Public Works will be cleaning up that blue and gold confetti for weeks, after a million fans came and were showered with about a million pounds of the stuff, alongside the Golden State Warriors and the team brass.
There were some familiar parts to the ritual, with this being the Warriors’ fourth championship and fourth victory parade in eight years — though the previous three were in Oakland. Draymond Green talked some shit for the cameras, Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha rode in an open-topped bus with their kids Riley, Ryan, and Canon — who at nearly four years old was seeing his first victory parade for dad. And Klay Thompson wore his boat captain’s hat because his championship ballcap blew off into the Bay while he was boating in to the city this morning.
But there were also some new members of the squad like Gary Payton II — who showed off his tatted up torso for the crowd — and Jordan Poole for whom this was their first championship victory parade.
Some fans near the foot of Market Street threw their own “Poole Party” for Jordan, and he stopped to throw a couple of three-pointers into the basket that appeared to be sponsored by nearby Lark Bar.
It's a Poole Party! @Not_Poole drains a three on a make-shift hoop fans put up along Market Street. 🔥 #WarriorsParade #DubNation #GoldBlooded https://t.co/oumGMsWmRr pic.twitter.com/qmn4jyy5dw
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) June 20, 2022
Warriors Hype Man Franco Finn sunk a basket too.
.@warriors' “Hype Man” Franco Finn sums up the Dubs' 7th NBA title win perfectly, “this one hits a little different.” https://t.co/oumGMsWmRr#DubNation#Dubson7#GoldBlooded#WarriorsParade pic.twitter.com/nxztHzRGv3
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) June 20, 2022
Below, some more photos from the day, via Getty Images.
Gary Payton II working the crowd. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesThe Curry family and Damion Lee. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesCurry doing the “night night” pose with his MVP trophy. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesAyesha and Steph somewhere in there. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesKlay Thompson. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesAndrew Wiggins greeting fans. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesJordan Poole. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesDraymond Green showing off a new shirt. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesPhoto by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
