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The Golden State Warriors’ offseason has been an eventful one. Before free agency even officially began, the Warriors were named as potential landing spot for Paul George, and then after reported plans fell through with that, the Warriors bid farewell to longtime player Klay Thompson. And although the Warriors have done well in signing a few role players since then, reported trade talks with the Utah Jazz for Lauri Markkanen have seemingly reached an impasse, and Golden State owner Joe Lacob may be unhappy with the Jazz’s asking price.
Lacob, the majority owner of the Warriors, spoke about the team’s offseason on a recent episode of The Athletic NBA Show’s Hoops Adjacent with David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson. Lacob opened up about Thompson’s departure and his thinking going into the offseason, but the most interesting thing he mentioned may have been a slight callout of “illogical” teams when trying to make trades.
“There are 3 ways to get better in this league: One is to draft, building through the draft; another is free agency; and the final one is trades,” Lacob said. “And trades are the hardest. It’s very, very hard to pull off trades because everyone wants to prove how — these GMs — how smart they are. It’s true. And they want to impress their owners; sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t.
