The Warriors’ Hotel Practice Facility Has Been Overrun By A Weed Convention


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The Golden State Warriors are officially in position to blow a 3-1 lead, but that’s not the only thing they’ll have the opportunity to blow this week. Sports Illustrated reporter Lee Jenkins noted the hotel in Oakland where the Warriors will practice before Game 5 is gearing up to host a very unique convention this upcoming week.

The Cannabis Summit & Expo starts on Monday at the Oakland Mariott City Center. The event takes place over the course of three days, which means it will be in full swing by the time the Warriors host Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oakland on Monday evening.

I’m sure it’s a big hotel, and there is plenty of space to keep a basketball team away from a bunch of weed industry big wigs, but it’s a fun little sidebar to this series. The easy joke here is the one in the lede, but it’s still a good one.

The event is being held by the National Cannabis Industry Association. The keynote speaker of this convention, by the way, is former Mexican president Vicente Fox. So expect to get some Donald Trump trash talk when the conference sparks off on Monday. Maybe Steve Kerr would actually stop by for that keynote.

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