Warriors celebrate 10th anniversary of 2015 NBA championship team

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Warriors celebrate 10th anniversary of 2015 NBA championship team originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – For the second time in three days, the Warriors turned back the clock to celebrate their nouveau riche history.

The Warriors over the past 10 years have been the most decorated team in the NBA, with more championships than any team in major American professional sports. On Tuesday night at Chase Center, they paid homage to the roots.

The 2014-15 Warriors ended a 40-year championship drought for the franchise. Moreover, they took over the NBA with collective personality, superb performances and the joie de vivre exuded from the first month of the season until the final buzzer ended with triumph in Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Cleveland.

Three retired members of that team – Festus Ezeli, Brandon Rush and Marreese Speights – were in the Bay Area over the weekend for the retirement ceremony of Andre Iguodala’s No. 9 on Sunday. They took to the podium before their halftime ceremony Tuesday to relive past glories from the viewpoint of those who were present for the birth of a dynasty.

“It’s definitely a blessing,” said Speights, who was a prototype deep-shooting power forward off the bench. “It changed all of our lives.”

Rush was acquired in December 2011 in a trade with the Indiana Pacers. So, he was a Warrior before it was popular to be a Warrior. He was on the team before the planet fell in love with it – which made his experience that much more rewarding.

“My first year here … was a struggle,” said Rush, a solid two-way wing who now coaches his son’s AAU team. “I think we won 23 games (correct) and then following year we were able to put it together. Steph [Curry] was getting healthy and things started to change. We and came up winning and it’s been a dynasty the last 10 years.”

The Warriors went 23-43 under first-year head coach Mark Jackson but improved to 47-35 the next season, making their first NBA playoff appearance in six years. They went 51-31 in 2013-14 before losing to the Los Angeles Clippers in a searing seven-game Western Conference playoff…

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Publish date : 2025-02-25 22:36:00

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