How Warriors used team text chain for motivation after 2015 title

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Not many people thought the 2014-15 Warriors could win the NBA title.

Charles Barkley -- completely ignoring the fact that the Dubs had the best defense in the league -- repeatedly said that a "jump-shooting team" never would capture the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Even after Golden State defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers four-games-to-two in the NBA Finals, detractors focused on how the Cavs were without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.

"So after we won the championship, people had a lot of stuff to say about how we won it and if we really deserved to win it and what kind of team we were and if we could do it again," former Warriors big man Festus Ezeli recently said on 95.7 The Game. "And we hear all these things.

"We're human. We hear those things. And I remember we had our championship celebration, and while we were resting we had this team group chat. And at the time, I remember guys texting each other like, 'Yo, y'all see what they're saying right?'

"And we're all texting each other like, 'Yeah, come on man. I hope you guys working.' We were texting the whole summer."

You would pay a lot of money to get transcripts of these group text chats, right?

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Same.

Remember when Clippers coach Doc Rivers said the Warriors were lucky that they didn't have to face the San Antonio Spurs or Los Angeles Clippers en route to the title?

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It was a silly comment then, and remains silly now.

As Jonah Hill's character Seth said in the movie "Superbad" ...

"People don't forget."

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