Mad Dash: David Lee paid to charter a jet for Warriors after title (NBC on Yahoo Sports)
Winning the NBA title in Cleveland meant the Golden State Warriors were somewhat limited on party destinations (the best they could apparently do was a Morton's Steakhouse that they kept rocking until 5 a.m. the next day). It turns out the real party happened in Las Vegas, a few days later, right after the team's celebratory parade in Oakland. A few hours after waving to thousands of fans, they hopped on a chartered flight to Sin City, and then things got crazy. But who paid for the flight? Andrew Bogut revealed in a Q&A with GQ Australia that one teammate was pretty generous. "David Lee. He was nice to do that. We could bring plus two or three – I had a couple of Aussie mates tag along. It was the craziest party you'll ever see." We know most of these guys are millionaires, but still, nice is probably an understatement since with that many people, the team probably needed to charter a 737 or bigger, and the going rate for one our of flight time with those is around $12,000. But hey, you don't get to celebrate winning the NBA title every day. Dirk Nowitzki is in the twilight of what has been a groundbreaking career that's left him with fans all over the world, but few, of...
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