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The Golden State Warriors have been the most recent dynasty to dominate the NBA. While they obviously won't reach the playoffs if the 2019-20 season were to resume, the franchise has made five straight Finals appearances—winning three titles during that time.
The Warriors have built the core their current roster primarily through the draft but to be as successful as the team is now, deals need to be made at the trade deadline and despite varying degrees of success throughout the team's history, that fact remains true.
1947
The Warriors (then located in Philadelphia) made a deal at the deadline during their inaugural season, acquiring guard Ralph Kaplowitz from the New York Knicks.
1948
The Warriors would add Dutch big man Hank Beenders during the 1948 deadline, sending money to the Providence Steamrollers in return.
1949
For the third season in a row, the Warriors would purchase a player at the deadline. This time, the team traded the Baltimore Bullets for forward Irv Torgoff.
1950
Just a few days before the deadline, Philadelphia traded the Denver Nuggets for 6-foot-5 wing Al Guokas but with many transactions this early in league history, details are mainly unknown.
1970
Now in San Fransisco, the Warriors would attempt to acquire NBA All-Star Zelmo Beaty from the Atlanta Hawks. The Warriors gave up big man Clyde Lee and a first-round pick in exchange but Beaty would never play for the Warriors as he would move to the ABA.
Even worse, the traded draft pick would later be used to draft Pete Maravich third overall that the following draft.
1979
In an attempt to improve a struggling roster, Golden State traded a 1970 first-round pick to the Boston Celtics for aging former All-Star Jo Jo White.
1990
The Warriors were part of two trades at the 1990 deadline, the first being a deal with the San Antonio to send 7-foot-2 center Uwe Blab to the Spurs for another seven-footer in Chris Welp.
The Warriors also sent backup point guard Winston Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for second-round picks in 1990 and 1992.
1996
Golden State was struggling under first-year head coach Rick Adelman and needed to shake things up. As a result, the team sent franchise star Tim Hardaway and big man Chris Gatling to the Miami Heat in exchange for former All-Star Kevin Willis and Bimbo Coles.
1997
The next season, the Warriors offered up centers Rony Seikaly and Clifford Rozier (as well as a 1999 second-round pick) to the Orlando Magic for a package of Jon Koncak, Donald Royal and Felton Spencer.
1998
After trading an aging Chris Mullin earlier in the season, the Warriors would then make a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers acquiring Jim Jackson and Clarence Weatherspoon while sending away Brian Shaw and former No. 1 overall pick Joe Smith.
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Two days later, Golden State would strike a deal with the Chicago Bulls to add third-year power forward Jason Caffey. In return, Chicago would receive David Vaughn and second-round selections in 1998 and 2000.
2002
After bursting onto the scene as a rookie, the Warriors would part with their second-year center Marc Jackson, sending him to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In return, Golden State received big man Dean Garrett and a 2007 second-round pick.
2005
The Warriors were part of two trades at the '05 deadline. The first trade saw Golden State acquire Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Rodney White from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Luis Flores, Eduardo Najera and a 2007 first-round draft pick.
The more memorable trade that year was when the New Orleans Hornets sent point guard Baron Davis to the Warriors for the duo of Speedy Claxton and Dale Davis (as well as cash considerations).
2012
Not playing very well during the 2011-12 lockout season, the Warriors sent star player Stephen Jackson to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Richard Jefferson, T.J. Ford and a 2012 first-round pick.
Golden State also acquired an additional second-round pick that year, exchanging with the Atlanta Hawks cash considerations.
2013
The Warriors made two minor moves during the 2013 deadline—both of which were used to acquire second-round draft picks.
The first trade sent cash considerations and Charles Jenkins to the Philadelphia 76ers and the other sent Jeremy Tyler and cash to Atlanta.
2020
With the Warriors not being contenders for the first time in years this season, the team made several big moves at this year's deadline.
The lesser move came when the team sent solid contributors Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III to Philadelphia in exchange for three second-round picks 2020 (via Dallas), 2021 (via Denver) and 2022 (via Toronto).
Arguably the biggest move of the 2020 deadline, Golden State also sent guard D'Angelo Russell (after less than a season with the team) to the Timberwolves. In return, the Warriors added former No. 1 overall pick, Andrew Wiggins. Other than those two star players, the Warriors got first and second-round picks in 2021 while Minnesota also received a top-three protected first-round pick in 2021.
