BUT WAIT, THERE'S EVEN MORE!!! Lacob initially wanted to hire Stan Van Gundy, but Van Gundy turned down the job. Then they wanted to hire the Israel dude that was just fired from the Cavs. The stupid Knicks lowball Steve Kerr, so Kerr ended up with the Warriors because Knicks tried to lowball Kerr This is not Lacob being smart, this is being dumb and lucky http://nypost.com/2014/05/16/whyd-the-knicks-miss-out-on-steve-kerr-jax-was-cheap/ The Post has learned Jackson’s initial offer to Kerr was a lowball of three years, $13.2 million. That offer stuck for more than a week before the Warriors got involved Tuesday. Kerr wound up agreeing to terms with Golden State on a five-year, $22 million contract — not the $25 million that was widely reported. Had the Knicks originally offered Kerr five years, $22 million — $4.4 million a year — he probably would have closed the deal before Golden State could reenter the fray. Jackson only bumped the offer to four years in response to Golden State’s offer. A source said Kerr wasn’t moving across the country for less money than the Warriors were offering. The Knicks have insisted Jackson, not owner James Dolan, handled the negotiations. Kerr never spoke to Dolan during the process, meeting with general manager Steve Mills and basketball operations director Jamie Mathews. The Warriors had preferred Stan Van Gundy, who wound up in Detroit.
Can u argue with the results tho? Five years ago the dubs as a franchise was no diff than your bucks or Pistons. They had never had a winning culture, to a point TMC and Rick Barry were the only things they're proud of. Flip a switch, and they now have the winningest team in history on top of shattering records after records. Yes the guy is bragging and feeling proud, but you wonder why no team had ever come close to accomplishing the stuff he is achieving now. He is trying to remind you that "it is not luck, guys", and I can totally give him that.
Do you really give a **** what Joe Lacob says? Nobody in the Bay Area does. He's a little Napoleon-complex having twat, so of course he's going to mouth off, even if he got lucky.
Anyone who thinks that "luck" downplays what the Warriors are doing is an idiot. Luck is an inherent part of any business anywhere. It doesn't matter how lucky any of the Warrior's management got.
Now that the Warriors have escaped the classic trap game, I think there's a super high chance they break the record. Nothing's certain when you can only afford 2 losses--the Warriors and Spurs haven't suffered back-to-back losses this season which, if either team keeps it up, would be the first time in history even one team has ever done that...but usually, back-to-back losses are far from unusual. But I'd think the Warriors now have at least an 85-90% chance to break the record.
If u mean luck by chance, then everything under the sun involves luck. Lacob does have a point and some of your examples just proves it... Like, that's why he hired basketball ppl like West, AND LISTENS to him? These are all business decisions. Like hiring the right personnels. In a coaching search, you simply have to survey the market and choose one from the pool. Like drafting or any business decisions, you have an idea what you want, you still must pick one from what's available. It's called due diligence. The Kerr case simply means Lacob VALUED KERR more than any others at the time. He's a rookie coach and that salary he offered was unheard of. On Ellis vs Curry, Ellis was hard to let go for the owner because they had developed really close friendship, and their obvious future had the glass ankle which could easily end up on Brandon Roy's path. They got lucky in this one cos bucks didn't want to gamble on the ankle, but it is also to Warriors' credit to free up the guard spot if they're to at least take the chance to run with Curry's health. And they appear to have done a lot on the injury prevention since. The org did very well here, u can't argue with that. Their choices reflect what they value. If it's all luck then why hasn't other teams randomly just win a champ from time to time?
Luck on Lacob's part perhaps, though even that isn't completely fair. He was overruled on the Thompson/Love deal precisely because he's put in place a "council of equals" structure...the very structure he's bragging on. I agree that his bragging is a bit much, but from what I've read of the Warriors' front office, it sounds very well put together with a great process for collaborative decision-making. I wish the Rockets were owned by Lacob with Bob Meyers and Jerry West in the front office and Steve Kerr as coach, all discussing decisions together.
It's all Jerry West actually. I'll give him credit to hiring Jerry West because he overrules the Owner and the GM and thank god if you're a Warriors fan that West is running the team
Bill Simmons mentioned it on his podcast but if that Warriors finish 74-8 (possible), and then go 16-2 in playoffs (not likely but possible), they will be 90-10 for the season. That's insane. And it's still possible.
The cool thing is that if the Warriors break the record, they'll have single-digit losses for the season. There's no "round number" associated with this record, but being the only team with a single-digit loss season would be incredible.
In a way the Bulls were the "unlucky" all-time best teams. They tended to lose 1-point games towards the end of the season. For two seasons! The Warriors losses otoh were youth losses, lapses and fatigue etc. even the lone statement loss @spurs was a schedule and fatigue loss. They did however eek out a few lucky wins against bottom feeders. That just shows they're unbeatable when locked in!
Of course it's luck. We were lucky to win the coin flip and get Sampson. We were lucky again to get Olajuwon.We were lucky to get the reluctant Rudy T to agree to coach. We were lucky to win the lottery and get Yao. We were lucky that Orlando wanted to trade TMac. We were lucky that OKC wanted to trade Harden. We were lucky that Howard had a bad experience in LA and wanted out. It's all luck. By your logic, nobody should get credit for anything. In fact, every time a player hit a shot, it's luck.
