The Golden State Warriors have had over 600 players don the more than 60 jersey numbers used by their players over the more than 75 years of existence the team has enjoyed in its rich and storied history.
Founded in 1946 during the Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league of the NBA) era, the team has called home the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland, and even San Diego.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Warriors Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. For this article, we begin with the sixth of nine players who wore the No. 17 jersey for the Warriors.
That player would be Golden State forward alum Charles Nash. After ending his college career at Kentucky, Nash was picked up with the 14th overall selection of the 1964 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Jersey City, New Jersey native would play just 25 games before he was cut, signing with the (then) San Francisco (now, Golden State) Warriors for just 20 more games before leaving the league to play baseball.
During his time suiting up for the Warriors, Nash wore only jersey No. 17 and put up 4.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
