1996–97 Golden State Warriors Season
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The 1996–97 NBA season was the Warriors' 51st season in the National Basketball Association, and 35th in the San Francisco Bay Area. Due to extensive renovations at the
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, the Warriors played their home games at the San Jose Arena this season. In the off-season, the team signed free agent All-Star guard Mark Price, then traded Rony Seikaly to the
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in exchange for Felton Spencer, Donald Royal and
Jon Koncak Jon Francis Koncak (born May 17, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. A 7'0" center (basketball), center from Southern Methodist University (SMU), Koncak was selected with the fifth pick in the 1985 NBA draft by the Atlanta ...
at the start of the season. However, Koncak was out for the entire season with a knee injury, and never played for the Warriors. The team struggled with a 1–5 start to the season, then later on held a 17–29 record at the All-Star break, and lost seven straight games in March, as B. J. Armstrong played just 49 due to a knee injury, and Bimbo Coles played just 51 games due to a hernia injury. At midseason, the team traded Royal to the
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in exchange for
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. The Warriors lost six of their final eight games, and finished last place in the Pacific Division with a 30–52 record. Latrell Sprewell led the team with 24.2 points, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and was selected for the
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, while second-year star Joe Smith continued to show improvement, averaging 18.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, Chris Mullin provided the team with 14.5 points per game, and Price contributed 11.3 points and 4.9 assists per game. In addition, Armstrong contributed 7.9 points and 2.6 assists per game, while Donyell Marshall provided with 7.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, Coles contributed 6.1 points and 2.9 assists per game, and Spencer averaged 5.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. This season also marked an end of an era, as Mullin was traded to the
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the following season (although he would later on return to Golden State for the 2000–01 season). Also following the season, Price was dealt to the
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, while Burrell was sent to the Chicago Bulls, second-year center
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signed as a free agent with the
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, head coach Rick Adelman was fired, and Koncak retired.


Offseason


Draft picks


Roster


Roster Notes

* Center
Jon Koncak Jon Francis Koncak (born May 17, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. A 7'0" center (basketball), center from Southern Methodist University (SMU), Koncak was selected with the fifth pick in the 1985 NBA draft by the Atlanta ...
missed the entire season due to a knee injury, and never played for the Warriors. * Center
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missed the entire season due to a torn knee ligament, and never played for the Warriors.


Regular season


Season standings

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


Record vs. opponents


Game log


Player statistics


Season


Awards and records


Transactions


Trades


Free agents

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References


See also

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