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City leaders in San Francisco are courting the Golden State Warriors, trying to woo the NBA team back to the City by the Bay within five years

Mayor Ed Lee sent a letter on Friday saying the city would work with Warriors executives to bring the team to San Francisco in time for the 2017-18 season.

The note, signed by all 11 city supervisors and numerous business and labor leaders, floats the possibility of building a waterfront arena. It was sent a few days after Lee met with new Warriors owner Peter Guber in Los Angeles.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan responded Monday by sending the team her own letter. Quan says Oakland is committed to keeping the Warriors in the East Bay.

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by Irv Soonachan / @SidelineOB

SLAMonline has learned the Golden State Warriors have made out-of-court settlements this week in two sexual harassment claims against the team.

Former Director of Community Relations Erika Smith and former dance team director Susan Hovey have each agreed to out-of-court settlements with the Warriors in their respective cases. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed.

Smith sued the team in December alleging that former Warriors guard Monta Ellis sent her 61 unwanted text messages in December 2010, including a photo of his genitals. Her complaint also alleges she was fired after informing team officials that a local newspaper reporter had questioned her about receiving messages from Ellis.

The settlement comes less than five months after the team issued a public response to Smith’s suit stating they would “vigorously defend the reputation of the Warriors organization in the courts.” The team also claimed in its response that Smith’s interactions with Ellis were consensual.

The Warriors avoided another potential lawsuit by agreeing to an out of court settlement with Hovey, who had accused a team executive of sending suggestive emails and other inappropriate communications. Hovey left the Warriors prior to last season for a similar role with the Detroit Pistons.

The settlements with Hovey and Smith bring the total to at least four sexual harassment claims settled out of court by the Warriors since owner Joe Lacob completed his purchase of the team in November 2010.

The Warriors have not yet responded to requests for comment. Hovey and Smith declined to comment.

NOTE: Shortly after this story was published, a Warriors spokesperson responded to SLAM with an email confirming that Erika Smith had dismissed her case against the team and by issuing the following statement on Susan Hovey: “The parties have amicably resolved any issues arising from Employee’s employment with the Company.”

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SALT LAKE CITY — Much to the Utah Jazz’s chagrin, the Golden State Warriors finally won something.

Foldin’, er, Golden State, which lost 10 of its final 11 games, won a tiebreaker with the Toronto Raptors on Friday through “random drawings” at the NBA office and will be slotted in the No. 7 position of the 2012 lottery.

Unless another team leapfrogs the Warriors by winning one of the three top lottery picks, the Jazz will not receive Golden State’s top-seven protected first-round selection this year.

Thanks to the Deron Williams deal, the Jazz can still acquire a first-round pick from Golden State in 2013 or ’14, but those picks also have protections (top seven and six, respectively). If the Warriors aren’t passed up this season and keep their own picks the next two years, Utah will receive two future second-round picks. The Jazz also received Devin Harris, Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter (the Nets’ top pick last year) and $3 million for D-Will in that trade that is looking more lopsided in Utah’s favor.

The Warriors went 5-18 after Golden State owner Joe Lacob publicly talked about wanting to keep the first-round pick on Bay Area radio station KNBR, saying on March 20, “We think we can get our pick back.” According to the Contra Costa Times, the owner reportedly claimed the Warriors and Jazz had discussed options as to how Golden State could retain its pick.

In March, Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor gave a “no comment” about that report. This week, he didn’t want to delve into the Warriors’ late-season slide that made Friday’s tiebreaker possible.

“It’s none of my business what they do,” O’Connor said. “I’ve got absolutely no control over that. Zero.”

For now, Utah only has one pick in the two-round draft — No. 47 overall. The Jazz had to give up their first-round selection (18th overall after tiebreakers) to Minnesota to finalize the 2010 Al Jefferson trade.

HE’LL BE BACK: Jazz forward Paul Millsap dressed but didn’t play in Thursday’s regular-season finale because of a strained adductor (groin). The chances of him sitting out Game 1 against the Spurs, however, are between nil and none.

“I could have played (Thursday),” Millsap said. “But it was an executive decision to sit it out, let it heal fully and be ready for Sunday.”

Millsap, who only missed two games this season due to injury, said his adductor has bothered him “off and on” for a while. But, he added, “I found a way just to put it in the back of my head.”

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The tank-fastic Golden State Warriors made history last night, by trotting out a starting lineup of first-year players. (Shockingly, this strategy resulted in a loss.) From the AP: “The Golden State Warriors became the first NBA team in modern history to start five rookies in one game for their season finale against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night. With a roster decimated by injuries, coach Mark Jackson fielded a unit of guards Klay Thompson and Charles Jenkins, forwards Chris Wright and Jeremy Tyler, and Mickell Gladness at center. Thompson, Jenkins and Tyler are all Warriors draft picks, while Wright was a training camp invitee and Gladness joined the team after signing a 10-day contract earlier this month. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, which has been tracking the stat since the 1970-71 season, it’s the first time an NBA team has started five rookies in a game.”

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SALT LAKE CITY — Long after Utah’s victory over Portland Thursday night, another game of interest to the Jazz organization was finishing up 600 miles to the west in Oakland. That’s where Utah’s playoff opponent, San Antonio, was playing Golden State.

The Jazz’s interest had little to do with the Spurs, who looked nothing like the team that will be facing the Jazz Sunday with stars Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili all sitting out. It was on Golden State, which started five rookies.

The game was close all night before the Spurs pulled away in the final three minutes for a 107-101 victory behind Patty Mills’ 34 points.

Now, besides practicing Friday, the Utah Jazz will be keeping an eye on an important random drawing in New York, which could determine whether they get a lottery pick or not this year.

The coin flip will be between the Warriors and Toronto, which both finished with records of 23-43, tied for seventh worst in the league.

If the coin flip goes go the Jazz’s way (Toronto No. 7, Golden State No. 8), it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll get the lottery pick. That will be determined on May 30 when the NBA Draft lottery is held.

The Warriors would keep the draft pick if they end up with a top-three pick in the lottery. The chances of that happening are just 12.4 percent, meaning the Jazz would basically have a nine-in-10 chance of getting the pick.

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The Warriors made one last splash before the conclusion of the season, promoting Bob Myers to general manager, ending the term of Larry Riley at the helm of the team.

Riely, who has been in the Warriors’ front office for four years, will remain with the team as director of scouting. Myers had previously been Riley’s assistant, and team owner Joe Lacob said they hired him last year with the intention of making this move eventually, but left the timetable open until they got to know Myers a little better.

“Until you really work with someone, you don’t really know,” Lacob said. “Working with Bob, he’s outstanding. He has all the capabilities to do this and be really, really good at it.”

The 37-year-old Myers, who attended Monte Vista High School in Danville, had been a player agent in the NBA for 14 years and was involved with many of the team’s moves during a busy midseason highlighted by trading Monta Ellis for Andrew Bogut.

Myers said he plans to keep most of the current management team in place, including NBA legend Jerry West, who Myers referred to as the team’s “old sage.”

Both Myers and Lacob said they believed the moves the organization made this year to have been successful, and said the team now has an overall vision of what its priority will be moving forward.

“It’s about winning,” Myers said. “And if we win, it doesn’t matter who does what or who was right or who was wrong, as a group we’re going to be judged — ultimately I’ll be judged — with how our team does. It’s not what I say today, it’s not what I say tomorrow; it’s come 2012-13, are we winning basketball games?”

Myers played a role in the hiring of coach Mark Jackson, who as a player was represented by Arm Tellem, the firm Myers worked for as an agent.

“There is no side of me that is shaken thinking that they just handed the reins to a guy that I can’t get along with,” Jackson said. “The great thing about him is he’s not afraid to listen. He’s going to make a decision, but it’s going to be an educated decision.”

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charles Jenkins had 24 points and nine assists while playing all 48 minutes to rally the Golden State Warriors from a 21-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 93-88, on Sunday night.

Brandon Rush scored 10 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and also grabbed nine rebounds. Klay Thompson scored 17 points for the Warriors, who snapped an eight-game losing streak.

Nikola Pekovic had 19 points and 16 rebounds, and JJ Barea had 14 points and 12 assists in all 48 minutes for the Timberwolves, who announced earlier that All-Star power forward Kevin Love would not play the final two games of the season because of a concussion.

Jenkins also had six rebounds and the Warriors turned the ball over just nine times while holding the Wolves to 36 percent shooting.

Martell Webster scored 18 points and Anthony Randolph had 14 points, seven boards and five blocks for Minnesota.

The Warriors started rookies Thompson, Jenkins, Jeremy Tyler and Mickell Gladness alongside veteran Richard Jefferson for the fourth straight game, the first time the franchise has done that since it started keeping track of games in 1970-71. The last time any team in the NBA has done that was the 2003 Denver Nuggets.

Playing their third road game in three nights, it took a while for those young legs to wake up on Sunday evening.

With Barea pushing the tempo in the open floor and Pekovic controlling the paint, the Timberwolves surged out to a 53-32 lead late in the second quarter. Webster hit five of his first seven shots for the Wolves and Thompson missed nine of his first 12 shots to help the Warriors dig another big hole.

Just like in their previous meeting in this building, when the Warriors came back from 20 down to beat the Wolves on April 4, Jenkins got rolling in the second half to bring Golden State back. The super-quick point guard scored three straight buckets during a 10-0 run that cut the deficit to 68-63 late in the third quarter.

The Warriors then ripped off a 12-2 surge midway through the fourth quarter, culminating in a jumper from Jenkins to give them their first lead, 83-81, with 5:45 to play.

Pekovic’s putback gave Minnesota an 88-87 lead with 1:28 to go, but Rush came back with a 3, and Dominic McGuire converted a three-point play when he was fouled on a dunk to seal the win.

NOTES: The Wolves made all 21 of their foul shots. … McGuire finished with 12 points and seven boards. … The Timberwolves hosted Rochester resident Igor Voykovinsky, who at 7-foot-8 is the tallest man in America.

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