During the off-season, the Warriors acquired Mookie Blaylock from the Atlanta Hawks,[2][3][4][5] and rookie guard Vonteego Cummings from the Indiana Pacers.
[6] The Warriors struggled losing 16 of their first 18 games as head coach P. J. Carlesimo was fired after a 6–21 start, and was replaced with General Manager Garry St. Jean,[7] where the team suffered a 12-game losing streak between December and January.
Second-year star Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills, Erick Dampier and Terry Cummings all missed large parts of the season due to injuries.
[8][9][10][11] The Warriors lost 23 of their final 26 games, and finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 19–63 record.
[12] Jamison showed improvement averaging 19.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and was invited to the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend, but did not participate due to a knee injury, and was out for the remainder of the season after 43 games.