The Warriors have been here before, atop the basketball world, hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy in celebration of another championship. The core of those 2015, 2017 and 2018 title teams were very much the same as the 2022 Golden State team that captured its fourth title in eight years on the floor of TD Garden on Thursday night after dispatching the Celtics.
There were some new contributors to the Warriors’ fourth ring, as well as some key players from the three previous title teams who are no longer with this dynastic team. Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green were there through it all, though.