * February 22, 1990: Traded Uwe Blab to the San Antonio Spurs for Chris Welp. * February 22, 1990: Traded Winston Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers for a 1990 2nd round draft pick and a 1992 2nd round draft pick. * February 27, 1990: Signed

Mike Smrek Michael Francis Smrek (born 31 August 1962) is a Canadian former professional basketball player. He was selected in the second round of the 1985 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, and played seven seasons in the league as a backup cent ...

to a contract for the rest of the season. * February 27, 1990: Waived John Shasky. * February 28, 1990: Signed Kelvin Upshaw to a contract for the rest of the season. Player Transactions Citation: