Ranking D’Angelo Russell and the All-Time Warriors lefties

No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1

3. Guy Rodgers

Guard, 6’0”, #25/5

1958-1966

A shooting guard/point guard from the Philadelphia Warriors and San Francisco Warriors era in the 60’s, he played with the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and passed to Wilt for the 100 point game. He would later go on to play with Kareem Adbul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson on the Milwaukee Bucks.

Great in the fast break, pulling up, finishing at the rim, and passing in transition, this Naismith Hall of Famer played hard and earned 18.6 ppg and 10.7 apg in his best year with the Dubs during an All-Star 1965-66 season. He was way ahead of his time, with underhand passes and floaters in the lane. Watch some of his highlights here.

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2. Sarunas Marciulionis 

Shooting Guard/Small Forward, 6’5”, #13

1989-1993

A Hall of Famer and outright gamer, the sixth round pick out of Lithuania was a shooting guard and a ferocious scorer when he got out in transition. He was highly skilled and a “bulldozer” of a guard, as David Robinson put it, and while he came off the bench for the Warriors, he was a huge spark and would even have games turned over to him, as Chris Mullin said.

A gold medalist in the 1988 Olympics playing for the Soviet Union prior to being drafted, he played a key role on the Run TMC team. He was huge for the Warriors in the playoffs for the two seasons he went with them, averaging 13.2 ppg and 21.3 ppg in the 1991 and 1992 playoffs, respectively.

1. Chris Mullin

Shooting Guard/Small Forward, 6’6″, #17

1985-1997, 2000-2001

The most legendary lefty Warrior to ever do it, Mully shot the lights out and continued his success internationally on the Dream Team during the 1992 Olympics.

He’s one of the best Warriors to ever put the jersey on hands down, and his three point shooting and jump-shooting abilities brought the Run TMC era to fame. A five-time All-Star, the leading scorer on three playoff teams (euro Marciulionis out dueled him in ’92) and one of six players with their jersey in the rafters, Mully is an all time great and Hall of Famer.

See him duel with Magic Johnson in the playoffs here.