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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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20. Gilbert Arenas

Agent 0 was drafted by the Warriors with the 31st overall pick in the 2nd round of the 2001 NBA Draft. While Arenas is known much more for his time with the Wizards, he did spend two seasons in a Warriors uniform, where in his second year he averaged 18.3 points per game, and won the NBA’s Most Improved Player award.

The next year as a free agent, Arenas decided to sign with the Washington Wizards where he would spend the next 7 years of his career earning three All-Star nods, two All-NBA Third Team honors, and an All-NBA Second Team spot in 2007.

While his time with Golden State was short lived, he did have a small impact including a 41 point performance against his future team in 2003. He’s another one of those picks the Warriors had that they really didn’t get enjoy long enough of.

Whether it’s the way the franchise was at the time or for other reasons, Arenas was a talented player that should have spent more seasons with Golden State. He along with several others make for great trivia questions about great players that once wore a uniform for the Warriors.

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