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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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1. Stephen Curry

It makes sense that the two-time reigning MVP, and the only unanimous MVP in league history, Stephen Curry, would top our list of best Warrior draft picks ever. After a very productive career at Davidson College, Curry fell into the Warriors lap with the 7th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.

From the moment he entered the league he was a known sharpshooter just like his Dad. But what was unknown was how dominate he would come to be just a few short years later. Last season, en route to leading the Warriors to an NBA record 73-9 season, Steph posted arguably the greatest offensive season the NBA has ever seen. Last year Curry posted the eighth best player efficiency rating in league history at 31.46, just 0.36 less than Wilt’s record mark in 1962-63.

Curry shattered his own league record for three’s made last year by sinking an awe-inspiring 402 long balls. To put that in perspective, his previous record was 286.

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For his career, Steph has averaged modest per game numbers, but it is his shooting percentages that really set him out from the pack. For his career, Curry shoots 47.6 percent from the field, 44 percent from three, and 90.3 percent from the line.

Steph Curry is a transcendent player, who in the past few years has single handedly changed the way the game is thought of and played. He has managed to expand defenses out beyond 40 feet due to his ability to stripe a shot the second he steps onto the hardwood. There is no doubt that Steph is the single greatest draft pick the Golden State Warriors have ever selected, and he is far from finished.

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