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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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2. Wilt Chamberlain

When you look at stats of Wilt Chamberlain’s career, you say to yourself, “this has got to be the best player in NBA history.” Wilt is the NBA’s all-time leader in rebounds, averaging an astonishing 22.9 for his career.

Wilt was also a virtuous scorer, averaging 30.1 points for his career, and in his 3rd season in the NBA, averaged a league record 50.4 points per game. The Philadelphia Warriors were lucky enough to draft the 7’1″ big man and former Harlem Globetrotter.

Wilt spent the first six seasons of his 14-year NBA career with the Warriors’ organization, where he was an All-Star each season wearing blue & gold. For his career Chamberlain made the All-Star team all but one year.

Chamberlain’s crowning moment however, came on March 2nd of 1962. In just his 3rd season with the Warriors, Wilt dropped an NBA record 100 points in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks. While there is no video evidence of the game itself, we will always have the iconic photo of Wilt holding up a piece of white paper with his scoring total hand written in black ink.

Wilt will always be known as one of the greatest players in league history. In an era dominated by big men, Wilt was the cream of the crop, and will live in Warrior lore as on of the greatest draft picks in NBA history.

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