For the last 32 years, Jim Maher has sat courtside at every Golden State Warriors' home game, serving as the team's clock operator and timekeeper, first at Oracle Arena and now at their new home in the Chase Center.
On Monday's episode of KCBS Radio's "Bay Current," Maher joined Matt Pitman, who also serves as the Warriors' public address announcer, to reflect on his memorable three decades working as a vital member of the team.
"I started doing the game clock in 1990, about 32 years ago," Maher told KCBS Radio’s "Bay Current" on Monday. "It was Bill Helbush before, and me and him have been the only two who have run the clock for the Warriors since they’ve been here."
Although Maher has worked as the clock operator for 32 years, he has been with the Warriors franchise for over six decades, first joining the team at 13 years old as a ball boy. He later received a job at the scorer’s table, where he would hold up wooden paddles for personal fouls.
"But being a ball boy was so much fun, it was unbelievable especially at 13, and to be a ball boy for people like Will Chamberlain and Guy Rodgers," Maher said. "For the most part, the athletes were really nice, especially to us, because we were doing stuff for them."
Maher emphasized that he would like to maintain his job with the Warriors for many years to come.
"I'll be here for as they’ll have me," he said. "I always said I want to do it for at least one year at the Chase Center, but now we are in year three!"
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