2000–01 Golden State Warriors season

2000–01 Golden State Warriors season
2000–01 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Dave Cowens
Owners	Chris Cohan
Arena	The Arena in Oakland
Results
Record	17–65 (.207)
Place	Division: 7th (Pacific); Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1999–00	2001–02 >

The 2000–01 NBA season was the Warriors' 55th season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] During the off-season, the Warriors re-signed free agent and former All-Star forward Chris Mullin,^[2] while acquiring Danny Fortson from the Boston Celtics,^[3]^[4] and Bob Sura from the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[5] However, Fortson only played just six games due to a foot injury.^[6]

Under new head coach Dave Cowens, the Warriors won their season opener defeating the Phoenix Suns 96–94 on October 31, but their struggles continued as they went on a 7-game losing streak afterwards. Mullin, Sura, Larry Hughes, Chris Mills, Erick Dampier, Adonal Foyle and rookie center Marc Jackson all missed large parts of the season due to injuries. With a 14–28 record in late January, the Warriors lost 37 of their final 40 games, including a 13-game losing streak to end their season finishing last place in the Pacific Division with a dismal 17–65 record.^[7]

Antawn Jamison had a stellar season averaging 24.9 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, while Jackson averaged 13.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and finished in third place in Rookie of the Year voting.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Following the season, Mullin retired after his second stint with the Warriors, and second-year guard Vonteego Cummings was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.^[13]

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	55	Chris Porter	SF	United States	Auburn

Roster

2000–01 Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
G	10	Blaylock, Mookie	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oklahoma
F/C	40	Blount, Corie	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Cincinnati
G	5	Cummings, Vonteego	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Pittsburgh
C	25	Dampier, Erick	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Mississippi State
F/C	21	Fortson, Danny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Cincinnati
C	31	Foyle, Adonal	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Colgate
G	2	Garner, Chris	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	156 lb (71 kg)	Memphis
G/F	20	Hughes, Larry	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Saint Louis
C	44	Jackson, Marc	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Temple
F	33	Jamison, Antawn	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	North Carolina
F	32	Keefe, Adam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Stanford
G	23	McPherson, Paul	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	DePaul
F	34	Mills, Chris	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Arizona
F	17	Mullin, Chris	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	St. John's
F	4	Porter, Chris	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Auburn
G	3	Sura, Bob	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Florida State

Head coach

Dave Cowens

Assistant coach(es)

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-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	–	31–10	25–16	14–10
x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	1	33–8	22–19	16–8
x-Phoenix Suns	51	31	.622	5	31–10	20–21	12–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	6	28–13	22–19	12–12
Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	12	26–15	18–23	17–7
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	378	25	22–19	9–32	9–15
Golden State Warriors	17	65	.207	39	11–30	6–35	4–20

Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
4	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	5
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	5
6	x-Phoenix Suns	51	31	.622	7
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	8
8	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	11

9	Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
10	Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	14
11	Denver Nuggets	40	42	.488	18
12	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	27
13	Vancouver Grizzlies	23	59	.280	35
14	Golden State Warriors	17	65	.207	41

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

2000-01 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	–	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–1	–	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	4–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Chicago	2–2	1–2	1–3	–	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1
Cleveland	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	4–0	1–1
Detroit	4–0	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	–	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0
Indiana	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	–	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	4–0
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	–	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	–	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0
Miami	3–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	–	0–2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	–	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	–	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	3–1	1–3	–	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Philadelphia	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	4–0
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	–	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	–	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	–	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	–	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–0
Toronto	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	4–0
Utah	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–3	0–2	–	4–0	2–0
Vancouver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	–	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

2000–01 game log
Total: 17-65 (home: 11-30; road: 6-35)

October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 31	Phoenix	W 96–94	Chris Mills (19)	Danny Fortson (18)	Larry Hughes (5)	The Arena in Oakland 15,460	1–0

November: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)

Game

Date

Team

Score

High points

High rebounds

High assists

Location
Attendance

Record

2

November 2

@ Denver

L 97–101

Larry Hughes (21)

Danny Fortson (13)

Mookie Blaylock (6)

Pepsi Center
15,790

1–1

3

November 4

San Antonio

L 105–117

Antawn Jamison (32)

Danny Fortson (11)

Vonteego Cummings (7)

The Arena in Oakland
16,121

1–2

4

November 8

@ Sacramento

L 84–117

Danny Fortson (17)

Danny Fortson (14)

Vinny Del Negro (8)

ARCO Arena
17,317

1–3

5

November 10

Sacramento

L 107–114

Antawn Jamison (37)

Danny Fortson (17)

Larry Hughes (8)

The Arena in Oakland
17,467

1–4

6

November 12

Orlando

L 99–105 (OT)

Antawn Jamison (23)

Danny Fortson (21)

Mookie Blaylock (15)

The Arena in Oakland
13,626

1–5

7

November 14

@ Cleveland

L 86–96

Antawn Jamison (25)

Antawn Jamison (11)

Mookie Blaylock (7)

Gund Arena
13,691

1–6

8

November 15

@ Minnesota

L 90–92

Larry Hughes (22)

Erick Dampier (16)

Mookie Blaylock (8)

Target Center
16,034

1–7

9

November 17

@ Indiana

W 92–90

Antawn Jamison (28)

Adam Keefe (12)

Mookie Blaylock (7)

Conseco Fieldhouse
17,101

2–7

10

November 19

@ New York

L 71–88

Larry Hughes (17)

Chris Mills (7)

Mookie Blaylock (5)

Madison Square Garden
19,763

2–8

12

November 22

@ L.A. Lakers

L 91–111

Antawn Jamison (28)

Antawn Jamison (10)

Vinny Del Negro (6)

STAPLES Center
18,208

3–9

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	41.4	.442	.302	.715	8.7	2.0	1.4	.3	24.9
Mookie Blaylock	69	59	34.1	.396	.324	.697	3.9	6.7	2.4	.3	11.0
Adam Keefe	67	13	12.5	.403	.333	.619	3.1	.5	.4	.3	2.5
Vonteego Cummings	66	11	22.7	.344	.336	.681	2.1	3.4	1.0	.2	7.3
Adonal Foyle	58	37	25.1	.416		.441	7.0	.8	.5	2.7	5.9
Bob Sura	53	42	31.8	.390	.273	.714	4.3	4.6	1.0	.2	11.1
Chris Porter	51	35	22.5	.389	.000	.667	3.7	1.2	.9	.1	8.6
Larry Hughes	50	45	36.9	.383	.187	.766	5.5	4.5	1.9	.6	16.5
Marc Jackson	48	35	29.4	.467	.217	.802	7.5	1.2	.7	.6	13.2
Erick Dampier	43	26	24.1	.401	.000	.532	5.8	1.4	.4	1.3	7.4
Corie Blount^†	38	0	24.2	.433	.250	.632	8.3	1.3	.8	.4	6.8
Vinny Del Negro^†	29	1	13.7	.333	.111	1.000	1.1	2.1	.2	.0	2.7
Paul McPherson^†	22	0	13.0	.517	.333	.706	1.4	1.0	.6	.0	6.8
Chris Mullin	20	8	18.7	.340	.365	.857	2.1	1.0	.8	.5	5.8
Chris Mills	15	8	32.9	.372	.280	.861	6.2	1.2	.6	.3	12.0
Bill Curley^†	15	2	11.8	.558	1.000	.733	2.5	.2	.4	.5	4.0
Chris Garner	8	0	18.6	.189	.000	.833	1.5	2.3	.9	.1	2.4
Danny Fortson	6	6	33.8	.580		.778	16.3	.8	.3	.0	16.7
Chucky Brown^†	6	0	12.3	.450	.000	.600	3.0	.8	.5	.2	4.0
John Coker	6	0	5.3	.125			.8	.3	.2	.0	.3
Rubén Garcés^†	3	0	3.7	.000			2.3	.3	.3	.3	.0
Randy Livingston	2	0	3.5	.000	.000		.5	.5	.0	.0	.0

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

Awards and records

Marc Jackson was selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

Transactions

Trades

August 16, 2000

To Golden State Warriors

Danny Fortson (From Boston)
Adam Keefe (From Utah)

To Boston Celtics

Robert Pack (From Dallas)
Hot Rod Williams (From Dallas)
2001 first-round pick (From Utah)
Cash (From Dallas)

To Dallas Mavericks

Bill Curley (From Golden State)
Dana Barros (From Boston)
Howard Eisley (From Utah)

To Utah Jazz

Donyell Marshall (From Golden State)
Bruno Šundov (From Dallas)

January 26, 2001

To Golden State Warriors

Corie Blount
Rubén Garcés
Paul McPherson

To Phoenix Suns

Vinny Del Negro

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Chris Mullin	September 28	Indiana Pacers
Jerod Ward	September 30	Richmond Rhythm (IBL)
Marc Jackson		Cantabria Lobos (Spain)
Rick Hughes		Dallas Mavericks
Yinka Dare		Fort Wayne Fury (CBA)
Randy Livingston	November 15	Phoenix Suns
Bill Curley	December 1	Dallas Mavericks
John Coker	December 20	Quad City Thunder (CBA)
Bill Curley (10-day)	January 5	Golden State Warriors
John Coker (10-day)	January 8	Golden State Warriors
Chucky Brown (10-day)	January 13	Charlotte Hornets
Chris Garner (10-day)	April 6	Quad City Thunder (CBA)
Chris Garner (rest of season)	April 16	Golden State Warriors

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New Team
Terry Cummings	October 2	retired
Jerod Ward	October 16	Los Angeles Stars (ABA)
Rick Hughes		N/A
Yinka Dare		none
Randy Livingston	November 21	Idaho Stampede (CBA)
Bill Curley	January 3	Golden State Warriors
John Coker	January 3	Golden State Warriors
Chucky Brown	January 26	Cleveland Cavaliers
Rubén Garcés	February 28	ASVEL Villeurbanne (France)

Player Transactions Citation:^[14]

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Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

References

See also