The

1999–2000 NBA season The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 54th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA championship, beating the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2 in the 2000 NBA Finals. This would also be C ...

was the Warriors' 54th season in the

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, and 38th in the

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. The city of

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hosted the

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. During the off-season, the Warriors acquired

Mookie Blaylock Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock (born March 20, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and the Golden State Warriors. Col ...

from the

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, and rookie guard

Vonteego Cummings Vonteego Marfeek Cummings (born February 29, 1976) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Atenienses de Manatí of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) in Puerto Rico. A combo guard, he played in the National Basketb ...

from the

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. The Warriors struggled losing 16 of their first 18 games as head coach

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was fired after a 6–21 start, and was replaced with General Manager

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, where the team suffered a 12-game losing streak between December and January. Second-year star

Antawn Jamison Antawn Cortez Jamison (; born June 12, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He serves as director of pro personnel for the Washington Wizards. Jamison playe ...

, Chris Mills,

Erick Dampier Erick Travez Dampier (born July 14, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. ...

and

Terry Cummings Robert Terrell "Terry" Cummings (born March 15, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Cummings was voted Rookie of the Year and was a two-time All-Star, a ...

all missed large parts of the season due to injuries. At midseason, the Warriors traded

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to the

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, and acquired second-year guard

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, and former Warriors forward

Billy Owens Billy Eugene Owens (born May 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Syracuse, where he was an All-American and th ...

from the

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in a three-team trade. The Warriors lost 23 of their final 26 games, and finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 19–63 record. Jamison showed improvement averaging 19.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and was invited to the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend, but did not participate due to a knee injury, and was out for the remainder of the season after 43 games. In addition,

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averaged 14.2 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, while Mills provided the team with 16.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in only just 20 games,

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provided with 12.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, Blaylock contributed 11.3 points, 6.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game, and Vonteego Cummings contributed 9.4 points and 3.3 assists per game off the bench. On the defensive side, Dampier averaged 8.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in only just 21 games, while Terry Cummings contributed 8.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in only just 22 games, and

Adonal Foyle Adonal David Foyle (born March 9, 1975) is a Vincentian-American former professional basketball center. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1997 NBA draft. Foyle played ten seasons with the Warri ...

provided with 5.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Following the season, Marshall was traded to the

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in an off-season four-team trade, while Caffey and Owens were both dealt to the

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in a three-team trade, Terry Cummings retired, and St. Jean was fired as head coach.

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

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References

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