The confetti cannons rained blue, white and yellow strips of tissue paper down on Market St. in downtown San Francisco. The Golden State Warriors championship celebration didn’t officially start until a few minutes after 11:30, but the atmosphere in the Financial District where the parade route ran was electric hours before Jonathan Kuminga and Andre Iguodala’s bus pulled down the street and opened the festivities.
It was hard not to wonder when the 49ers, a team so close to winning a championship in two of the last three seasons, might have their own party through the City (or perhaps through an industrial park in Santa Clara, idk).
The nature of the NBA and basketball in general allows more opportunities for sustained success, so setting the bar for the 49ers at a Warriors-type dynasty with four titles in eight seasons is probably unrealistic. And given that the team that dominated the 80s and early 90s hasn’t hoisted a Lombardi Trophy since 1994, it’s probably wise to start with one and cross the dynasty bridge if/when they ever get near it.
