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00:00What a boomer-sounding way to start a show.
00:02Let's talk about an email.
00:04Somebody wrote a firmly...
00:05This is so out of your playbook.
00:07Right, an email.
00:07My dad does this.
00:09He writes firmly worded emails to people.
00:11Oh, yeah, that's me.
00:12But this one got a response in two minutes.
00:16That's some serious customer service, Mr. Lacob.
00:19My gosh, what a response time.
00:23How's this make everybody feel?
00:25Honestly, we can do and we will do
00:30pulling apart each of the sentences
00:33that Joe Lacob wrote back to said Warriors fan.
00:37By the way, Lucas, sleuth job.
00:43Find the Warriors fan.
00:47Try.
00:48See if you can find the emailer.
00:51What the hell?
00:52I don't know.
00:53Everything's all blacked out,
00:54so you can't see who it is.
00:56Right.
00:56But let's find the emailer.
00:58There's an SFGate writer, Alex Simon,
01:02who was able...
01:03You can do that noise all you want,
01:05but he actually found him and interviewed him.
01:07He's a Panamanian cruise ship employee.
01:10Okay, great.
01:11Let's find him.
01:12Let's get him on.
01:13I'll reach out to Alex
01:14and see if we can't get a contact.
01:16Great.
01:16Tell him I said hi.
01:17Yeah, I won't.
01:19He's a big Willard fan.
01:21Huge.
01:21So, boy, it goes both ways.
01:24Anyway, so the email goes,
01:26Dear Joe,
01:27please do something about the team.
01:29What does Steph need to do every night to win?
01:31Drop 50?
01:32Team's in need of a real second option.
01:34Jimmy's tools are being underutilized
01:36because he's playing as a power forward
01:38due to the small position players.
01:39We have no true center.
01:40I'm so frustrated.
01:41Thanks.
01:43And then there is actually a first name attached to it.
01:48I'll leave it out.
01:49But anyway, that's a good fan.
01:52Like, that's a measured, smart, simple, direct, basketball.
01:57Non-aggressive.
01:58Yeah.
01:59Like, you don't come off like a lunatic fringe at all.
02:02It's a Warrior fan that was just like,
02:03you know what?
02:04I'm going to take this frustration,
02:06and I'm going to my laptop,
02:08and I'm going to email Joe Lacob.
02:10And Joe Lacob emailed right back.
02:14What do you mean by right back?
02:16Like, two minutes later?
02:17Two minutes later.
02:18That's right back.
02:19Yeah.
02:19Yeah.
02:19Yeah, right back.
02:22Quote,
02:23you can't be as frustrated as me.
02:25I believe that.
02:26Fair.
02:26I believe that from Joe.
02:28Quote,
02:28I'm working on it.
02:30It's complicated.
02:31Style of play.
02:33Coaches' desires regarding players.
02:36League trends.
02:37Jimmy is not the problem.
02:38The teacher in me wants to go.
02:40Those are all sentence fragments.
02:42And he uses a period at the end of them,
02:44so that's a problem.
02:45But we can figure that out later.
02:47It doesn't matter.
02:48And then,
02:50signed,
02:50Joe.
02:51Sent from his iPhone.
02:53So Joe,
02:53like everyone I know,
02:54except for Dan Dibley,
02:56is an iPhone user.
02:58But I think that the real conversation,
03:00we can pick the sentences apart,
03:02such as,
03:03it's complicated.
03:05Style of play.
03:07Coaches' desires regarding,
03:08players.
03:09That's a big one for people.
03:10I get it.
03:11That one's kind of juicy.
03:13League trends.
03:14Jimmy is not the problem.
03:17I mean,
03:18I largely agree with Joe.
03:20And let me start with the cool aspects of this.
03:22The cool aspects,
03:23and I think there are two of them,
03:25is one,
03:26Joe,
03:26really,
03:27we knew this already,
03:28boy,
03:28he really cares about Warriors basketball.
03:30And that is wonderful,
03:32because there are owners out there,
03:34one of them just left the East Bay not too long ago,
03:37they don't care about their fans,
03:39they don't care about,
03:40What do you mean?
03:41You know,
03:42what's the word?
03:44John Fisher.
03:45Fisher,
03:45thank you.
03:46You can always just say,
03:47what's his nuts?
03:47Yeah,
03:48what's his nuts?
03:49John Fisher.
03:50Yeah,
03:50A's guy.
03:51Anyway,
03:52he really cares about Warrior basketball.
03:57And not every owner does.
03:58And so that's wonderful.
04:00And then the second part of this is,
04:01I think the openness and the accessibility is,
04:05that's awesome.
04:06That's wonderful.
04:08To not think that you're too big to respond to this man,
04:13who is frustrated about Warrior basketball.
04:15I would bet that Joe saw that email the same way you and I did.
04:19Hey,
04:19that's kind of smart,
04:20direct.
04:21He's on to something.
04:22Non-threatening.
04:23Right.
04:23Not too crazy.
04:24I'm going to respond to this guy.
04:25Yep.
04:25I think all that's awesome.
04:27Now here's the bigger picture.
04:29Yo,
04:29want your owner thinking this way?
04:32Is this,
04:32and it's not just about Joe.
04:34In a general sense,
04:36and we will take your calls on this,
04:37I think it's a really interesting conversation.
04:41888-957-9570.
04:43Do you want the owner of one of your favorite teams thinking this way?
04:48Because this is where my mind went,
04:50and I mentioned it to you guys earlier on the crossover.
04:54What if that did come from Jed York?
04:56What if that came from Greg Johnson?
04:59I do believe that for many of you,
05:01the response and the thought would be different.
05:03I think your thought would be,
05:06hey,
05:06get out of the sports room,
05:09Jed,
05:10or Greg.
05:11Like,
05:12what are you doing here?
05:13What do you mean?
05:14What do you mean style of play?
05:15What do you mean you're working on it?
05:17It's not your job.
05:18But Joe is very loved.
05:21He's been very successful.
05:23That openness,
05:24that accessibility helps him here.
05:26But it's still,
05:28to me,
05:29a very fair question.
05:31It is concerning to me
05:33when there's a basketball question
05:36and an owner says,
05:37I'm working on it.
05:39I find that to be a little uncomfortable.
05:43That's just me.
05:45I think it's less uncomfortable for me
05:47when it's Joe Lacob
05:48because he's been here for four titles.
05:51And so,
05:52he gets credit for
05:53whatever you want to give him credit for.
05:55Steph was here before him.
05:57Draymond and Clay were here before him.
05:59And Steve Kerr came in.
06:01They moved to the best arena
06:02maybe in the United States.
06:05And, you know,
06:06they've been stacking chips.
06:07And so,
06:07there's a certain amount of it,
06:08I believe,
06:09that you have to give him credit for.
06:11Does that mean that he has full license
06:13to talk about,
06:14I'm going to fix it?
06:15That's where it kind of hits me
06:16in a little bit of a way.
06:18And also,
06:19his comment about,
06:21you know,
06:21coaches are going to play
06:22who they want to play,
06:23basically to paraphrase.
06:24And that's one where
06:25it feels a little bit like,
06:28you know,
06:28he's throwing Steve Kerr
06:29kind of under the bus
06:30where, you know,
06:31Steve Kerr coaches
06:33are going to do what they do.
06:34And, yeah,
06:35maybe that's not exactly
06:36what he wants to have happen.
06:40No doubt.
06:41Everybody's resume,
06:43like,
06:44it affects things.
06:46The way we see people,
06:47the way we react to people,
06:49you know what I mean?
06:50It's sort of like the example
06:51we've used before
06:52about your family.
06:54Like,
06:54if you heard about somebody
06:55acting up at school,
06:56but it's your kid,
06:58you're going to be like,
06:58oh, well,
06:59I'm going to see
07:00that kid's side of the story.
07:01If you hear someone else's
07:02kids doing it,
07:02you'd be like,
07:03that little punk,
07:04a little jerk.
07:05So, like,
07:06Joe has earned that.
07:07And I understand that.
07:09At the same time,
07:11you have employed
07:13a lot of really,
07:15really smart basketball people,
07:16whether that's Steve Kerr,
07:17Mike Dunleavy,
07:18and then we could go on and on.
07:20The rest of the Warrior staff,
07:21they've all been very successful.
07:23They've all been involved
07:24with championships,
07:26have they not?
07:28So,
07:29when we get to a point like this,
07:32and we hear,
07:32I'm working on it,
07:33and maybe we're,
07:35you know,
07:35maybe we're going a little bit
07:36exact words too much.
07:37Again,
07:38I don't think it's like
07:39a problem that Joe is involved.
07:41Joe's going to be involved.
07:42He has been involved.
07:43That's not a bad thing.
07:45But,
07:45in a general sense,
07:47I don't love
07:49the idea
07:50of,
07:51in times of trouble,
07:52especially
07:53when an owner
07:54sort of decides,
07:56okay,
07:56this is,
07:57this is now on my back.
07:59I'm the one
07:59who's going to go fix
08:00the basketball.
08:02Especially because
08:03if we do want to get into
08:05all of the talent
08:05evaluation stuff,
08:07I mean,
08:08Joe has planted his flag
08:10on a couple of players
08:11that have sunk.
08:12Well,
08:13not that,
08:13I mean,
08:14we think it's true.
08:16Well,
08:16Wiseman,
08:16well,
08:17he's never come out
08:17and said,
08:18like,
08:18I made that pick.
08:20I saved the day.
08:21It's not about
08:21who made the pick,
08:22but he definitely
08:23planted his flag
08:24with Wiseman.
08:25We can talk about
08:27Jonathan Kaminga,
08:28and that to me
08:29becomes the more
08:30like modern
08:31and current question is,
08:33is that what he's
08:34talking about
08:34when he says
08:35coaches' desires
08:36regarding players?
08:37It has to be
08:37one of them,
08:38at least.
08:38Right.
08:39Absolutely.
08:40The coaches' desire
08:40regarding players,
08:42maybe it doesn't
08:42match up with
08:43what Joe Lacob
08:44actually wants.
08:45And that's to where
08:46it becomes
08:47interesting for me
08:47because he might
08:49love Kaminga
08:50more than he wants
08:51Steve Kerr to be here
08:52for the next five years.
08:53And if that's the case,
08:54then,
08:55yes,
08:55Steve Kerr won't be here
08:56into next year,
08:58maybe not even
08:58for the rest of this year.
08:59That feels like a difficult
09:01one for me to think
09:03that they would all
09:04sort of like,
09:04that's the hill
09:05they're going to die on
09:06because they were
09:07trying to trade
09:08Jonathan Kaminga
09:08all offseason.
09:10And Joe would have to.
09:11Right for Kevin Durant.
09:12That's different than,
09:13you know.
09:13They were in at least
09:14substantive talks
09:15with many other teams.
09:17For Malik Monk,
09:18I mean,
09:18that's,
09:19I mean.
09:19But Joe would have
09:20had to have signed
09:21off on the concept.
09:22Right.
09:23Right?
09:23And that to me
09:24is the bigger question here
09:25is what you just said.
09:26Joe would have to
09:27sign off on the concept.
09:28And Joe would also,
09:29if he wanted Kaminga
09:31so badly forever,
09:32he could have walked in
09:33and offered him
09:33the contract
09:34that Jonathan wanted.
09:36Right.
09:36He could have done it.
09:37He didn't do that.
09:38He's a businessman.
09:39So he's not just
09:40going to give a guy,
09:41he's not just going
09:42to shovel money
09:43in a guy
09:43just because he really likes it.
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