With the seventh pick of the 2009 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors sewed the seeds of a dynasty.

The franchise used that pick to select Steph Curry, a slender, teenage-looking guard out of Davidson College, a school known more for its books than its brawn.

The only other first round draft pick in Davidson history was Fred Hetzel in 1965.

Curry led the NCAA in scoring — 28.6 points per game — as a junior at Davidson, but his spindly, 6-foot-3, 160-pound frame made skeptics wonder if he could handle the NBA’s physical grind.

There also were concerns about Davidson’s mid-major level of competition.

Six other teams had a shot at picking Curry in the draft before the Warriors. Selected ahead of him were Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn.

Since then, Curry, having filled out to 190 pounds, has emerged among the NBA’s all-time greats individually, while leading his team to historic success.

The “Dubs,” now in the 2019 NBA Finals, are the first team since the Boston Celtics of the 1950s and 1960s to make it into the finals for five straight years.

Golden State won the 2015 NBA title, finished second in 2016 (after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers 3-1) and won the title again in 2017 and 2018.

Here’s a progression of how the Warriors built a perennial championship team:

• Steph Curry: Drafted in 2009, first round, seventh pick, Davidson College.

• Klay Thompson: Drafted in 2011, first round, 11th pick, Washington State University.

• Draymond Green: Drafted in 2012, second round, 35th pick, Michigan State University.

• Shaun Livingston: Joined the Warriors in 2013 as a free agent; went straight to the NBA in 2004 out of a Peoria, Ill., high school.

• Andre Iguodala: Joined the Warriors in 2013 as part of three-team trade involving the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets.

• Kevon Looney: Drafted in 2015, first round, 30th pick, UCLA.

• Andrew Bogut: Joined the Warriors in March after playing earlier this season with the Sydney, Australia, Kings.

• Kevin Durant: Came to the Warriors via free agency in 2016 from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

• DeMarcus Cousins: Signed with the Warriors in 2018 after spending the previous season with the New Orleans Pelicans.

It is a tribute to the Warriors’ depth and Coach Steve Kerr’s style of play that the team has survived two rounds of playoffs with limited production from the injured Durant and Cousins.

The iconic Boston Celtics of Hall of Famers Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Bob Cousy, Sam Jones and K.C. Jones, among others, won 11 NBA crowns from 1957 to 1969. The Celtics were indisputably the NBA’s dominant franchise during the second half of the 20th century.

Thanks to a lucky No. 7 pick in 2009, Golden State has a head start on 21st century bragging rights.