After winning their fourth title in eight seasons on Thursday night in Boston, the Golden State Warriors came home to celebrate with their fans in San Francisco on Monday morning.
Klay Thompson took his boat to the facility to join the team for the parade, and didn’t think to secure his championship hat well enough and had it fly off into the bay on his way in.
Someone get Klay a new championship hat ππ
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— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 20, 2022
The Warriors championship parade didn’t feature a massive rally with drunken speeches like we sometimes get at the end of a parade, but instead a smaller stage setup with a small crowd for a pre-parade, made-for-TV segment where the players could pass the mic and give out their speeches. There, the players were all introduced and none came better prepared than Jordan Poole, who had a squirt gun and sprayed the crowd as he strode onto the stage for the first time as a champion.
JP really brought a squirt gun for a Poole Party at the parade π€£ pic.twitter.com/wkZkiyinaT
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 20, 2022
As far as attire, Chris Chiozza’s choice of shirt featuring Stone Cold Steve Kerr was certainly a highlight, but no one had a better flex than Stephen Curry’s chain featuring his three prior championship rings.
Chris Chiozza's got a shirt with Stone Cold Steve Kerr on it π
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— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 20, 2022
Rings on rings on rings π
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— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 20, 2022
Klay Thompson, fresh off losing his championship hat in the ocean, swapped that out for his captain’s hat, which is honestly more fitting.
Don't worry, Klay found a new hat π«‘ pic.twitter.com/NF1U7TYI0I
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 20, 2022
Even though the speeches weren’t fueled by the beverages consumed during the parade this time, they still couldn’t avoid Draymond F-bombs.
βIβm just going to continue to destroy people on Twitter as I have been.β
β@Money23Green π pic.twitter.com/gAuUgdmxjM
— ESPN (@espn) June 20, 2022
"And as always, f–k everybody else" π
Draymond letting us all know what it is pic.twitter.com/62wH7apGcv
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 20, 2022
When it came time for the Splash Brothers to get on the mic, Klay had some fun with Steph crying in the final moments of Game 6.
Klay: "Who cries on the basketball court?"
Steph: "There's no crying in basketball!"
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— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 20, 2022
Steve Kerr didn’t take the mic on stage, but did speak in an interview with the NBC Sports broadcast and offered the update everyone was waiting on: Was he still hungover?
Kerr gave @KerithBurke an update on his hangover π pic.twitter.com/5J2hkWL1r7
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 20, 2022
From there, the fellas boarded their various buses for the parade through the streets of San Francisco to celebrate with the fans. Some of those Warriors fans were taking more audacious shots than the Splash Brothers themselves.
You miss 100% of the shots you donβt take. pic.twitter.com/axAhW9ss1H
— Kerith Burke (@KerithBurke) June 20, 2022
Gary Payton II wasn’t satisfied with being on a bus and celebrating, jumping off his bus and being mobbed by the people as he took selfies and ran around with the crowd.
GP2 is shirtless and taking selfies with Dub Nation π pic.twitter.com/Iuue8mvxhV
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 20, 2022
On his bus, Draymond displayed a message to the people of Boston with which he had some back-and-forth with during the Finals and had a final word for everyone.
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1538962848113643520
Draymond to all the haters:
"SHUT UP" pic.twitter.com/FRuLFEhlGL
— NBA TV (@NBATV) June 20, 2022
Juan Toscano-Anderson joined Payton in going into the crowd, but took it a step further and pulled a kid over the barrier (while wearing pool floaties) to celebrate with him for real.
JTA out here letting a kid join him in the parade π pic.twitter.com/mjaHd4mQH4
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 20, 2022
Steph, meanwhile, was happy to parade around with all of his trophies in an incredible power move, and capped it off with the move that became his signature during the playoffs: Night, night.
What they gonna say now??? pic.twitter.com/4dV4iT69ZH
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) June 20, 2022
π€ @StephenCurry30 with the mic drop… Night. Night. pic.twitter.com/vKJcqPYaJR
— NBA (@NBA) June 20, 2022
The star of it all, though, was Klay Thompson. Who was running around, knocking people over, fumbling championship rings into the street, and doing Michael Jackson dances with the Larry O’Brien.
KLAY DANCING WITH THE TROPHY
πππ pic.twitter.com/nQ0rRn5rEX
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) June 20, 2022
Capt. Klay Thompson appears to drop one of his FOUR championship rings while celebrating with friends. Some fans thought he was joking. Gave it a kiss before he moved on. #WarriorsParade @sfchronicle pic.twitter.com/PQUGcZgM7m
— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) June 20, 2022
Klay took a tumble during the Warriors parade π
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— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 20, 2022