Warriors announce details on championship parade
The beginning of the Warriors' dynasty featured three championship parades in Oakland.
And now that the team has returned home from Boston following Thursday's title-clinching victory at TD Garden, the Warriors' fourth championship parade will take place in their new home, San Francisco.
Minutes after clinching their fourth title in eight seasons and their fifth since the franchise moved to the Bay Area ahead of the 1962 season, the Warriors announced their 2022 championship parade will be held Monday in San Francisco.
The parade will start at 11:20 a.m. and proceed from Market Street and Main Street to Market Street and 6th Street. The parade will be the first for a professional team in the city since the San Francisco Giants won their third World Series in five seasons in 2014.
NBC Sports Bay Area will air live coverage of the parade and pre-parade festivities from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. No post-parade rally is planned.
The Warriors held parades in Oakland following their 2015, 2017 and 2018 championship seasons, but after moving from Oracle Arena to Chase Center in Mission Bay before the 2019-2020 season, the franchise will invite fans to celebrate alongside the team closer to its new home.
BART officials said it will have a dozen extra trains available to handle crowds. The agency noted that for many people riding trains to the parade it will be their first BART trip since the pandemic began, so it provided this list of tips for anyone planning to use BART on Monday:
• Masks are required in all BART stations and on all trains.
• With no post-parade rally there isn't a need to crowd into Civic Center Station.
• Embarcadero, Montgomery Street, Powell Street, and Civic Center stations can all be used to get to the parade route.
• The parade ends between the Powell and Civic Center stations. Riders who arrive at Civic Center should exit at the east end of the station toward 7th Street.
• Red (Richmond-Millbrae) and Yellow (AntiochSFO) line trains coming from the East Bay going into downtown San Francisco will not stop at Montgomery Street Station before the parade. Those riders should instead get off at Embarcadero, Powell Street or Civic Center stations.
• Riders at Embarcadero Station are discouraged from using the entrance at Market and Main streets as it opens to a private parade staging area.
• Before you leave home put a Clipper card on your cellphone through either
Apple Pay or Google Pay. Clipper is waiving the $3 new-card fee for riders who add either of the mobile options.
• Download the official BART app to plan your trip, get real-time departures and pay for parking.
• Be patient, it could get crowded on trains and in our stations. BART's busiest hours are expected to be 9 a.m. until the parade start and from 1-3 p.m. leaving the parade.
• When planning your trip to BART consider taking the bus, walking or getting dropped off. Though
BART has had plenty of available parking during the pandemic, some stations could fill on parade day.
• When boarding trains, move to the center of the car so more can fit, remove backpacks.
• Don't jam a train door; it will take the whole train out of service and everyone will boo you.
VEGAS HAS WARRIORS AS 2023 NBA TITLE FAVORITES >> After a 103-90 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night, the Warriors were back in a familiar position.
A few of them, to be exact.
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green have become accustomed to winning NBA titles, as the trio hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy for the fourth time in eight seasons. They're also accustomed to being the favorites, which is what Las Vegas oddsmakers have already labeled them for next year.
According to BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings and others, the Warriors are the team to beat.
BetMGM lists the Warriors' odds at +550 with the Celtics at +650 and Kevin Durant's Brooklyn Nets following behind them at +700. Caesars lists the Warriors at 5-1, with the Celtics and Nets each at 6-1 entering next season.
DraftKings actually lists the Warriors as one of four teams with +600 odds as they're joined by the Celtics, Nets and Los Angeles Clippers.
Regardless of what transpires next season, it's a rather remarkable feat for a Golden State team led by a 34-year-old Curry and two 32-year-old teammates in Thompson and Green to be considered favorites after the team missed the playoffs in 2020 and 2021. Injuries to Curry and Thompson robbed the Warriors of star power, but during this year's postseason run, the Warriors' core players proved they're still capable of playing at an elite level.
If Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole and Kevon Looney are back in the fold and a young trio of recent lottery picks — Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and James Wiseman — take steps forward, there's no reason Golden State should enter next year with the type of doubts that surrounded the team headed into this season.