LongTimeListener
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He hired a good personnel guy. Doesn't mean he deserves as much credit for their success as he's claiming.
They'll go the way of every other team as soon as Curry et al are done. Lacob will still be thre and they will not be what they are now.
He paid what everyone said was way too much for the franchise. He hired a general manager who had never worked for a team before and has hired two coaches who were never coaches. He turned around the culture, which can be a nebulous word but in this case meant a toxic atmosphere for 20 years that prevented any player from ever wanting to go there.
Curry alone wouldn't be doing this any more than LeBron alone could win a championship in Cleveland.
Jerry West has undoubtedly been a huge part of the success. But Lacob listening to West is a huge part of it too. Imagine what the Cowboys would be if Jerry Jones listened to a Hall of Fame personnel guy.
Anyway he has turned this $450 million investment into a $2 billion property, and his team is finishing one of the two best two-year stretches in the history of the league. Probably just luck.
I'm sure you bench all day about owners who do everything wrong. Do any of them ever do anything right?