Golden State Warriors celebrate title with parade through streets of Oakland

From the National Basketball Association deciding to remove the All-Star Game from Charlotte this year because of the state's controversial bathroom bill to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony discussing gun violence at the ESPYs to Curry and others speaking out about Trump both during his candidacy and after the election, the National Basketball Association has become a league full of people comfortable speaking out.

OAKLAND Is the celebration sweeter the second time around?

Golden State has been absolutely dominant since Steve Kerr became head coach - just as the Pats have been a dynasty under Bill Belichick - winning two championships in three years and getting to the Finals in each of his three seasons on the bench.

Sheldon Glasgow, who has been living in Oakland for 10 years, said he wasn't angry the Warriors were moving.

Closer to Lake Merritt, Matt Barnes descended from his bus to mingle with fans and signed the shirt of one woman, who looked as if she might faint, though that may also have been the product of high temperatures and a strong overhead sun.

"I needed to come".

Paul Pierce made a comment earlier this month that we're at the start of the Kevin Durant era and at the end of the Lebron James era. Then he turned his attention to the fans. You're telling me he and Durant aren't enough to win a championship?

Of course, everything new becomes old, so where does interleague baseball go from here to keep the intrigue alive?

And it was truly an East Bay party: Rap songs from Oakland native Too Short and Vallejo's E-40 blared, and people danced all along the parade and throughout the day.

Even without Parker, the Spurs won the series thanks to Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge leading the way, but it was not to be in the next round as Leonard injured his ankle in game oen and they were swept by the Warriors.

And as one of the staunchest LeBron defenders on the planet, there's not much I can say to shoot down that hot take. "I'm sad the next parade will be in San Francisco". Klay Thompson, he was just supposed to be this OK shooter in the league, like that's what you thought of Klay Thompson when he came in. Though disappointed, Richmond resident Hakim Taylor said he'd follow his team anywhere.

"Give everyone credit. We didn't have a No. 1 (overall) draft pick", Green said, his words clearly directed toward James. For according to Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, "the real problem in American politics today is not anger; it's contempt. Contempt is the conviction of the worthlessness of another human being".

Carter said this season that he wants to play for two more years last season, which would mean that he's preparing for the 2017-18 season to be his last. Unsurprisingly, heated discussions began immediately regarding Durant's legacy, how the Warriors pulled off the move, and how it would shift the balance of power in National Basketball Association for years to come. "This year was more of a vengeance". Since Trump was sworn into office, he has been visited by championship teams such as the New England Patriots and Clemson Tigers, and the Pittsburgh Penguins have said that they will go to the White House if invited, but Warriors players as a whole are reportedly opposed to it.

Marcela Gateb, a material planner for Treasury Wine Estates in Napa, held a prime spot on the corner of 12th Street and Broadway, near the parade's start. He described himself as a Warriors fan since elementary school.

Others made the trek well before the sun rose.