--- title: Nick 'Swaggy P' Young Wears Bathrobe at 2018 Warriors Parade description: Nick Young, better known to the Internet as Swaggy P, arrived at the Warriors 2018 Championship parade in a bathrobe, cigar in hand. canonical: https://time.com/5310339/warriors-nba-2018-parade-swaggy-p-nick-young-shirtless/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-12T20:36:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:23.253Z og:title: No One Is Enjoying Being an NBA Champ More Than Nick Young og:description: Swaggy P wore a bathrobe to the Warriors Parade og:url: https://time.com/5310339/warriors-nba-2018-parade-swaggy-p-nick-young-shirtless/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b40d48fe1929ff/698932e27cdbacfdb9d5d225/nick-young-warriors-championship-parade-shirtless.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2018 NBA Finals - Game Four og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: No One Is Enjoying Being an NBA Champ More Than Nick Young twitter:description: Swaggy P wore a bathrobe to the Warriors Parade twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b40d48fe1929ff/698932e27cdbacfdb9d5d225/nick-young-warriors-championship-parade-shirtless.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No One Is Enjoying Being an NBA Champion More Than Nick Young in a Bathrobe > Sponsored content. 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Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Chris Elise/NBAE via Getty Images) CLEVELAND, CA - JUN 8: Nick Young #6 of the Golden State Warriors reacts against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Four of the 2018 NBA Finals won 108-85 by the Golden State Warriors over the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena on June 6, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Chris Elise/NBAE via Getty Images) Chris Elise—NBAE/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 12, 2018 8:36 PM UTC With their [2018 NBA Finals victory](http://time.com/5304470/nba-finals-2018-lebron-james-self-alley-oop/) over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the [Golden State Warriors](http://time.com/5302309/lebron-warriors-white-house-visit/) have officially clinched back-to-back championships — a triumph that no one is enjoying more than player Nick Young (perhaps better known as the irrepressible Swaggy P, [a key figure in NBA drama](http://time.com/4374678/iggy-azalea-nick-young-breakup/) and also for being the dude from [this meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/confused-nick-young).) On Tuesday, for the Warriors’ Championship parade in Oakland, Young got ready to turn up and celebrate his first parade as an NBA Champ, by arriving [shirtless a la JR Smith](http://time.com/4385992/j-r-smith-flawlessly-responds-to-president-obama-saying-he-should-put-on-a-shirt/), save for a bathrobe and with a lit cigar in hand, much to the delight of Golden State fans. Young and fellow shirtless player JaVale McGee were so popular with fans, in fact, that the parade actually stopped while they made their way through the crowd. > [](https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1006609633362960384) > [](https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1006610887602368512) As might be expected, Young and McGee’s parade looks were a big hit online, where Twitter was quick to offer their overwhelming support to their celebrating. > [](https://twitter.com/scottbudman/status/1006592625367896064) > [](https://twitter.com/kelleycatt/status/1006597936296280064) > [](https://twitter.com/THBevilacqua/status/1006609917543759872) Swaggy P wasn’t the only player with a notable look, however; Steph Curry also made a splash when he showed up in two hats, a practical straw sun hat and a “Run TMC” snapback that paid homage to another era of great Warriors basketball. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCSWarriors/status/1006594100219408384) And Jordan Bell became the fans’ unofficial champion when he exited a parade float to drink Hennessy with a fan. > [](https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/1006618364373069824) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5310339/warriors-nba-2018-parade-swaggy-p-nick-young-shirtless/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5310339/warriors-nba-2018-parade-swaggy-p-nick-young-shirtless/"},"headline":"No One Is Enjoying Being an NBA Champion More Than Nick Young in a Bathrobe","datePublished":"2018-06-12T20:36:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:23.253Z","description":"Swaggy P is now an NBA champion","url":"https://time.com/5310339/warriors-nba-2018-parade-swaggy-p-nick-young-shirtless/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b40d48fe1929ff/698932e27cdbacfdb9d5d225/nick-young-warriors-championship-parade-shirtless.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b40d48fe1929ff/698932e27cdbacfdb9d5d225/nick-young-warriors-championship-parade-shirtless.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 NBA Finals - Game Four","caption":"2018 NBA Finals - Game Four","creditText":"Chris Elise—NBAE/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5310339/warriors-nba-2018-parade-swaggy-p-nick-young-shirtless/","name":"No One Is Enjoying Being an NBA Champion More Than Nick Young in a Bathrobe"}}]}] ```