The Warriors moved to the Bay Area from Philadelphia in 1962, reaching an apex in the last five years.
Golden State appeared in five consecutive NBA Finals from 2015 through 2019, and that total eclipsed the Warriors' Finals appearances from the previous half-century. Eight teams have played for a championship since the Warriors moved to the Bay Area. Four won titles, four did not.
But which of those eight teams is the best?
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Basketball has changed just a bit since the Warriors first called the Bay Area home, so don't take these rankings to mean that, say, any of Rick Barry's teams would beat Steph Curry's. Rankings based on anything but record are an inexact-at-best science, but standing within their era and season as well as how their accomplishments stand in the Warriors and NBA's wider history are given significant weight.
So, let's rank all eight teams from worst to best under those criteria, starting with a squad that lost a title to an ex-Warrior.