The Golden State Warriors just marched through Oakland as champions of the world.
I was watching it, intently, from Brooklyn via the CSN Bay Area live stream.
Here are some highlights.
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The first thing that jumped out at me was that the Warriors parade was some unholy amalgam of Silicon Valley (lots of BMW's) and Burning Man.
Case in point: MC Hammer and the Mayor of Oakland (with a broken wrist!) riding together in a fire-breathing snail.
/flaming snail float careens into crowd "WE ASKED YOU POLITELY NOT TO HURT THEM, AND NOW EVERYONE'S DEAD BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE SNAIL AIEEEE"
— Grant Brisbee (@mccoveychron) June 19, 2015
Marshawn Lynch and Draymond Green rode together.