Three decades before the Splash Brothers, there was Run TMC trio.
Inspired by the popular rap group Run DMC from the 1980s and 1990s, the trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin were collectively known as Run TMC, and the trio combined to form fast-paced offensive powerhouse under Head Coach Don Nelson in the early 1990s. Despite playing just two seasons together, the popularity of Run TMC has endured the eras, with the trio remaining franchise fan favorites and inspiring the latest Warriors Classic Edition jersey for the upcoming 2022-23 season.
In an effort to pay homage to the iconic trio, the Warriors launched Run TMC-inspired jerseys, sporting the same look as the team displayed from 1989 to 1996.
Introducing the Warriors' New Classic Edition Uniform
With the Warriors sporting these Run TMC-era styled jerseys on several occasions this season, let’s take a look at some noteworthy fast facts about the Warriors’ legendary trio.
- The Warriors selected Chris Mullin with the No. 7 overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft.
- Chris Mullin played 13 of his 16 NBA seasons with the Golden State Warriors.
- Chris Mullin and Wilt Chamberlain are the only two Warriors to average 25-plus points for five consecutive seasons.
- The Warriors selected Mitch Richmond with the No. 5 overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft.
- Mitch Richmond earned NBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1989, becoming one of six Warriors ever to win the award.
- Mitch Richmond joins Joe Fulks and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in franchise history that began their career by averaging at least 22 points per game in each of their first three seasons.
- The Warriors selected Tim Hardaway with the No. 14 overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft.
- Tim Hardaway spent the first six of his 13 NBA seasons with the Warriors.
- Tim Hardaway is the Warriors’ all-time leader in assists per game (9.3).
- The Warriors led the NBA in scoring in 1989-90 (116.3 ppg), the first year that Hardaway, Richmond and Mullin played together. That season, Mullin averaged 25.1 points, Richmond averaged 22.1 points and Hardaway averaged 14.7 points.
- The unveiling of the Warriors’ new Classic Edition uniform falls on the 30th anniversary of Chris Mullin winning an Olympic gold medal with the Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Mullin previously won a gold medal for Team USA in 1984.
- Run TMC played under former Warriors Head Coach Don Nelson, who retired from coaching following the 2009-10 season, during which he became the winningest head coach in NBA history. Nellie held the record until this past March when longtime San Antonio Spurs Head Coach, and former Warriors assistant under Nelson, Gregg Popovich became the all-time leader in regular season coaching victories.
- In the opening matchup of the 1990-91 season, Run TMC beat the Nuggets, 162-158, in what remains as the highest-scoring non-overtime game in league history.
- Mitch Richmond is a two-time Olympian, earning a bronze medal in 1988 in Seoul, Korea, and a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
- Tim Hardaway won a gold medal for Team USA at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia.
- Chris Mullin was the first of the trio to be inducted Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
- Mitch Richmond was later inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.
- The Golden State Warriors retired Chris Mullin’s No. 17 jersey in 2012.
- Mullin served as Warriors Vice President of Basketball Operations from 2004 to 2009. During that time, he hired Richmond as a special assistant.
- As a member of the Class of 2022, Tim Hardaway is the final member of the Run TMC trio to be elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.