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The Golden State Warriors will soon enter a transformation, as the franchise prepares of make its move to San Francisco, slated to debut in the state-of-the-art Chase Center to start the 2019-20 season.
Next season will be the last in which this Warriors team will call the loud Oracle Arena, or as fans have endearingly called it “Roaracle” as one of the most energized venues in the NBA.
Point guard Stephen Curry has been intrigued by what's to come, after spending his first eight NBA seasons in Oakland — having grown used to the loving and supportive fan base — one that is soon to lose its team to a neighboring city.
“There are two years left. Next season is going to be really interesting just to feel the vibe in the arena here knowing it will be the last year,” Curry said, according to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. “Right now, hopefully, we can push forward to winning championships. My memory two of the last three years of celebrating a championship in Oakland has been unbelievable.”
All of the Warriors players live on the East Bay side of the Golden Gate Bridge, instead of the more luxurious San Francisco — which makes a much longer commute to games and the practice facility.
“Curry said half-jokingly and half-seriously that he has asked the franchise to provide ferry service for the team when they move to San Francisco,” wrote Spears.
The Warriors point guard used to live in Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland, but still lives in the East Bay, as the rest of his teammates — showing no change of lifestyle after earning a five-year, $201 million supermax deal this summer.
Golden State has shown no signs of changing its name to San Francisco, but even if they chose to keep “Golden State” as the lone remaining NBA team to not have the name of a specific city, Oakland faithful are bound to have conflicted emotions knowing their days of watching the Warriors play in their backyard are soon to come to an end.
