Flint Mayor Karen Weaver proclaims today JaVale McGee Day and gives a copy of the proclamation to Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee, a Flint native and NBA champion who brought home the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy, on a homecoming tour Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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FLINT, Mich. (AP) - The city of Flint has honored native son JaVale McGee for helping the Golden State Warriors win the 2017 NBA Championship.
McGee was celebrated Wednesday with assemblies at two schools, then a parade and a program on the lawn of City Hall, where Flint Mayor Karen Weaver proclaimed the day to be JaVale McGee Day.
The Flint Journal reports McGee brought the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy with him.
Weaver told McGee that for him to bring the championship celebration home to Flint "is just a wonderful opportunity for the community, and you see all of the kids that are here to celebrate you."
The 7-foot Javale McGee averaged 6.1 points and 3.2 rebounds playing 9.6 minutes in 77 games with 10 starts while shooting a career-best 65.2 percent.
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Information from: The Flint Journal, http://www.mlive.com/flint
Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee walks underneath the arches on Saginaw Street onto the lawn at City Hall carrying the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy during a homecoming parade in honor of being an NBA champion Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Fourth graders reach for a signed basketball from Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee as it lands in the laps of Alannah Gray and Krystal Wilson, both 9, at International Academy of Flint, where McGee attended middle school, as he tours his hometown with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy during a homecoming for the NBA champion on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee and the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy stand on Saginaw Street underneath the city's downtown arches in front of City Hall during his homecoming tour in honor of being an NBA champion Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee, his mother and WNBA Hall of Famer Pam McGee and sister Imani Boyette cruise northbound on Saginaw Street with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy during a homecoming parade in honor of being an NBA champion Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee shows off as his mother Pam McGee, a Flint basketball legend and former WNBA basketball Hall of Famer, calls him out for being a goofy student when she taught middle school when he was a young kid, while the duo speaks to hundreds of students at International Academy of Flint during his homecoming tour with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee smiles as his reflection appears in the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy during a homecoming parade in honor of being an NBA champion Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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