The Golden State Warriors launched a parade in Oakland on Tuesday to celebrate winning the 2018 NBA Championship. Though it was a workday, over a million of fans joined their beloved team on the streets for this grand party costing more than one million US dollars.

Compared with the event in 2017, players interacted more with the fans in a casual manner. Klay Thompson brought a loudspeaker and gave gifts to fans on the festooned vehicle. He was also wearing the same T-shirt as last year, with the Chinese characters "勇冠三军" (yong guan san jun, an idiom used to refer to the bravest soldier in the army), implying that the Warriors won their third trophy in four years. Klay will start his trip in China in late June.

On another vehicle, Stephen Curry held the trophy while wearing a cap that said "RUN-TMC." The initialism is a tribute to the Warriors' three-player combination in the '90s: Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin. Golden State at that time swept NBA with their fast and splendid Run & Gun style. 

For the third time in four years, the Warriors' old friend made an appearance: the fire-breathing snail vehicle. What's new for 2018 was the military tattoo performance and a small patrol car with an emoji of a crying LeBron James on the bumper.

Before the parade, Finals MVP Kevin Durant made it clear in a press interview that he intends to grab more championships. "Why was that even a discussion? Why we even talking about that? Yeah, for sure, we want to do this thing again." 

Draymond Green even revealed a surprising tidbit. When the Warriors were trailing behind by 2-3 against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, it was Shawn Livingston and Klay Thompson who talked most in the locker room. Known as the team's most talkative player, Draymond emphasized that Klay kept silent until Game 6 and Game 7 when he started to speak, a lot. "He just wanted to win. That's the most important."

In 2017, after extensive bargaining and negotiation, the Warriors paid about 787,000 dollars to the City of Oakland for the parade. That number was expected to grow to around 1.23 million dollars this year. The city's government will, in 60 days after the parade, send invoices including fees for fire control, parade preparations and cleanup efforts.