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Golden State Warriors: Top 20 Draft Picks in History

By Ryan Viera

March 23, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; 1975 NBA Championship Golden State Warriors team members Clifford Ray (left), Rick Barry (center), and Jamaal Wilkes (right) address the media in a press conference before the game between the Warriors and the Washington Wizards at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
March 23, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; 1975 NBA Championship Golden State Warriors team members Clifford Ray (left), Rick Barry (center), and Jamaal Wilkes (right) address the media in a press conference before the game between the Warriors and the Washington Wizards at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Golden State Warriors have had some fantastic draft picks in their history. These are the 20 best to ever be drafted by the franchise.

The Golden State Warriors are an organization that has seen it’s fair share of ups and downs when it comes to succeeding in the NBA. Without a doubt, their success in recent years has topped that of any era of the Golden State franchise, as last years Warriors team finished with the best record in league history.

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Long before the Dubs were winning 73 games in a single season, however, fans suffered through a long and painstaking dark age filled with countless coaching changes, glaring front office mistakes, and missed draft picks including a year where they selected Todd Fuller over household names such as Steve Nash, Jermaine O’Neal, and Kobe Bryant.

Year after year, the Warriors continued to be bottom feeders of the NBA standings, and despite all of the swings and misses, there have been a handful of successful draft picks made by the Warriors organization.

Every so often the front office would strike gold. While most fans today don’t remember the days of Tom Gola and Wilt Chamberlain, there has been plenty of Warrior basketball to look forward to whether the team was succeeding or not.

Whether it be Jason Richardson or Patrick O’Bryant, each and every pick that the Warriors have made in their 70 year history have, in one form or another, paved the road to the team that you see today. Here are the top 20 draft picks in Golden State Warriors franchise history.

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