Show Oakland Some LOVE!

Warriors! Hooray!  First one since 1975 and more importantly with play that was fun to watch and team oriented with a local team that does a lot with the community and plays unselfishly and handles the media with grace and good humor.

Despite the inferred references that there could be trouble in Oakland if the Warriors win (those animal can't control themselves type of media, police insinuations)- where was there EVER such peaceful, fun and loving celebrations as there was in Oakland- especially with a team that had not won in 40 years, that in the 39 years prior only had six playoff wins at all! We knew of police telling people in confidence (stay away from Oakland! It's going to be bad), we knew of people calling into work late because of being caught in fighting in Oakland (this likely didn't occur) What did occur was one incident, maybe related to, perhaps not.  One.   A good community shines through when good things are allowed to grow there. Only when we feed poverty and despair do we get what we give.  Here's to you Oakland. I'm sorry that San Francisco plans to take your team away. The Warriors home, the home of Dub Nation is Oakland.

Alright! Now everyone,mostly will be going crazy about the Warriors winning the basketball championship. Marking this as a point of time is important as your memories will be full of this time and fellow citizens with their Warriors gear. I recall the last time the Warriors won- I was 14 and visiting my sister while she was at College in San Luis Obispo.

I really enjoy teams that play well as a team and consist of solid citizens- sometimes these teams may not win championships but they will be good nevertheless.   This one did- all the better. Oakland can use the good feelings (of course this just makes San Francisco want to rip them away even quicker) and so far the East Bay seems to be celebrating respectfully.

Andre Iguodala article (f all people, his mom was calling him a ball hog..)
Iguodala

The Warriors do a lot of community work  and donate millions of big bucks to public schools, have a Team President who is open about being Gay, and it's team leader, Stephan Curry spends much of the off season bringing mosquito nets to Africa, some 38.000 in 2014, probably close to 50,000 in 2015...
mosquito nets

And in a fun bit of retro: Coach Kerr's Chicago Bulls speech after his series ending shot for Jordan's fifth championship: 

Kerr's Chicago Bulls Parade Speech

Harrison Barnes , in a Funny Or Die video:

Harrison Barnes, Funny Or Die

Kind of Odd that if you just change their names a little bit. Steve Kerr=Stephan Curry

Dubs Green and Lee