Joe Lacob: "Warriors Light-Years Ahead Of Every Other Team In Structure, Planning"

[Chef Curry]

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The Golden State Warriors could break the all-time regular season wins record as they work to defend their title.
Joe Lacob believes the Warriors' results are a product of their master plan.
“The great, great venture capitalists who built company after company, that’s not an accident,” he said. “And none of this is an accident, either.”
Lacob believes the Warriors are playing in a more sophisticated way than the rest of the NBA.
“We’ve crushed them on the basketball court, and we’re going to for years because of the way we’ve built this team,” he said. But what really set the franchise apart, he said, was the way it operated as a business. “We’re light-years ahead of probably every other team in structure, in planning, in how we’re going to go about things,” he said. “We’re going to be a handful for the rest of the NBA to deal with for a long time.”
Lacob bought the Warriors in 2010 and used his experience in the world of venture capital to create the structure of the franchise.
“In venture capital, I started 70 companies,” he told me. “I also watched my partners’ deals, maybe 200 of them. That’s a lot of companies. I thought about the way we design a board of directors, the way we design the financing. There’s an architecture to it. And I started thinking about the architecture I would use when I owned and built my own team someday.”
It certainly helps to have a player of the caliber of Stephen Curry, but Lacob sees the success of one of the league's most transcendent players as part of the entire infrastructure.
“It’s not just Steph Curry,” said Lacob. “It’s architecting a team, a style of play, the way they all play together. It’s all extremely thought through.”

[Chef Curry]

It's funny because it's true :lol




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[daslicer]

This guy has always come across to me as nutty especially when he cursed out the Warriors at halftime of the Lakers game that they eventually lost. He's delusional he probably believes the Warriors are going to go on some Russell Celtics type of run. Whenever the Warriors are dethroned this guy will have a meltdown of epic proportions. Warriors are going to be great train wreck material once they go down.

[Chris]

This guy has always come across to me as nutty especially when he cursed out the Warriors at halftime of the Lakers game that they eventually lost. He's delusional he probably believes the Warriors are going to go on some Russell Celtics type of run. Whenever the Warriors are dethroned this guy will have a meltdown of epic proportions. Warriors are going to be great train wreck material once they go down.

It's funny because it's true :lol

[daslicer]

It's funny because it's true :lol

It's funny because in the end he's going to end up looking stupid.The ceiling of this team is possibly 3 titles but he's probably expected 9 or 10. This guy will blow a gasket once the Warriors are dethroned.

[SupremeGuy]

It's funny because it's true :lol:lol

[Spurtacular]

Warriors are light years ahead of the other teams in faggotry, tbh.

[William Hung]

Warriors are light years ahead of the other teams in faggotry, tbh.

:lol

[Seventyniner]

Yet another person thinking that a combination of skill and luck is instead all skill. I bet Lacob is a terrible poker player.

[baseline bum]

LOL I remember articles like this about Krause and Reinsdorf back in the Bulls heyday. They're winning because Stephen Curry is the greatest shooter in league history and because they have put some nice athletes around him. Joe Lacob acting like he's the one out there chasing 73 wins is pathetic.

[UZER]

Jerry Jones

[apalisoc_9]

Wcf wins is only going to be sweeter...

[Benoit]

Hes stating the obvious

The only comparable franchise is the Spurs but they had to tank to get their franchise player who was an obvious #1 pick out of college

In terms of starting from scratch, the Dubs are unmatched

[spursistan]

@RD2191 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42690) said it best: who these faggots think they are, tbh? :lol Spurs have been doing it for 20 years and these faggots are talking smack after a cakewalk run to title...

I have mentioned in another thread, i would have no problem losing in the Finals just to see us humble these fuckers in wcf..

[Kawhitstorm]

In terms of starting from scratch, the Dubs are unmatched

How is it from "scratch" when Iggy is the Finals MVP & Bogut is the starting center?:lol (OKC would be a MUCH better example)

[Benoit]

How is it from "scratch" when Iggy is the Finals MVP?:lol

Because Joe Lacob directly recruited and wanted Iggy

His talent was rotting away in Denver where they werent utilizing him properly

This franchise sees things that others dont

Players like Barbosa and Speights and Livingston appeared to be finished in the eyes of the other NBA franchises

[Kawhitstorm]

Because Joe Lacob directly recruited and wanted Iggy

So, the 2008-12 Celtics were built from scratch?:lmao

[Benoit]

So, the 2008-12 Celtics were built from scratch?:lmao

lmao youre comparing a team with 3 free agents as their core to a team that has a foundation of drafted players(Steph, Klay and Dray) and had the vision to surround them with established free agents??

yes thats clearly starting from scratch

[Kawhitstorm]

lmao youre comparing a team with 3 free agents as their core to a team that has a foundation of drafted players(Steph, Klay and Dray) and had the vision to surround them with established free agents??

yes thats clearly starting from scratch

So, the current Spurs would be considering "built from scratch" if say LMA wins Finals MVP aka "built not bought"?:lol

[Kawhitstorm]

LOL I remember articles like this about Krause and Reinsdorf back in the Bulls heyday. They're winning because Stephen Curry is the greatest shooter in league history and because they have put some nice athletes around him. Joe Lacob acting like he's the one out there chasing 73 wins is pathetic.

Mitch/Jim were crowned the "best in the league" in the late 2000s after the Pau trade all the way through the Dwight trade then look what happened when MVPau fell off (reverted back to the post-Shaq/pre-Pau era).:lol

[nowitzkikopf]

fwiw Lacob is a gigantic ass-hole, anyone in the VC space knows this

[Benoit]

fwiw Lacob is a gigantic ass-hole, anyone in the VC space knows this

You probably think he's an asshole because he hired the first openly homosexual president in pro sports

Typical Texan Spurs or Mavs fan

[lebomb]

Come back and talk to us in say....... 15yrs. Dont blow your man batter after only 2yrs of success. LOL

[hsxvvd]

Come back and talk to us in say....... 15yrs. Dont blow your man batter after only 2yrs of success. LOL

This.

[Spurs9]

Wcf wins is only going to be sweeter...
Yup, the warriors level of ego and cockiness is hilarious.

[sook]

Took it a bit too far...did he forget about the other top team in the WC? The one that has been winning for what...2 decades now?

I don't know if that was deliberate, but the spurs are the best run organization in all of sports, no way Lacob ignores that.

[Benoit]

Spurs benefit a lot from playing in a small market

Imagine Tony Parker banging a teammates wife in a big market?? lmao thats worse than what D'Angelo Russell did and nobody talks about it other than hardcore NBA fans

[Chris]

Spurs benefit a lot from playing in a small market

Imagine Tony Parker banging a teammates wife in a big market?? lmao thats worse than what D'Angelo Russell did and nobody talks about it other than hardcore NBA fans

Brent wasn't on the team and was separated from said wife. Parker simply utilized the MAC system.

[I. Hustle]

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[Raven]

aren't these the guys who were paying andris biedrins and david lee close to max money for years until last year?

[Obstructed_View]

Venture ven·ture ˈ/ven(t)SHər/
noun

1. A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
"pioneering ventures into little-known waters"

If your plan hinged on Andrew Bogut and Stef Curry to stay healthy through two seasons, you don't deserve a trophy for planning, but you fit the definition of a venture capitalist.

[140]

Brent wasn't on the team and was separated from said wife. Parker simply utilized the MAC system.

:lol

[nowitzkikopf]

You probably think he's an asshole because he hired the first openly homosexual president in pro sports

Typical Texan Spurs or Mavs fan

lmao, bay area native, german born. happen to appreciate what the spurs have done for the last 15 years. go back to rooting for the lakers.

[FromWayDowntown]

I love Warriors "fans" who act as though nothing of significance happened in the NBA before 2014.

They make the real GST fans -- who supported that team when it was total garbage -- look bad.

[nickdakoolkat]

I don't think he is talking about just basketball when he says they are lightyears ahead. He is talking about the whole package including the business/marketing side, he has a vision of making the new Arena in SF a place where you can not only go watch great basketball but also enjoy good food, drinks, shopping, and nightlife. I think he is an egotistical mad man, but most extremely rich people are so whatever. I can tell you one thing he is so much better than the previous ownership, and definitely better then most other NBA owners IMO

[Benoit]

I don't think he is talking about just basketball when he says they are lightyears ahead. He is talking about the whole package including the business/marketing side, he has a vision of making the new Arena in SF a place where you can not only go watch great basketball but also enjoy good food, drinks, shopping, and nightlife. I think he is an egotistical mad man, but most extremely rich people are so whatever. I can tell you one thing he is so much better than the previous ownership, and definitely better then most other NBA owners IMO

Amen brother

Not to mention we are ahead of everybody in analytics and physical training of players

[sook]

^stfu :lol

[K...]

no warrior fan is going to bring up brent barry lol. The old school fans won't give a shit and the new bandwagon fans won't remember that far. Thus QED we have a Laker troll trying to stay relevant.

[nickdakoolkat]

no warrior fan is going to bring up brent barry lol. The old school fans won't give a shit and the new bandwagon fans won't remember that far. Thus QED we have a Laker troll trying to stay relevant.

What does brent barry have to do with the warriors? Other than having a dad who was one of the best nba players of all time...

[spankadelphia]

Management didn't make Curry a walking cheat code.

[Baseline21]

Amen brother

Not to mention we are ahead of everybody in analytics and physical training of players
So you're ahead of everyone from a physical training stand point? If I do recall steph missed a lot of games in his career so far because of weak ankles. It's just a matter of time before he gets grant hills ankles. Lol

[Ghazi]

They're barely ahead of the Spurs.

[Spurs9]

They're barely ahead of the Spurs.
And how many games have our starters been rested along the way. Has curry/klay/green rested any games this season? Our bench have beaten teams this season.

[Thread]

And how many games have our starters been rested along the way. Has curry/klay/green rested any games this season? Our bench have beaten teams this season.

And now you've have to face starting in California. You made that choice.

[Kawhitstorm]

Venture ven·ture ˈ/ven(t)SHər/
noun
1. A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
"pioneering ventures into little-known waters"


If your plan hinged on Andrew Bogut and Stef Curry to stay healthy through two seasons, you don't deserve a trophy for planning, but you fit the definition of a venture capitalist.

Actually, they are referred to as VULTURE capitalist.:lol

[140]

:lmao


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[Spurs9]

Beat me to this bump tbh

[ElNono]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[140]

:lmao


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[MultiTroll]

It's funny because it's true :lol
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[SuperCam]

Faggot didn't realize there was another hebe in this series for Silverwitcz to help win the series :lol

[spursistan]

great bump :lol

Eat shit.. now..

[Splits]

It's funny because it's true :lol




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:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

Light-years ahead in choking, too.

[Mikeanaro]

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[resistanze]

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props to djohn tbh...this gif will make rounds to everyone at work for tomorrow....

[Sean Cagney]

Show up now Chefsteviejohnson, it's only right. You ran your mouth all year, pay the piper.

[AlexJones]

No one to blame but Kerr. Warriors peaked under Walton.

[Kawhitstorm]

Amen brother

Not to mention we are ahead of everybody in analytics and physical training of players

:lmao

[Ice009]

They're so far ahead that they just decided to skip winning the Championship this year and go straight ahead to retooling.

[ezau]

They're so far ahead that they just decided to skip winning the Championship this year and go straight ahead to retooling.

Oh my God, :lol

[spursistan]

They're so far ahead that they just decided to skip winning the Championship this year and go straight ahead to retooling.
:lmao

[spursistan]

744723535457820673

I can only imagine their shadenfreude last night..

[DMC]

The loss doesn't change the fact that the Warriors have built a team that the entire league worked all season to try to figure out. If Bogut stays upright and Green doesn't go full blown Zulu, they'd be toting another. Same team that kicked the living shit out of us more than once this season. Just a few points and it all would be different, and Lebron would be the fuck toy, and all of you would pretend the Warriors decimated the Cavs.

[daslicer]

The loss doesn't change the fact that the Warriors have built a team that the entire league worked all season to try to figure out. If Bogut stays upright and Green doesn't go full blown Zulu, they'd be toting another. Same team that kicked the living shit out of us more than once this season. Just a few points and it all would be different, and Lebron would be the fuck toy, and all of you would pretend the Warriors decimated the Cavs.

You can apply that rational to any team in NBA history that has come close to winning. A few more points in '04,'06,'13 and the Spurs have 8 championships instead of 5.

[DMC]

You can apply that rational to any team in NBA history that has come close to winning. A few more points in '04,'06,'13 and the Spurs have 8 championships instead of 5.

I didn't say the Cavs didn't deserve it or that the Warriors did. I said the difference isn't as great as all the bandwagon stupidity makes it out to be. For sure the Splash Brothers weren't up to the task, for whatever reason, but pretending that 4 point difference says something about Kerr or the Warriors is ludicrous. It says something about Lebron and the Cavs. Last year they had 2 of their big 3 out. This year the Warriors had to suffer losses. The pendulum swung. It doesn't say a lot about either team we didn't already know.

I've explained the 3-1 comeback. Bogut went down. There was not another win after that. That's because what Curry and Klay do on the perimeter is fueled in large part by having a huge moving screen named Bogut, and by having a defender in the paint so they can hide Curry on someone besides Lebron. Mo and Festus together can't carry Bogut's jock strap.

[Budkin]

So many years of light.

[xellos88330]

They're so far ahead that they just decided to skip winning the Championship this year and go straight ahead to retooling.

Savage!!!

[Perry Mason]

I didn't say the Cavs didn't deserve it or that the Warriors did. I said the difference isn't as great as all the bandwagon stupidity makes it out to be. For sure the Splash Brothers weren't up to the task, for whatever reason, but pretending that 4 point difference says something about Kerr or the Warriors is ludicrous. It says something about Lebron and the Cavs. Last year they had 2 of their big 3 out. This year the Warriors had to suffer losses. The pendulum swung. It doesn't say a lot about either team we didn't already know.

I've explained the 3-1 comeback. Bogut went down. There was not another win after that. That's because what Curry and Klay do on the perimeter is fueled in large part by having a huge moving screen named Bogut, and by having a defender in the paint so they can hide Curry on someone besides Lebron. Mo and Festus together can't carry Bogut's jock strap.

Would this be the same Bogut that averaged a whopping 12 minutes in the finals?

[lebomb]

I didn't say the Cavs didn't deserve it or that the Warriors did. I said the difference isn't as great as all the bandwagon stupidity makes it out to be. For sure the Splash Brothers weren't up to the task, for whatever reason, but pretending that 4 point difference says something about Kerr or the Warriors is ludicrous. It says something about Lebron and the Cavs. Last year they had 2 of their big 3 out. This year the Warriors had to suffer losses. The pendulum swung. It doesn't say a lot about either team we didn't already know.

I've explained the 3-1 comeback. Bogut went down. There was not another win after that. That's because what Curry and Klay do on the perimeter is fueled in large part by having a huge moving screen named Bogut, and by having a defender in the paint so they can hide Curry on someone besides Lebron. Mo and Festus together can't carry Bogut's jock strap.

Then what the hell about last year playuh? Cleveland had no Kyrie, or Love.....no Dick Jefferson either (chuckles). You can't bring up players missing and get sympathy. That shit didnt matter last season, or any other finals before when people were missing. That is basketball, deal with it.

[DMC]

Would this be the same Bogut that averaged a whopping 12 minutes in the finals?

Yes thus the loss. Nice work Sherlock. He went out near the beginning of the 2nd half in game 5. If you factor in .5 games for that he actually averaged closer to 18 minutes, slightly off pace from his 18.4 mpg from last year's Finals.

Box score watchers will box score watch though. Stay strong.

[DMC]

Then what the hell about last year playuh? Cleveland had no Kyrie, or Love.....no Dick Jefferson either (chuckles). You can't bring up players missing and get sympathy. That shit didnt matter last season, or any other finals before when people were missing. That is basketball, deal with it.
And they lost.


Next?

[AFMadison]

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[spursistan]

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I don't believe in karma, but boy is this jerk bringing shit on himself and the team? :lol

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[Kawhitstorm]

I've explained the 3-1 comeback. Bogut went down. There was not another win after that. That's because what Curry and Klay do on the perimeter is fueled in large part by having a huge moving screen named Bogut, and by having a defender in the paint so they can hide Curry on someone besides Lebron. Mo and Festus together can't carry Bogut's jock strap.

Bogut was BENCHED for Ezeli in the 2015 Finals after the Cavs went up 2-1 by essentially attacking him in every PnR. He played a grand total of ZERO minutes in the finals 3 games which were all wins for the Duds.:lol

[Perry Mason]

Yes thus the loss. Nice work Sherlock. He went out near the beginning of the 2nd half in game 5. If you factor in .5 games for that he actually averaged closer to 18 minutes, slightly off pace from his 18.4 mpg from last year's Finals.

Box score watchers will box score watch though. Stay strong.

Your math is way off. It's embarrassing really. Half a game of 6 minutes leads to changing an avg from 12 to 18? Do you even read what you write?

Also, you say "thus the loss", but that is a conclusion. Got any reasoning for that conclusion? Beyond the vanilla "Bogut protects the rim."

Let's not also forget that Bogut's recent health is an outlier and the guy is always close to injury. By your logic, the Bulls should be the finals winner but for the D Rose injury.

[Killakobe81]

Your math is way off. It's embarrassing really. Half a game of 6 minutes leads to changing an avg from 12 to 18? Do you even read what you write?

Also, you say "thus the loss", but that is a conclusion. Got any reasoning for that conclusion? Beyond the vanilla "Bogut protects the rim."

Let's not also forget that Bogut's recent health is an outlier and the guy is always close to injury. By your logic, the Bulls should be the finals winner but for the D Rose injury.

This should be good.
DMC does not take kindly to being challenged.
Kid is a fighter and his words are sharp (but not always his takes) they cut like a GINSU. :corn:

[Thread]

This should be good.
DMC does not take kindly to being challenged.

And it doesn't stand to reason because he never admits to being wrong anyway.

[DMC]

Bogut was BENCHED for Ezeli in the 2015 Finals after the Cavs went up 2-1 by essentially attacking him in every PnR. He played a grand total of ZERO minutes in the finals 3 games which were all wins for the Duds.:lol

Too bad time moves the other direction.

[DMC]

Your math is way off. It's embarrassing really. Half a game of 6 minutes leads to changing an avg from 12 to 18? Do you even read what you write?

Also, you say "thus the loss", but that is a conclusion. Got any reasoning for that conclusion? Beyond the vanilla "Bogut protects the rim."

Let's not also forget that Bogut's recent health is an outlier and the guy is always close to injury. By your logic, the Bulls should be the finals winner but for the D Rose injury.

Half of Game 5.

The 18 number was wrong. He would have been closer to 13.5

Either way you have to factor in that he only played half a game but the mpg considers only that he played in that game.

W
W
L
W
Bogut out (score 64/67 Cavs)
L
L
L


Warriors lose next three games in historical fashion.

Bogut is a big moving screen. Guys cannot get around him to contest Curry or Klay fast enough and Bogut is a great passer. Festus was a liability.

There's a reason we beat them in SA when Bogut and Iggy were out.



Game 5

Can you see where Bogut went out? I can.

http://stats-prod.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/06/RECAP_LEAD-TRACKER.png

[Kawhitstorm]

Too bad time moves the other direction.

Except your the one trying to recreate the games based on hypotheticals.:lmao

They lost, DEAL WITH IT!:baby

[Obstructed_View]

I didn't say the Cavs didn't deserve it or that the Warriors did. I said the difference isn't as great as all the bandwagon stupidity makes it out to be. For sure the Splash Brothers weren't up to the task, for whatever reason, but pretending that 4 point difference says something about Kerr or the Warriors is ludicrous. It says something about Lebron and the Cavs. Last year they had 2 of their big 3 out. This year the Warriors had to suffer losses. The pendulum swung. It doesn't say a lot about either team we didn't already know.

I've explained the 3-1 comeback. Bogut went down. There was not another win after that. That's because what Curry and Klay do on the perimeter is fueled in large part by having a huge moving screen named Bogut, and by having a defender in the paint so they can hide Curry on someone besides Lebron. Mo and Festus together can't carry Bogut's jock strap.

I'll say it again: If you're bragging about how you've built your team to crush everyone else, and it all hinges on the health of Andrew Bogut, you aren't playing chess, you're shooting craps.

[Obstructed_View]

And they lost.


Next?

The Dubs had one of the easiest paths to a title in recent memory. Again, not really fertile ground for their owner to be crowing about how far his team is ahead of everyone else.

[DMC]

Except your the one trying to recreate the games based on hypotheticals.:lmao

They lost, DEAL WITH IT!:baby
No I'm not. I'm pointing out facts. Warriors never won a game after Bogut was out, and were doing ok in that game prior to that moment. It's all speculation, and they might have lost anyhow, but Bogut does a lot more for that team than the stat sheets show. Actually the stat sheets do show his contributions if you know how to look.

[Kawhitstorm]

No I'm not. I'm pointing out facts. Warriors never won a game after Bogut was out, and were doing ok in that game prior to that moment. It's all speculation, and they might have lost anyhow, but Bogut does a lot more for that team than the stat sheets show. Actually the stat sheets do show his contributions if you know how to look.

Bogut wouldn't have been able to do anything when LeBron stopped pussy footing, it was proven last season when he run him to the bench.

[DMC]

I'll say it again: If you're bragging about how you've built your team to crush everyone else, and it all hinges on the health of Andrew Bogut, you aren't playing chess, you're shooting craps.
Every NBA success hinges on the health of players. There's a difference between crushing the RS league and crushing the playoffs.

[DMC]

Bogut wouldn't have been able to do anything when LeBron stopped pussy footing, it was proven last season when he run him to the bench.
Lebron just happened to do that midway through game 5.

[Kawhitstorm]

Lebron just happened to do that midway through game 5.

LeBron had 12 points in the first quarter of Gm 5 to lead all players.:wakeup

Gm 1: WORST +/- on the team: -8 in a 15 point win:lmao (Didn't play a second after midway through the 3rd & the Duds pulled away)

Gm 2: Worst +/- among the starters: +10 in a 33 point blowout:lmao (Duds blew the game open when he got benched early in the 3rd)

Gm 3: Couldn't do shyt when LeBron took over the game:sleep

Gm 4: Was absolutely GHOST but the Duds still won on the ROAD.:lol

:hat

[Obstructed_View]

Every NBA success hinges on the health of players.
Exactly. Every NBA success does. Which makes the Warriors no different than anyone else. Yet their owner was bragging about how the system was so next-level over everyone else, but they needed a starting center with a long injury history to be the lynchpin for the whole thing. Doesn't really make them the smartest guys in the room, does it?

[Spurtacular]

Warriors would've still been a 58 plus win team without Bogut, imo. They should've won Game 7 at home without him. They choked though.

[DMC]

Exactly. Every NBA success does. Which makes the Warriors no different than anyone else. Yet their owner was bragging about how the system was so next-level over everyone else, but they needed a starting center with a long injury history to be the lynchpin for the whole thing. Doesn't really make them the smartest guys in the room, does it?
I don't know. No one on that team was a world beater a few years ago. It's not like they stacked. Now that the giant is dead we can poke fun about how little it really was, but it wasn't.

[TDMVPDPOY]

bet yah he also planned 3-1

[siraulo23]

You gotta give props tbh

this dude legit built the culture and structured this team like a boss. Drafts, FAs, Player development, coaching etc... Hes killing it

[HarlemHeat37]

Damn, respect to Joe Lacob, tbh..he knew it all along..

[AlexJones]

sacrified a title to win ~2 more


+++++++EV

should have expected nothing less from a top 10 blackjack player itw

[ambchang]

It was Jerry West.

[siraulo23]

They're so far ahead that they just decided to skip winning the Championship this year and go straight ahead to retooling.

Damn, that retool is worth it

:wow

[Benoit]

unreal man, LYD was in the books before any of us knew

[InRareForm]

This is like basketball inception

[Killakobe81]

This is like basketball inception

Good call out ....

[AlexJones]

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[Thread]

^Pretty accurate comparison.

[ambchang]

Light years ahead and their secret weapon was jerry west? Didn't that guy helped the lakers as a front office guy since the 70s?