Team:Golden Guardians

Golden Guardians
Location	Oakland, United States
Owners	Golden State Warriors
Sponsors/Partners	Ticketmaster Zenni Optical Twitch
Other games	Apex Legends League of Legends Teamfight Tactics World of Warcraft

Golden Guardians (GG) is a professional esports team and the esports branch of the Golden State Warriors, one of the most prestigious NBA franchises.

They entered in the Smash scene by signing the then-recent GENESIS 7 Melee winner, Zain, on February 6th, 2020.

On April 2nd, 2021, they announced that they had signed Toph, PPMD, and n0ne. In addition to this, they also announced that they would be donating $50,000 to grassroots tournament organizers within the Melee community.

Grassroots Fund

The following tournaments and projects have been supported by the Golden Guardians Grassroots Fund.

Name	Date(s)	Money provided
YourHouse*	March 27th, 2021	$500
The MD/VA Summit	April 8th-10th, 2021	N/A
Melee Online Event Calendar	N/A	N/A
Rollback Rumble: THE BIG ONE	July 3rd-11th, 2021	N/A
Galint Melee Open: Summer Edition	July 23rd-25th, 2021	$6,000 CAD

*Precedes the Grassroots Fund announcement.

Current smashers

Professional players

	ID	Name	Game	Main(s)	Join Date
	Zain	Zain Naghmi	Super Smash Bros. Melee		2020-02-20
	PPMD	Kevin Nanney	Super Smash Bros. Melee		2021-04-02
	n0ne	Edgard L. Sheleby	Super Smash Bros. Melee		2021-04-02

Other members

	ID	Name	Game	Main(s)	Join Date
	Toph	Kris Aldenderfer	Super Smash Bros. Melee		2021-04-02

External links

• Official website
• Twitter account
• Facebook page
• Instagram account
• YouTube channel