Updated: May 22, 2012, 11:34 am ET

Warriors to Move to San Francisco

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

The Golden State Warriors are ready to announce what many have long suspected: The franchise wants to move back to San Francisco.

The NBA team, Commissioner David Stern and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee scheduled a news conference at 10 a.m. local time Tuesday to announce the decision to leave Oakland. The earliest the team could move would be 2017, when it can escape its lease at Oracle Arena.

The Warriors will unveil plans to build an arena at Piers 30-32. The waterfront site near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge – one of the most beautiful views in one of the world’s most beautiful cities – is just blocks from the Giants’ ballpark and the downtown financial district.

via Antonio Gonzalez of the Associated Press

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