The Golden State Warriors have won three of the past four NBA titles—and, if we're being real, they should have won the last four. But somehow the team managed to get even better this summer, adding center DeMarcus Cousins on a one-year, $5.3 million deal. Furthermore, the Warriors are "still really hungry," according to team owner Joe Lacob.
In an interview with The Athletic, Lacob spoke on the backlash he and the team faced after acquiring Boogie.
"There's a lot of market inefficiencies in the NBA," Lacob said of the system that allowed Golden State to add the four-time All-Star. "Other teams could have gotten Cousins, but they didn't. There's always going to be some sort of opportunity, some inefficiency, I believe."
Then Lacob sent out a warning message to the rest of the league.
"We're still really hungry," Lacob said. "That's what people should be worried about if they're going to be worried about anything."
Can the season start tomorrow?
Lacob is a successful venture capitalist and partner at Kleiner Perkins. A longtime Warriors season ticket holder, Lacob—along with Peter Guber and a group of minority investors—purchased the Warriors from Chris Cohan for $450 million in 2010.
Aside from the Cousins signing and Kevin Durant arguing with teens on Instagram, the Warriors have had a relatively uneventful offseason. This summer comes on the heels of Golden State's second straight NBA Finals victory against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Steph Curry recently told Complex why that title victory was the hardest one yet.
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