Vice President Kamala Harris Reveals Her Favorite ‘Warriors Era’ and the Extent of Her Loyalty

Shubham Singh | 30/09/2024
Stephen Jackson and Kamala Harris

In an intriguing crossover, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee and United States Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance on Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes’ All The Smoke podcast. Among the topics they discussed were her love for the Warriors and her favorite era as a fan of the team and the latter featured both hosts. 

Jackson noted that Harris, an Oakland native, attended Warriors games during the 2006-07 season, better known as the ‘We Believe’ era.  She reminisced about the team’s role in harmonizing the Bay Area and claimed that the roster holds a special place in her heart. Harris said,

“Our Warriors are always good, whichever era but that [We Believe era] was a very special time. I mean it was electric, and we would take to get there and just and go… It really was about bringing in like all kind of people from Bay Area, you know Bay Area is a melting pot, all coming in. You guys were the best of the best, legendary.”

The Warriors adopted the ‘We Believe’ slogan in the final two months and went on an incredible 16-5 run in the final 21 games of the regular season to go from 26-35 to 42-40 and finish eighth in the Western Conference standings.

They matched up against the title favorites Mavericks in the first round and were expected to get swept out of the playoffs. Instead, they beat them 4-2 and became only the third eighth-seed in NBA history to eliminate the top-ranked team. 

Harris has been an ardent supporter of the Warriors since the 1990s and remained committed to supporting the team even after becoming a public figure. 

Harris ditched her security detail for a Warriors playoffs game

When the Warriors visited the White House to celebrate their championship win in January 2023, the Vice President revealed the extent of her love for the team. She was the Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017, which meant she was almost forbidden traveling publicly. However, she was willing to risk getting mobbed to avoid missing a playoff game. Harris said,

“We were headed to the game but stuck in standstill traffic. And we were worried that we were gonna miss the tip-off. I was the Attorney General of California at the time and to the dismay of my security detail, I decided to jump out of the car… I got on a jam-packed train with all the other fans, we got to the game on time and yes, the Warriors did win.”

Harris is in the middle of a presidential campaign but her comments suggest she’s keeping one eye on the Warriors.

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Shubham Singh

Shubham Singh is an NBA Journalist at SportsRush. He found his passion in Writing when he couldn't fulfil his dream of playing professional basketball. Shubham is obsessed with box scores and also loves to keep track of advanced stats and is, particularly, fond of writing CoreSport analytical pieces. In the league, his all time favorites were 80s Bad Boys, Pistons, while Dennis Rodman and his enthralling rebounding made him love the game more. It also made him realize that the game is much more than fancy scoring and playmaking. Shubham is also a huge fan of cricket and loves to watch all forms of women sports.

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