The Warriors kicked off the 2022-23 NBA season commemorating their historic 2022 NBA championship season in front of a sold-out crowd inside the Chase Center ahead of their game against the Lakers on opening night.
In the pregame ceremony, Golden State received its 2022 championship rings and unveiled its fourth championship banner since 2015, its seventh in franchise history but the first lifted to the rafters of the Chase Center on Tuesday.
Klay Thompson, who was healthy for an NBA opening night game for the first time in three years, reflected Tuesday on how he and James Wiseman spent many days last summer doing workouts together as part of their rehab process and thinking the rafters could a championship “banner.