Because of injuries and turnover problems, after completing the feat of 3 crowns in 5 years, the Warriors have fallen into a trough in the past two seasons, and the team has become a league fish.
But as the team gradually got rid of injuries this season, the Warriors returned to the top of the league, handing over a burst-like bottoming rebound performance at the beginning of the season, and sitting on the league's number one throne in one fell swoop.
In addition to the significant improvement in the state of core players such as Curry and Dream Chaser, the players who have bet on the Warriors in the past few seasons, as well as the new signings introduced in the offseason, have all ushered in a rebirth in the system, which can only be said that the vision of the Warriors management is really admirable.
Warriors owner Lacob's vision is even more so, when he was very young, Lacob was an avid basketball fan, because he spent his childhood in New Belford, Massachusetts, Lacob, who loved basketball, naturally became a Boston Celtics fan very early, and dreamed of one day having a team of his own.
As an ordinary Jewish child, Lacob knew that reading was his only chance to turn around, so he worked hard in reading from an early age, first receiving a bachelor's degree in biological sciences at the University of California, Irvine.
He then earned a master's degree in public health from los Angeles, California, and then chose to pursue an MBA at Stanford University.
This academic background and growth process became the basis for Lacob's subsequent legendary life, and he began to make various venture capital investments around the fields of biological sciences and medical technology that he was familiar with.
After quickly acquiring a lot of wealth, Lacob did not forget his childhood dream and decisively chose to become a minority shareholder of his favorite team, the Green Army.
During his time as a shareholder of the Green Army, the Green Army also won the championship, and Lacob also won the first championship ring in his NBA career.
After tasting the sweetness, Lacob is no longer satisfied with the status of a minority shareholder, he hopes to have a team of his own.
In July 2010, he had an opportunity, and due to years of poor records, the Warriors' income and expenditure were seriously inverted, and no fans were willing to pay for the team again.
Lacob, who has always been keen on "big gambles" and "venture capital", saw an opportunity, and he chose to join forces with his partner, Guber, the founder of Mandalay Pictures, to eventually buy the Golden State Warriors for $450 million.
From the current point of view, Lacob really made a lot of money, but in fact, the warriors' situation was extremely bad at that time, and Forbes only gave a market value estimate of $350 million.
So, at the time, Lacob's $450 million was worth far more than the Warriors, after all, the biggest star in the lineup at the time was only Montaellis.
Curry, who will shine in the future, is still only a second-year freshman at this time, and his playing style and confrontation ability have been criticized by the outside world, and there is a certain risk of injury.
But that all changed when Lacob took over, and the team decisively cleared Montaellis and straightened out Curry, the skinny defender.
Since then, the team has successively selected Clay, Dream, Barnes, and changed back to core players such as Iguodala, after several years of short run-in, the Warriors soared, completing the feat of 5 years and 3 crowns, and the team's market value has also increased.
And since then, Lacob has not been short-sighted, but has paid the league's highest luxury tax every year to ensure the competitiveness of the team as much as possible, which has allowed the team to get greater honors and gradually become one of the league's golden signs.
In Sportico's latest valuation, the Warriors' market value has risen to an exaggerated $6.03 billion, further narrowing the gap with the top Knicks, who occupy the first place in the league's valuation with $6.12 billion.
This means that Lacob has earned more than 10 times the return on the market value alone, and this time the Warriors have increased by 16%, ranking second in the league, second only to the Clippers at 20%.
In addition, the Warriors have been the most profitable team in the league for the past few years, with revenue (474 million) and profit (200 million) pushing the Knicks to the top of the league last season, and this revenue has also brought more than $1 billion in returns to Lacob in the past eleven years.
As a result, Lacob spent $450 million to take over the trough Warriors from 2010, and he has made at least $6.5 billion in returns over the past 11 years.
And the Warriors' future is destined to be better, because Klay is about to return from his recovery, Curry is still at his peak, and the team's future layout for Cuminga, Moody and Wiseman.
As long as the Warriors move forward steadily, the future surpasses the Knicks and become the most expensive team in the league is just around the corner.