The Golden State Warriors have been around since 1946, when the NBA began. They were named the Philadelphia Warriors. The Warriors experienced great early success as sensational scorer Joe Fulks led them to win the first ever NBA Finals. The team made it to the finals again the next year, but lost. Yet the team stayed successful, as they followed up with 4 Eastern Conference Semifinals in a row. The Warriors slumped for three years after that, and then surprisingly came back and won the finals in 1956, led by future Hall-of-Famers Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston. Johnston succumbed to injuries by 1959, but a new star was on the horizen. That star was dominant scorer and rebounder Wilt Chamberlain. Chamberlain was smashing countless high school and college records for scoring and rebounding, and once even scored 90 points in a game twice in high school! Chamberlain would lead the team to an ECF in 1962, where he also scored a jaw-dropping 100 points in a single game against the Knicks! The team moved to San Fransisco in 1963, and with Chamberlain, made a finals appearance in 1964, but they lost. Chamberlain was surprisingly traded in 1965 to the Philadelphia 76ers and the team quietly suffered, only winning 17 games. Again, the team wasn't without a star for long when Rick Barry came along in 1965. Barry would be the one to stop Chamberlain's streak of 7 scoring titles in a row. Ironically, when Barry led the team to the finals in 1967, the team that they ended up losing to was the Philadelphia 76ers, who took over Philadelphia after the Warriors left, and they also had Chamberlain. In 1971, the team moved to Oakland and became known as the Golden State Warriors. The team was on the rise in the early 70's, when they racked up the winning seasons. In 1975, they swept the heavily favored Bullets in the finals, for the team's 3rd title, and latest so far. The team proceeded to struggle badly from the late 70's to the 80's, but by 1989, a notable trio would be formed, known as Run-T.M.C. (Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin). The trio won 55 games in 1992 and made it to the WCSF the season before. The trio didn't have a chance to show what they got when Richmond was traded in 1992. Hardaway left in 1995, and as a result, the team didn't make the playoffs for 12 straight years! Today, the team is rebuilding around Stephen Curry, David Lee, and Andrew Bogut. Their overall record is 2369-2802 (.458). Their best season was their 1975-1976 season were they got 59-23 (.720) and their worst record was their 1952-1953 season, where they pathetically went 12-57 (.174). They've retired 6 jersey numbers. 13 (Wilt Chamberlain), 14 (Tom Meschery), 16 (Al Attles), 17 (Chris Mullin), 24 (Rick Barry), and 42 (Nate Thurmond).