2001–02 Golden State Warriors season

The 2001–02 NBA season was the 56th season for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association, and their 40th season in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] The Warriors received the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Jason Richardson from Michigan State University,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} while drafting power forward Troy Murphy from the University of Notre Dame with the fourteenth overall pick,^[7] and point guard Gilbert Arenas from the University of Arizona with the 31st overall pick in the second round.^[6]

2001–02 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Dave Cowens Brian Winters
Owners	Chris Cohan
Arena	The Arena in Oakland
Results
Record	21–61 (.256)
Place	Division: 7th (Pacific) Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
< 2000–01 2002–03 >

The addition of Richardson, Murphy and Arenas sought to help with the Warriors' struggles the past seasons with a 5–3 start to the regular season; instead, their struggles continued as they lost 12 of their next 15 games. Head coach Dave Cowens was fired after an 8–15 start to the season, and was replaced with Brian Winters. At mid-season, second-year center Marc Jackson was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Dean Garrett.^[8][9] The Warriors suffered a ten-game losing streak in March, and finished in last place in the Pacific Division with a 21–61 record, missing the NBA playoffs for the eighth consecutive year;^[10] their record was also tied with the Chicago Bulls for the league-worst record during the regular season.

Despite their continuing struggles, Antawn Jamison led the team in scoring with 19.7 points per game, while Richardson averaged 14.4 points per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team;^[11] during the NBA All-Star weekend in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Richardson won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and won the Most Valuable Player award in the NBA Rookie Challenge Game,^[12][13] and also finished in third place in Rookie of the Year voting.^[14][15]

Following the season, Larry Hughes signed as a free agent with the Washington Wizards,^[16][17] while Winters was fired as head coach, Garrett was released to free agency and Mookie Blaylock retired.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Jason Richardson	SG	United States	Michigan State University
1	14	Troy Murphy	PF	United States	University of Notre Dame
2	31	Gilbert Arenas	PG	United States	University of Arizona

Roster

2001–02 Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 0 Gilbert Arenas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Arizona G 10 Mookie Blaylock  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oklahoma C 25 Erick Dampier 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Mississippi State F/C 21 Danny Fortson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Cincinnati C 31 Adonal Foyle 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate C 22 Dean Garrett 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana F 45 Cedric Henderson  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Memphis G/F 20 Larry Hughes 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Saint Louis F 33 Antawn Jamison 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 223 lb (101 kg) North Carolina F 34 Chris Mills 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Arizona F/C 1 Troy Murphy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Notre Dame G 2 Dean Oliver 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Iowa G/F 23 Jason Richardson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State G 3 Bob Sura 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Florida State

Head coach Brian Winters Assistant(s) Phil Hubbard Mark Osowski Clifford Ray Tom Sterner Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Sacramento Kings	61	21	.744	–	36–5	25–16	15–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	3	34–7	24–17	16–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	12	30–11	19–22	14–10
x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	16	26–15	19–22	13–11
e-Los Angeles Clippers	39	43	.476	22	25–16	14–27	9–15
e-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	25	23–18	13–28	12–12
e-Golden State Warriors	21	61	.256	40	14–27	7–34	5–19

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Sacramento Kings	61	21	.744	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	3
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	3
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
5	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	12
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	44	38	.537	17
9	e-Los Angeles Clippers	39	43	.476	22
10	e-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	25
11	e-Houston Rockets	28	54	.341	33
12	e-Denver Nuggets	27	55	.329	34
13	e-Memphis Grizzlies	23	59	.280	38
14	e-Golden State Warriors	21	61	.256	40

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

2001-02 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–3
Boston	2–2	–	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–2	–	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Chicago	1–3	2–2	0–4	–	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3
Cleveland	1–3	0–4	1–3	3–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
Detroit	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	–	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–1
Houston	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–1	0–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	–	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	–	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	–	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Miami	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	–	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
New Jersey	1–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	–	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
New York	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3
Orlando	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	–	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	–	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2
Portland	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	–	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	–	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	–	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	–	2–0	1–3	1–1
Toronto	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	1–2
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–1	–	2–0
Washington	3–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	—

Game log

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Antawn Jamison	82	82	37.0	.447	.324	.734	6.8	2.0	.9	.5	19.7
Troy Murphy	82	4	17.7	.421	.333	.776	3.9	.9	.4	.3	5.9
Jason Richardson	80	75	32.9	.426	.333	.671	4.3	3.0	1.3	.4	14.4
Adonal Foyle	79	36	18.8	.444		.398	4.9	.5	.5	2.1	4.8
Bob Sura	78	5	22.8	.424	.316	.720	3.3	3.5	1.1	.2	10.0
Danny Fortson	77	76	28.8	.428	.250	.795	11.7	1.6	.6	.2	11.2
Larry Hughes	73	56	28.1	.423	.194	.737	3.4	4.3	1.5	.3	12.3
Erick Dampier	73	46	23.8	.435		.645	5.3	1.2	.2	2.3	7.6
Chris Mills	66	0	18.7	.417	.378	.794	2.9	1.1	.5	.2	7.4
Gilbert Arenas	47	30	24.6	.453	.345	.775	2.8	3.7	1.5	.2	10.9
Mookie Blaylock	35	0	17.1	.342	.357	.500	1.5	3.3	.7	.1	3.4
Dean Oliver	20	0	7.0	.370	.154	.667	.4	1.1	.2	.0	2.1
Marc Jackson†	17	0	9.9	.338		.833	2.5	.4	.3	.2	4.9
Cedric Henderson	12	0	5.8	.484	.500	.571	.3	.3	.5	.2	3.0
Dean Garrett†	5	0	6.2	.267			2.0	.2	.4	.2	1.6

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Warriors only.

Player Statistics Citation:^[11]

Awards and records

Transactions