2024 NBA Finals: Are Warriors fans rooting for the Celtics or Mavs?

The 2024 NBA Finals are finally upon us. Within the next two weeks, either the Dallas Mavericks or Boston Celtics will be crowned as NBA champions, and the Golden State Warriors will officially be a full two years removed from their most recent title run.

I’ll be honest with you: I don’t want either of these teams to win! It’s been clear for a while that the Warriors. weren’t going to win another championship this year, but I held out hope that we’d get a winner I could have rooted for. Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Indiana Pacers? Sign me up for that one. But Mavs vs. Celtics?

Yikes.

So I’m calling on you for help, Dub Nation. Who are you rooting for?

The Warriors have recent history with both teams. The beat the Celtics in six games back in June of 2022 to win the fourth championship in their dynastic run … and they beat the Mavs in five games in the Western Conference Finals to get there. They have plenty of history with Mavs star point guard Kyrie Irving, including three consecutive years facing him in the NBA Finals; arguably the most painful moment in Warriors history came at the hands — quite literally — of Irving.

Both teams feature majestic stars that are dazzling to watch — Irving and Luka Dončić for the Mavs, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown for the Celtics. Each team has fun and easy-to-root-for role players, particularly Boston’s Jrue Holiday. And yet, both squads have their fair share of annoying personalities and players that irk you, in addition to coaches with problematic histories.

The Celtics have been touted as the heir apparent to the NBA throne for a while, and they’ve acted as such. Seeing them hoist a trophy would be exceptionally annoying. Then again, having the path to a title go through a young Western Conference team is certainly not something that any Warriors fan wants to see.

There are no right answers here. Someone has to win. Who ya got?