And the different kind of ceremonies and traditions that have happened around championship-winning teams, we don't want that to taint what we've accomplished this year.
Owner Joe Lacob says he's willing to do "whatever it takes" to ensure Stephen Curry remains with the Golden State Warriors.
Oakland is also losing one of its other beloved teams, the Raiders, to Las Vegas, and the city is still reeling from a police scandal and mourning a deadly warehouse fire.
Most of the Warriors in the immediate aftermath of their game five victory did not publicly comment on a trip to the White House.
In that frame of mind, here's the case for this year's Warriors juggernaut as the greatest team in National Basketball Association history.
US Secret Service says it doesn't have any Trump tapes
After asking for a timeline on their release, Spicer said they would come out "when the president's ready to release it". If President Trump did secretly record his private White House meetings, he didn't enlist the Secret Service to help.
Veteran power forward David West told The Undefeated's Mark Spears he would "probably" decline any invitation to the residence occupied by a man who said Mexican immigrants brought "drugs" and "crime" to the USA and continues to try to push through a travel ban targeting Muslims - an executive order that every court that has had a chance to view, including a federal court in the Warriors' home town of San Francisco, has assessed as unconstitutional.
Green wore a t-shirt at Thursday's championship parade and rally in Oakland, California that read, "Quickie", with the "Q" styled to mimic the Cavaliers arena, which is referred to as The Q. Green told NBC Bay Area the shirt reflected the Warriors quick win over the Cavaliers.
On Wednesday, Curry said that "as a team", the Warriors will "have a conversation" about a possible White House visit. The Warriors have been dubbed a super team with the addition of Durant.
Golden State Warriors fans are using the word dynasty to describe this year's championship team.
"Oakland represents all of us, " Kerr told KTVU. "I've been waiting a whole year to smoke this, so I'm going to enjoy every last bit of this". They're going to have to get me down from this cloud.
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