The Golden State Warriors have officially been crowned as the 2022 NBA Champions, receiving their championship rings and raising the banner to the rafters of the Chase Center on opening night. The Los Angeles Lakers were in attendance, as LeBron James and company watched the ring ceremony from the locker room.
Fans were overjoyed to see the ring ceremony take place as they used this time to honor Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and everyone else on this team.
RING THEM 💍 pic.twitter.com/HYkbPglWua
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 19, 2022
I’m crying man
— Ayo2x (@AyoYvn) October 19, 2022
Westbrook trying to steal JTA’s ring in the locker room pic.twitter.com/dOe07Z2aVa
— ³𝒂𝒎𝒓 (@3amrXo) October 19, 2022
Jordan Poole's reaction to getting his first ring 🤣 pic.twitter.com/gDSnQ5zbOc
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 19, 2022
Yoooo I'm bout to go run through a wall right now! If this ring ceremony doesn't inspire you to workout, get better at something….. Go win at something! My fam mad cuz in like let's go run a mile, play dominoes, MONOPOLY… goose ain't too young to get worked 😭 pic.twitter.com/ufivK67sOE
— Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) October 19, 2022
Jordan Poole while Draymond Green is posing for a ring pic pic.twitter.com/aZ0FxIq6Qp
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) October 19, 2022
LEBRON WATCHING THE WARRIORS GET THEIR RING 😂 pic.twitter.com/tXO4SwHoYu
— De🅿️ressed Warriors Fan 💔 (@GoIdenState) October 19, 2022
Draymond waiting for Lebron to come out the locker room and watch him get his ring pic.twitter.com/LT1NWgBlKc
— 🏆LakersGuru🏆 (@GuruLakers) October 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1582560811523768321
We in for some action and it might not end how you think! Ring night knocks some of the dog outta you, and AD said the Lakers are thirsty to play ring night spoiler. Let see! Carry on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) October 19, 2022
I’ve never seen anything so classy yet so cruel at the same time than Quinndary Weatherspoon being brought in to get his ring in street clothes lmao
— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) October 19, 2022
Bron just sat here and watched Curry get his 4th ring? Bet pic.twitter.com/cyyzmroTwA
— PropsOverThots🏆 (@PropGodRob) October 19, 2022
All the Lakers except for JTA just left the floor ahead of the Ring Celebration. LeBron led the way off the court.
— Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) October 19, 2022
Klay Thompson hasn’t played an opening night game since 2018.
But his last three, including tonight, have been ring nights
— Marcus Thompson II (@ThompsonScribe) October 18, 2022
thought for a second they were going to make us watch a sequel to that Draymond doc before giving Poole his ring.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 19, 2022
The Warriors' championship ring 😮💨
(❄️ @JasonofBH) pic.twitter.com/y6pcDsRlER
— ESPN (@espn) October 19, 2022
Stephen Curry used his speech to the Warriors fanbase to also wish Brittney Griner a happy birthday and continued his advocacy for her release. The Warriors will be overjoyed after receiving their rings and will hope to teach the Los Angeles Lakers a lesson as they begin their campaign to defend their NBA title.
Are The Golden State Warriors Going To Defend Their Title?
It is hard enough to win an NBA Championship, but it is harder to defend that crown. Very few teams have had the strength to successfully defend their titles this generation, and nobody’s been able to do it three times since the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant Lakers.
The last 3 teams to defend their NBA title after winning it the year prior were the Golden State Warriors (2017, 2018), the Miami Heat (2012, 2013), and the Los Angeles Lakers (2009, 2010). It isn’t as easy as it looks, but the Warriors know how it needs to be done. Despite internal problems that may affect their chemistry, this is a team that knows how to win titles and will optimize everything toward that goal.
The Warriors have lost some players in the likes of Otto Porter Jr., Nemanja Bjelica, and Gary Payton II heading into this season. However, they will hope that incoming players like Donte DiVincenzo and the progression of young players like Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody would be enough to offset the outgoing players.
This is a team that has been designed to win. With Stephen Curry as the head of the snake, it will be hard for anybody to stop them.
