[1] During the off-season, the Warriors acquired Ricky Pierce, and top draft pick Carlos Rogers out of Tennessee State University from the Seattle SuperSonics.
[2][3][4] After having finished 50–32 the previous season, the Warriors made a number of deals to toughen the team in the middle by trading Billy Owens to the Miami Heat in exchange for Rony Seikaly.
[5][6][7][8] Before the regular season even started, second-year star Chris Webber began the season by exercising his option to become a restricted free agent, claiming irreconcilable differences with head coach Don Nelson; he asked to be traded, and the Warriors obliged, sending him to the Washington Bullets in exchange for Tom Gugliotta,[9][10][11][12][13] who would later on be traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for top draft pick Donyell Marshall from the University of Connecticut at mid-season.
[18][19][20][21] Under his replacement, retired All-Star center and Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, the team finished in sixth place in the Pacific Division with a disappointing 26–56 record.
[27] Following the season, Pierce signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers,[28] while Rogers and Alexander were both traded to the newly expansion Toronto Raptors,[29] Jennings was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft, where he was selected by the Raptors,[30][31][32][33][34] and Lanier was fired as head coach.