The 2023–24 Golden State Warriors season was the 78th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 62nd in the San Francisco Bay Area, and their fifth season at the Chase Center. This was the Warriors' tenth season with Steve Kerr as head coach and the first season since 2011–12 without general manager Bob Myers.
On November 14, against the Minnesota Timberwolves, an altercation broke out early in the game, which started between Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels. McDaniels grabbed Thompson, who eventually had his jersey ripped. In the ensuing scuffle, Draymond Green placed Rudy Gobert in a headlock. This resulted in Green, Thompson, and McDaniels all being ejected from the game. Green was suspended for five games and, along with Thompson, Gobert, and McDaniels, was fined for the incident. On December 12, Green struck Jusuf Nurkić in the face in a game against Phoenix Suns, which led to Green being suspended indefinitely the next day. While Green initially considered retirement at one point due to the suspension before being talked out of it by NBA commissioner Adam Silver, he was ultimately reinstated with the team on January 6, 2024, after he completed league-mandated counseling. However, he did not officially make his comeback to play with them until January 15, 2024, against the Memphis Grizzlies, making his suspension officially completed at 16 games.
On January 17, Dejan Milojević, an assistant coach for the Warriors who was also on the team during their most recent championship season at the time, died after suffering a heart attack during a team dinner meeting the previous day in Salt Lake City while preparing for an upcoming game against the Utah Jazz. Due to the sudden death, both the January 17 and 19 games against the Jazz and Dallas Mavericks were postponed and rescheduled for later in the season. Once the Warriors returned to action on January 24 at home against the Atlanta Hawks, they would honor Milojević with a ceremony honoring his legacy and life, as well as displaying "DM" patches on their jerseys and painting "DM" on their court for the remainder of the season.
The Warriors struggled as the season started, as after a 5–1 start they lost 7 of their next 8 games, including a 6-game losing skid and 14–23 in games between December and January, tumbling to a 19–24 record. The month of February saw a resurgence for the Warriors, as they went 11–3 and achieved a 32–27 record by March. Despite initial struggles, however, they ended March and started April going 9–1 in their next ten games and achieved a 44–35 record. On April 4, the Warriors secured their eleventh winning season in twelve seasons. On April 7, after the Warriors beat the Jazz, and the Rockets lost to the Mavericks, they secured a spot in the postseason, with the NBA play-in tournament for the first time since 2021. They improved upon their 44–38 record from last year after a win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite this, on April 16, the Warriors were eliminated in the first stage of postseason by the Sacramento Kings in the Play-In Tournament, losing 118–94. This would also become the final season that the Splash Brothers would play together, as Klay Thompson would leave the team in a sign-and-trade entering free agency on July 6.
The Golden State Warriors drew an average home attendance of 18,064 in 41 home games in the 2023-24 NBA season, the 17th highest in the league.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School / club team 1 19 Brandin Podziemski SG Santa Clara ()
The Warriors entered the draft with one first-round pick. The team traded their second-round pick to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019; the pick was eventually used by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the draft.
Following the draft, they acquired the 57th pick from the Washington Wizards in exchange for cash considerations.
Roster
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Standings Division
Conference
Game log Preseason
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 7 | L.A. Lakers | | Jonathan Kuminga (24) | Jonathan Kuminga (8) | Chris Paul (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 13 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Jonathan Kuminga (26) | Brandin Podziemski (6) | Brandin Podziemski (10) | Crypto.com Arena18,997 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 15 | @ Sacramento | | Jonathan Kuminga (28) | Kevon Looney (14) | Podziemski, Quiñones (4) | Golden 1 Center17,884 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 18 | Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (30) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (10) | Chris Paul (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 4–0 |- style="background:#fcc" | 5 | October 20 | San Antonio | | Moses Moody (18) | Moses Moody (8) | Paul, Joseph, Kuminga (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 4–1
Regular season
|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 24 | Phoenix | | Stephen Curry (27) | Kevon Looney (11) | Chris Paul (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 27 | @ Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (41) | Kevon Looney (12) | Chris Paul (12) | Golden 1 Center18,250 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 29 | @ Houston | | Stephen Curry (24) | Kevon Looney (11) | Chris Paul (7) | Toyota Center18,055 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 4 | October 30 | @ New Orleans | | Stephen Curry (42) | Dario Šarić (10) | Draymond Green (7) | Smoothie King Center17,286 | 3–1
|- style="background:#cfc" | 5 | November 1 | Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (21) | Kevon Looney (9) | Draymond Green (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 4–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | November 3 | @ Oklahoma City | | Stephen Curry (30) | Stephen Curry (8) | Chris Paul (13) | Paycom Center16,827 | 5–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 7 | November 5 | @ Cleveland | | Stephen Curry (28) | Kevon Looney (11) | Draymond Green (8) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 5–2 |- style="background:#cfc" | 8 | November 6 | @ Detroit | | Stephen Curry (34) | Draymond Green (9) | Draymond Green (8) | Little Caesars Arena20,062 | 6–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 9 | November 8 | @ Denver | | Stephen Curry (23) | Looney, Šarić (8) | Curry, Looney, Paul (4) | Ball Arena19,737 | 6–3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 10 | November 11 | Cleveland | | Stephen Curry (30) | Kevon Looney (13) | Chris Paul (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–4 |- style="background:#fcc" | 11 | November 12 | Minnesota | | Stephen Curry (38) | Dario Šarić (10) | Draymond Green (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–5 |- style="background:#fcc" | 12 | November 14 | Minnesota | | Brandin Podziemski (23) | Kevon Looney (12) | Brandin Podziemski (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 13 | November 16 | Oklahoma City | | Jonathan Kuminga (21) | Kevon Looney (11) | Chris Paul (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | November 18 | Oklahoma City | | Andrew Wiggins (31) | Kevon Looney (16) | Chris Paul (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | November 20 | Houston | | Stephen Curry (32) | Andrew Wiggins (7) | Chris Paul (12) | Chase Center18,064 | 7–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | November 22 | @ Phoenix | | Klay Thompson (23) | Moses Moody (9) | Curry, Paul (6) | Footprint Center17,071 | 7–9 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | November 24 | San Antonio | | Stephen Curry (35) | Kevon Looney (8) | Chris Paul (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 8–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | November 28 | @ Sacramento | | Curry, Wiggins (29) | Curry, Wiggins (10) | Stephen Curry (6) | Golden 1 Center18,039 | 8–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | November 30 | L.A. Clippers | | Stephen Curry (26) | Brandin Podziemski (8) | Stephen Curry (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 9–10
|-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | December 2 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Stephen Curry (22) | Draymond Green (9) | Stephen Curry (11) | Crypto.com Arena19,370 | 9–11 |- style="background:#cfc" | 21 | December 6 | Portland | | Stephen Curry (31) | Draymond Green (10) | Draymond Green (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 10–11 |- style="background:#fcc" | 22 | December 8 | @ Oklahoma City | | Stephen Curry (34) | Kuminga, Šarić (12) | Draymond Green (13) | Paycom Center17,112 | 10–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | December 12 | @ Phoenix | | Stephen Curry (24) | Brandin Podziemski (11) | Chris Paul (11) | Footprint Center17,071 | 10–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | December 14 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Klay Thompson (30) | Looney, Podziemski (7) | Looney, Thompson (5) | Crypto.com Arena19,370 | 10–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | December 16 | Brooklyn | | Stephen Curry (37) | Kevon Looney (7) | Chris Paul (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 11–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | December 17 | @ Portland | | Klay Thompson (28) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (8) | Curry, Paul (8) | Moda Center18,547 | 12–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | December 19 | Boston | | Stephen Curry (33) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (13) | Chris Paul (12) | Chase Center18,064 | 13–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | December 22 | Washington | | Stephen Curry (30) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (15) | Chris Paul (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 14–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | December 23 | Portland | | Klay Thompson (28) | Kevon Looney (11) | Chris Paul (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 15–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | December 25 | @ Denver | | Andrew Wiggins (22) | Brandin Podziemski (9) | Brandin Podziemski (6) | Ball Arena19,811 | 15–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 31 | December 28 | Miami | | Curry, Thompson (13) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (11) | Brandin Podziemski (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 15–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 32 | December 30 | Dallas | | Stephen Curry (25) | Kuminga, Podziemski, Šarić (9) | Stephen Curry (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 15–17
|-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | January 2 | Orlando | | Stephen Curry (36) | Jonathan Kuminga (6) | Stephen Curry (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 16–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 34 | January 4 | Denver | | Stephen Curry (30) | Dario Šarić (7) | Curry, Paul, Šarić (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 16–18 |-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | January 5 | Detroit | | Stephen Curry (26) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (9) | Brandin Podziemski (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 17–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 36 | January 7 | Toronto | | Klay Thompson (25) | Trayce Jackson-Davis (11) | Stephen Curry (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 17–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 37 | January 10 | New Orleans | | Moses Moody (21) | Brandin Podziemski (9) | Stephen Curry (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 17–20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 38 | January 12 | @ Chicago | | Klay Thompson (30) | Jackson-Davis, Šarić (7) | Stephen Curry (9) | United Center21,153 | 18–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 39 | January 13 | @ Milwaukee | | Jonathan Kuminga (28) | Brandin Podziemski (10) | Dario Šarić (6) | Fiserv Forum18,009 | 18–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 40 | January 15 | @ Memphis | | Stephen Curry (26) | Jonathan Kuminga (11) | Stephen Curry (8) | FedExForum16,612 | 18–22 |-style="background:#bbb" | – | January 17 | @ Utah |colspan="6"|Postponed due to the death of Dejan Milojević; Makeup date February 15 |-style="background:#bbb" | – | January 19 | Dallas |colspan="6"|Postponed due to the death of Dejan Milojević; Makeup date April 2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 41 | January 24 | Atlanta | | Curry, Kuminga (25) | Jonathan Kuminga (9) | Stephen Curry (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 19–22 |-style="background:#fcc" | 42 | January 25 | Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (33) | Stephen Curry (6) | Draymond Green (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 19–23 |-style="background:#fcc" | 43 | January 27 | L.A. Lakers | | Stephen Curry (46) | Draymond Green (14) | Draymond Green (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 19–24 |-style="background:#cfc" | 44 | January 30 | Philadelphia | | Stephen Curry (37) | Stephen Curry (8) | Curry, Šarić (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 20–24
|- style="background:#cfc" | 45 | February 2 | @ Memphis | | Jonathan Kuminga (29) | Draymond Green (12) | Brandin Podziemski (14) | FedExForum17,794 | 21–24 |- style="background:#fcc"