Known as "Wilt the Stilt", Chamberlain quickly began shattering NBA scoring and rebounding records and changed the style of play forever. In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain, a Philadelphia native (he graduated from Overbrook High School). Wilt Chamberlain set numerous NBA scoring and rebounding records as a Warrior. Arizin and Johnston won five of the six NBA scoring titles between the 1951––57 seasons, while Johnston led the NBA in rebounding during the 1954–55 season and Andy Phillip led the NBA in assists twice during the early 1950s.ġ959–1965: The scoring machine – Wilt Chamberlain The stars of this era in the team's history were future Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Tom Gola and Neil Johnston. The Warriors won their other championship as a Philadelphia team in the 1955–56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons, four games to one. (The BAA became the National Basketball Association in 1949.) Among the individual Warriors highlights of the 1940s, Fulks set an NBA single-game scoring record of 63 points in 1949 that stood for more than 10 years. Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, the Warriors won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946–47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one. (Today, some, including Los Angeles Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony, have called on the team to change its name because Warriors are associated with Native American iconography, although the term itself has been used to describe many types of warfarers, both past and present, however team management today in regards to the controversy over the team's name history, has stated the name "Warriors" is now nothing more than an honorable reference to the United States military). Gottlieb named the team after the Philadelphia Warriors, which he founded with his friends Harry Passon and Hughie Black in 1917 as the Philadelphia YMHA, which was sponsored by the Young Men's Hebrew Association of South Philadelphia and played in the minor league American League of Philadelphia, before being renamed the Philadelphia Sphas (1918–1921, 1922–1926, 1927–1933, 1937–1959) - a team of primarily Jewish players that was sponsored by the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association and played in the Eastern Basketball League and American Basketball League - and subsequently renamed the Philadelphia Passon, Gottlieb, Black (after the founders) (1921–1923) the Philadelphia Warriors (1926–1928) the Philadelphia Hebrews (1933–1937) the Atlantic City Tides (1949) and the Baltimore Rockets (1959), an exhibition team for the Harlem Globetrotters. Tyrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager. Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League. The Warriors were founded in Philadelphia in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. 4.3 2021-22: Return to the Finals and seventh championshipġ946–1962: Philadelphia 1946–1959: Fulks and Arizin Įarly Warriors stars Joe Fulks (#10) and Paul Arizin (#11) had three league scoring titles between them.4 2019–present: Move from Oakland back to San Francisco.3.5.2.4 Fifth straight Finals appearance, Klay Thompson's ACL tear, and final season in Oakland.3.5.2.3 The Death Lineup, more new achievements, and back-to-back titles.3.5.2.2 New records, 73-win season, and NBA Finals defeat.3.5 2009–present: The Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson & Draymond Green era.1.2 1959–1965: The scoring machine – Wilt Chamberlain.
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