September 28, 2023
he Golden State Warriors have signed free agent guard Kendric Davis, forward Rudy Gay, forward Javan Johnson, center Jayce Johnson, guard Rodney McGruder and guard Donovan Williams, it was announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Davis, 24, appeared in 146 games (111 starts) over five collegiate seasons at Memphis (2022-23), SMU (2019-22) and TCU (2018-19), owning career averages of 15.7 points, 4.8 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 30.3 minutes per game. Unselected in the 2023 NBA Draft, the guard led the AAC in scoring during both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons and concluded his career as the conference’s all-time scoring leader (2,059 points).
Gay, 37, played in 56 games last season with the Utah Jazz, averaging 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists in 14.6 minutes per game. A 17-year NBA veteran, Gay has appeared in 1,120 career games (779 starts), averaging 15.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 30.9 minutes per game with the Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs and Jazz. He was originally selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft.
Javan Johnson, 24, saw action in 127 games (96 starts) over six collegiate seasons at Troy, Iowa State and DePaul, posting averages of 9.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 27.3 minutes per game. Unselected in the 2023 NBA Draft, Johnson joined the Warriors Summer League entries in both Sacramento and Las Vegas, averaging 4.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 13.2 minutes in six games.
Jayce Johnson, 26, spent last season with the Santa Cruz Warriors, appearing in 32 games (27 starts), averaging 9.4 points, 13.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.7 minutes per game. Johnson was selected by Santa Cruz with the 9th pick of Round 2 in the 2022 G League Draft after a four-year collegiate career at both the University of Utah and Marquette.
McGruder, 32, played in 32 games (12 starts) last season with the Detroit Pistons, averaging 5.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game. McGruder has appeared in 317 games (132 starts), averaging 5.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 19.4 minutes over seven NBA seasons with the Miami Heat, LA Clippers and Pistons. The guard went undrafted after a four-year collegiate career at Kansas State.
Williams, 22, played last season on a Two-Way contract with the Atlanta Hawks, appearing in two games. In 23 games (21 starts) with the Hawks G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks, the guard averaged 12.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steal in 28.5 minutes per game. Prior to the Hawks, he spent two seasons at the University of Texas (2019-20, 2020-21) before transferring to UNLV (2021-22).
Golden State’s roster currently stands at 21. The team will open Training Camp, fueled by Gatorade, on Tuesday, October 3, at Chase Center.
Stephen Curry Named to 2022-23 All-NBA Second Team
CVV News l May 10, 2023
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named to the 2022-23 All-NBA Second Team, the league announced today. It marks a franchise-record ninth All-NBA Team selection for the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and reigning NBA Finals MVP (First Team four times, Second Team four times and Third Team once).
Curry earned Second Team honors after averaging 29.4 points, 6.3 assists and a career-best 6.1 rebounds in 34.7 minutes per game over 56 games (all starts). He nearly completed his second career 50/40/90 season (previously done in 2015-16) with shooting percentages of 49.3% from the field, 42.7% from 3-point range (7th in NBA) and 91.5% from the free throw line (3rd).
Curry, who also earned his ninth career All-Star nod in 2022-23 (did not participate due to injury), finished third in 3-point field goals made (273), recording his NBA-record 10th season with at least 200 threes while extending his NBA-record streak of 245 consecutive regular season games with at least one 3-pointer. Additionally, Curry was named Western Conference Player of the Week for Week 4 (Nov. 7-13), his 19th career weekly award. Curry, in his 14th NBA season, became the longest-tenured player in Warriors history and is the franchise’s all-time leader in points, assists, 3-pointers, steals, and games played.
Draymond Green Named to 2022-23 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been named to the 2022-23 NBA All-Defensive Second Team, the league announced.
CVV News l May 10, 2023
Green posted regular season averages of 8.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 1.01 steals and 31.5 minutes in 73 games (all starts). The forward has been named to the All-Defensive Team in eight of the last nine seasons, earning First Team honors four times (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2020-21) and Second Team four times (2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23). Green’s eight All-Defensive Team selections are tied for 13th most in NBA history, and he becomes the fifth player in NBA history drafted in the second round-or-later to earn eight-or-more All-Defensive Team honors.
MOST CAREER ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM HONORS, WARRIORS HISTORY
| Player | Honors |
| Draymond Green | 8 |
| Nate Thurmond | 5 |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 2 |
The 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team was selected by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were awarded two points for each vote to the NBA All-Defensive First Team and one point for each vote to the Second Team. Voters selected two guards, two forwards and one center for each team, choosing players at the position they play regularly. Players who received votes at multiple positions were slotted at the position at which they received the most voting points.
Breaking Down the Warriors 2022-23 Schedule
CVV News l September 10, 2022
The Warriors will tip-off the 2022-23 season at Chase Center with an Opening Night matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 18 (7 p.m., TNT). The Dubs are set to play four of their first five matchups of the 2022-23 campaign on Warriors Ground.
As the reigning NBA champions prepare for the upcoming season, here are a few observations and notes on the Warriors’ 2022-23 slate:
Golden State is scheduled to make 30 national TV appearances during the 2022-23 regular season, the sixth time in the last seven seasons the team will be featured in 30-or-more national TV games (TNT – 12, ESPN – 12 and ABC – 6). In addition, the Warriors will make 10 appearances on NBA TV. In 2021-22, the Warriors appeared a franchise-record 33 times on national TV.
The Warriors will receive their 2022 NBA Championship rings on October 18 vs. the Los Angeles Lakers, opening at home for the first time since 2019, the inaugural season of Chase Center. This marks the second consecutive season in which the two teams begin the season against each other – last season the Warriors earned a 121-114 win over the Lakers on October 19, 2021, at Staples Center.
The Warriors have recorded 430 consecutive sellouts, in both the regular season and playoffs.
All weekday home games during the 2022-23 regular season will tip off at 7 p.m. All Saturday and Sunday home games will have a start time of 5:30 p.m., except for two nationally-televised games – 5 p.m. on Sunday, Christmas Day vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on ABC and 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 with the Minnesota Timberwolves on ESPN. Fifty-four percent (22 of the 41 home games) of the Warriors’ home games will be played on the weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
The Warriors’ longest homestand is an eight-game stretch from December 25-January 10, which matches the longest homestand in franchise history – last season (October 28-November 12, 2021) and in 2010-11 (January 24-February 9, 2011).
The Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies will matchup on December 25, Golden State’s 11th-consecutive appearance on the holiday and 12th Christmas Day game in the last 13 years. The two teams faced off in the 2022 Western Conference Semifinals, with the Warriors winning in six games.
The team will have four road trips of five-or-more games during the 2022-23 season – October 29-November 4 (five games), December 13-21 (six games), January 13-20 (five games) and March 15-22 (five games). The last time the Warriors played at least five consecutive road games at least four times in a single season was in 1976-77. The Warriors had two five-game trips last season, just one five-game road trip during the 2020-21 season and were scheduled to have two during the 2019-20 season.
The Warriors will play two games against all Eastern Conference teams and four games against all Western Conference foes with the exception of four teams that they’ll meet only three times: Dallas (one at home, two away), Denver (one at home, two away), San Antonio (two at home, one away) and Utah (two at home, one away).
Throughout the course of the season, the Warriors will travel an estimated total distance of 47,000 miles.
Golden State is scheduled to play 15 back-to-back sets, marking the third-straight season with that many back-to-backs. Of the 15 back-to-back seats, three are home matchups on December 2-3, December 27-28 and March 2-3. The Warriors have nine sets of away back-to-backs, two sets of away/home and one home/away set in 2022-23.
The Warriors will open season with four of its first five games at home, three against Pacific Division rivals. Golden State concludes the 2022-23 regular season playing three of its last four games on the road.
Golden State will face the Washington Wizards in the nation’s capital on January 16, 2023, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This will mark the 10th time in the last 11 years the Warriors play on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, missing only 2022 in that span.
Games by day of the week: Monday – 11, Tuesday – 13, Wednesday – 12, Thursday – 7, Friday – 17, Saturday – 8, Sunday – 14.
Games by month: October – 7, November – 15, December – 15, January – 13, February – 12, March – 16, April – 4.
Warriors Defeat Celtics in Game 6 to Capture 2022 NBA Championship
Stephen Curry Named Finals MVP as Warriors Win Fourth Title in Last Eight Seasons
June 16, 2022
It was a fitting end to the NBA’s spectacular 75th anniversary season, as two of the league’s three original franchises that are still in existence went head-to-head in the best-of-seven series.
A CLOSE-OUT PERFORMANCE
Thursday’s title-clinching win was a result of a total team effort, with six Dubs scoring in the first quarter. Stephen Curry led the victorious feat with 34 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, going 12-for-21 from the field and 6-for-11 from 3-point range. Andrew Wiggins produced 18 points while Jordan Poole added 15 points, shooting 5-for-12 from the field and 3-for-8 from 3-point range. Draymond Green posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds while Klay Thompson tallied 12 points, five rebounds and two assists.
EXCHANGING MOMENTUM SWINGS
With their season on the line, the Celtics came out of the gate with the desperation of a team facing elimination, storming out to a 14-2 lead. However, the Warriors responded with an 11-0 spurt, capped by three Dubs 3-pointers on three straight possessions, to close the first period and complete a 17-point turnaround. The run didn’t stop there, as the Warriors’ scored the first 10 points of the second period to make it a 21-0 run. And though the Warriors and Celtics continued to exchange momentum swings throughout the contest, the Dubs did not relinquish the lead for the remainder of the contest, leading by as many as 22 points in the third quarter.
EXCHANGING MOMENTUM SWINGS
With their season on the line, the Celtics came out of the gate with the desperation of a team facing elimination, storming out to a 14-2 lead. However, the Warriors responded with an 11-0 spurt, capped by three Dubs 3-pointers on three straight possessions, to close the first period and complete a 17-point turnaround. The run didn’t stop there, as the Warriors’ scored the first 10 points of the second period to make it a 21-0 run. And though the Warriors and Celtics continued to exchange momentum swings throughout the contest, the Dubs did not relinquish the lead for the remainder of the contest, leading by as many as 22 points in the third quarter.
CURRY EARNS FIRST NBA FINALS MVP
As the players, coaches and owners of the Warriors gathered on stage in Boston to be presented with the Larry O’Brien trophy, Stephen Curry was presented with the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, marking the first time he’s won that award during his decorated career. Curry recorded 34 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, going 12-for-21 from the field and 6-for-11 from 3-point range. Curry’s flurry caught wind in the third frame, with the guard sinking three of his six 3-pointers in the period. Curry finished the 2022 Finals averaging 31.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in the championship series.
2022 NBA CHAMPIONS
In winning the 2022 championship, the Dubs have captured their fourth NBA title in the last eight seasons. Dub Nation is invited to celebrate with the team at the 2022 Championship Parade, Presented by Rakuten, which will take place on Monday in San Francisco. Visit warriors.com for parade information.
