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The back-to-back NBA champion Golden State Warriors have been named the 2018 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, it was announced today. The team will be honored at the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Awards Show in Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 11, which will be televised on NBCSN at 6 p.m. (PT) on Thursday, December 13.

Golden State is just the fourth team ever to receive the prestigious honor—which Sports Illustrated has awarded annually since its inception in 1954—joining the U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team (1980), the U.S. Women’s Soccer team (1999) and the Boston Red Sox (2004). The Warriors have won three of the last four NBA championships—including back-to-back NBA titles—becoming the seventh franchise to repeat as champions and just the fourth franchise to win three-or-more titles in the span of four seasons.

Recent winners of the award include J.J. Watt and Jose Altuve (2017), LeBron James (2016) and Serena Williams (2015). See below for the entire list of Sportsperson of the Year recipients, beginning with Roger Bannister in 1954.

“As a team and organization, we are extremely grateful for this honor, especially since it is a testament to our Strength in Numbers philosophy,” said Warriors Owner and CEO Joe Lacob. “We’ve had contributions from everyone across the board—most notably our incredible players—and this just validates that premise.”

“As you look at the list of individuals and teams who have won this award previously, it’s quite impressive,” said Warriors Owner Peter Guber. “Our players, first and foremost, have put us in this position and, as an organization, we’re humbled to be included on this list and to join such an elite group.”

“This is a pretty cool honor and something we cherish as a group and organization,” said Warriors guard Stephen Curry. “I know that I speak on behalf of my teammates when I say that we’re humbled with this recognition. The list of other teams who have earned this award—the 1980 U.S. Men’s Olympic hockey team, the 1999 U.S. Women’s Olympic soccer team and the 2004 Boston Red Sox—puts us in exclusive company. That’s exciting.”

The Warriors will be featured on the cover of the December 17 issue of Sports Illustrated, marking the 29th time the franchise has been featured on the magazine’s cover and the 21st time the Warriors have appeared on the cover in the last five calendar years (since 2013). The issue features an accompanying story written by SI senior writer Chris Ballard, who interviewed several players, coaches, members of management and ownership during his research for the 14-page spread in the magazine.

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Golden State Warriors Named 2018 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson Of The Year

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and center Zaza Pachulia appear on a regional cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated, with magazines set to hit newsstands today.

The cover story, written by Lee Jenkins, details the Warriors’ efforts as defined by “hustle stats” and led by Green, who ranked second in the NBA this season in deflections per game (3.9) and fifth in contested shots per game (13.7). The Michigan State product is the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double without scoring in double figures, tallying 11 rebounds, 10 assists and a franchise-record 10 steals on Feb. 10, 2017 at Memphis. Green helped the Warriors advance to their third consecutive Western Conference Finals, a franchise-first, by recording his third postseason career triple-double with 17 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a series-clinching win in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Utah Jazz on Monday.

The Warriors have been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated 12 times in the last four years dating back to May 2013, including 10 times since February 2015:

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Warriors Featured on Cover of Sports Illustrated

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Sports Illustrated Covers Featuring the Warriors

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is featured on a regional cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated, with magazines set to hit newsstands today, the team announced.

Curry helped lead the Warriors to the team’s first NBA Championship in 40 years by averaging 26.0 points, 6.3 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.83 steals during the 2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, a series the Warriors won, 4-2.

The regional cover features a picture of Curry kissing the Larry O’Brien Trophy following Game 6 of The Finals in Cleveland on Tuesday, June 16, along with the caption, “All That Glitters Is Gold.”  The cover story on Curry and Golden State’s championship team is written by Sports Illustrated senior writer Lee Jenkins.

This marks the fifth time this season that the Warriors have been featured on a Sports Illustrated cover and the team’s seventh cover overall since 2013.  Curry has now been featured on the cover five times, including three during the Warriors championship season.

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Steve Kerr On Team’s Sportsperson Of The Year Award

Golden State Warriors Named 2018 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson Of The Year

Warriors Featured on Cover of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated Covers Featuring the Warriors

Warriors Guard Stephen Curry Featured on Regional Cover of Sports Illustrated