When Rick Welts was hired as president of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors in 2011, it was more than a job. It was a dream come true.
Professional sports highest-ranking openly gay executive recently had recently come out while serving as president of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.
Now he was heading to the heavily LGBTQ Bay Area to join his new partner, Todd Gage, and run a storied franchise about to undergo a historic championship run, winning three out of five NBA championships between 2015 and