Head coach Don Nelson Playoff finish DNQ | Record 34–48 (.415) | |
Arena Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena Place Division: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western) | ||
The 1992–93 NBA season was the Warriors' 47th season in the National Basketball Association, and 30th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors were severely bitten by the injury bug losing their top players. Chris Mullin missed half the season with a torn ligament in his right thumb, Tim Hardaway missed 16 games with a bruised right knee, Šarūnas Marčiulionis broke his right leg and dislocated his right ankle in a jogging accident before the season, returned to play 30 games, then sat out the rest of the year with Achilles tendonitis; and Billy Owens missed 45 games with a knee injury. The Warriors struggled after an 18–14 start to the season, losing 15 of their next 17 games. They lost six of their final eight games of the season and finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 34–48 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
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The season is most memorable when the Warriors drafted Latrell Sprewell with the 24th pick of the 1992 NBA draft. Sprewell averaged 15.4 points per game and was named to the All-Rookie Second Team. Hardaway and Mullin were both selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game, but Mullin did not participate due to injury. Following the season, Tyrone Hill was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.