Joe Lacob on missing out on LeBron: “I think it would’ve been very entertaining for the world at large, the world of basketball. Look at the Olympics, you know, and him and Steph, all that stuff. But he chose to go a different route, and I can’t really tell you why because I don’t really know why.”

I think it would’ve been very entertaining for the world at large, the world of basketball. Look at the Olympics, you know, and him and Steph, all that stuff. But he chose to go a different route, and I can’t really tell you why because I don’t really know why.

EmperorUmi | Lakers

158 | 3 hours ago

He doesn’t know why? lol

LeBron saw the rosters and decided he had a better chance to win in Philly

Evilfart123 | 76ers

47 | 2 hours ago

You’re telling me he doesn’t want to play alongside 13 PPG Pods

braddeus | Heat

3 | an hour ago

If you squint really hard and ignore his talent level he looks just like Austin Reaves

ChessHistory | Bulls

7 | 2 hours ago

If they had gotten AD I think he goes for it but the Wizards shut it down

kamekaze1024

5 | 2 hours ago

I’m not sure he would or should. AD would be the youngest star on that team and he’d easily be most injury prone. Jimmy’s out with a torn ACL, getting a 41 year old and Day to Dayvis is insane

mischief_scallywag

-7 | 2 hours ago

Get On Another Team with star studded team

AdministrationNo312 | San Francisco Warriors

-5 | 2 hours ago

The sixers have a better chance of a title in the east than the warriors in the west.

Julio_Freeman | Hawks

3 | an hour ago

Let’s be honest, they’d have a better chance in the west as well. Warriors had a great run but everything comes to an end eventually.

RoutSpout | Heat

61 | 3 hours ago

Because he wants to win

nbaistheworst

4 | 3 hours ago

Which is way more likely in the conference without the Spurs and OKC

burntpoptartt | 76ers

31 | 3 hours ago

Also Philly’s roster is simply better

nbaistheworst

7 | 2 hours ago

Sure - even Embiid will play more than ACL Jimmy and patella tear Moody

Single_Bar_1836 | Spurs

9 | 2 hours ago

ACL Jimmy > BBL Drizzy

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

-11 | 3 hours ago

only with embiid. And you can’t trust embiid at all.

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

13 | 2 hours ago

You realize VJ would be the Warriors’ second best player right? On this 76ers team he’s their 4th or 5th. Add in Maxey, JB, Simons, and Wade. Embiid is a part of the pie not the sole piece

nba2k11er | Warriors

-4 | 2 hours ago

VJ would be the 4th best Warrior if they were healthy. They aren’t though.

Limp_Screen7405

-8 | 2 hours ago

Brother they’re not doing shit without Embiid be fr

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

5 | 2 hours ago

I’m saying that they’re better without Embiid you’re missing the entire point and bringing in a whole new argument than the one I was replying to

Limp_Screen7405

-2 | 2 hours ago

The point is that Embiid misses a lot of games and they have no other good bigs on the team

Good depth or not, they will be without Embiid for extended stretches

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

-2 | 2 hours ago

issue is they can’t replace embiid. So yeah they have a bunch of great guard play, with no ⁴⁄₅ except lebron. They’ll get crushed on defense.

burntpoptartt | 76ers

0 | 2 hours ago

Even without embiid they’re better.

Maxey > 38yo Curry

Brown > Butler

VJ > Podz

Anfernee > Melton

Draymond > Dean Wade (maybe?)

nba2k11er | Warriors

-4 | 2 hours ago

There’s also Porzingis.

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

-7 | 2 hours ago

Doesn’t matter because sixers team falls apart without embiid. no center, lebron can’t be relied on as a defensive 4. They’ll lose in the 1st or 2nd round without embiid even with all those guys because the team composition is not good, they have no backup cetner. and Curry is sitll better than maxey.

itssensei | Cavaliers

0 | 3 hours ago

But the Hawks are in the East so it evens out 😎

SiphenPrax | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Only team this whole run to scare to shit out of us

Legote

14 | 3 hours ago

Simple, because Joe Lacob can’t decide whether or not he wants to rebuild or win now with Steph, and he made no moves this off season. The whole warriors FO looks confused and lebron not going to waste his last 1-2 years after dealing with the Lakers FO

Kiriegloom | Bulls

2 | an hour ago

The Warriors have no moves. They tried getting AD and he ended up being considered untouchable by the Wizards. Jimmy is old and injured, so it’s gonna be hard to to turn that into something good. Steph and Draymond keep getting older. They’re reaching the end of the line here. I think people should accept that rather than expecting Lacob to pull off a miracle

Legote

2 | an hour ago

They passed on the opportunity to give up 4 picks for Jaylen Brown. There’s more upside trading for Jaylen Brown because they haven’t been good at drafting these last couple of years. Jaylen Brown apparently was the needle that moved for Lebron. He was a Finals MVP, voted 6th in MVP last season and carried a doomed celtics with no tatum to 2nd in the East. Even if Lebron wasn’t in the equation, he was good even after Steph decides to hang it up.

WSTN

10 | 3 hours ago

LeConfused

Gr8CanadianSpeedo | Warriors

4 | 3 hours ago

DiLemma

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

10 | 3 hours ago

Man befuddled because LeBron chose to go to a contender

nbaistheworst

8 | 3 hours ago

Willful ignorance is a bad look

Smooth_Pepper_3967 | Knicks

9 | 3 hours ago

Because your team is ass

Faded_Astronomer23

7 | 3 hours ago

Well look at the roster outside of Steph..

motherthrowee | Warriors

7 | 3 hours ago

LeGhosted

jpausantos

5 | 3 hours ago

GSW is basically a retirement home at this point

MyTeamsSuck99 | Nets

1 | 3 hours ago

taking the mantle from the clippers.

ThinkSoftware | Hawks

3 | 3 hours ago

Joe Lachrymose

slip_and_fall_school | Pelicans

3 | 3 hours ago

Why: because the Warriors roster (even with LeBron) is worse than the 76ers roster.

Would have been fun to see LeBron and Steph doing Olympics things for a year though.

frostfeint3 | Heat

3 | 3 hours ago

I mean… either you have to deal with Draymond Green shit or you deal with Jaylen Brown. Also the way KD legacy got tainted in Warriors? Any ring you won with the Warriors will come with an asterisk. Going to 76ers and helping them win a championship with one of the greatest center, and a hungry Jaylen Brown trying to prove himself? I think I’d choose that too.

Also probably having to play half the season without Butler.. and looking at your center who is as old as you

2020IsANightmare

3 | 2 hours ago

The “ring chasing” bullshit is, of course, fucking stupid.

But, I honestly don’t feel like any player just wants to be on a shitty team.

A team led by Bron/Steph/Dray is a disaster waiting to happen going into the 2026-2027 season.

The Warriors just suck.

Pyromania1983 [OP] | 76ers

2 | 3 hours ago

Maybe because the team is buns outside of old Steph, old Draymond, and old/injured Jimmy?

PointBlank2100

2 | 3 hours ago

I mean.. Bron 42, Big Al 40, Steph 39, Dray 37, Jimmy 37

nbaistheworst

1 | 3 hours ago

Steph is 38, Dray 36, but that’s splitting hairs

PointBlank2100

2 | 3 hours ago

Yeah. Added one because I meant by the time the playoffs start

Few_Citron_5140

2 | 3 hours ago

He’s so confused

imminentjogger5 | Warriors

2 | 3 hours ago

I know why Joe. I know why.

Several_Set_3900

2 | 2 hours ago

Why would he go there to rot

link2video | 76ers

2 | 2 hours ago

LeBron really just wanted to spam “trust the process” more

Samwise777 | Hawks

2 | an hour ago

Lebron only cares about Lebron.

The only interest he had in the Warriors was a Steph team-up and potential title run.

When y’all couldn’t acquire anyone good, he was never going.

Zyrinj | Warriors

2 | an hour ago

Every time Lacob talks about the team, he provides more proof that he knows nothing about basketball aside from being wealthy enough to own the team

Curious_ByStander9 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Joe been giving off a little Jerry Jones vibes last couple of years

SherbertFlaky4303

1 | 3 hours ago

LeMysterious

TheI-Iound

1 | 3 hours ago

he probably didnt want to be that close to Draymond for that long

Jaxboi98

1 | 2 hours ago

suprised he didnt join with just Podz being on the team alone

WetCatMasseuse

1 | 2 hours ago

Not enough help for lebron there

DogAssss69

1 | 2 hours ago

“Dang, why didn’t you trade for my boy, AD?”

streetchemist | CLE

1 | 2 hours ago

He’s ducking yax. That’s why

Tex-Mexican-936 | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

Warriors GM/ownership declined a better offer for Jaylen Brown. With a better offer they could have landed JB and Bron. As a city LeBron would prefer the bay area over Philadelphia; every week Bron could visit his home in LA.

my_twin_towne

1 | an hour ago

Because end of day, even best case scenario for performance and they win the chip together, everyone and their mother will clown LeBron and say he only won because he joined Steph. Even I can see that a mile away as a casual. I’d never pick GSW if I was Bron either. He was never gonna go there. Only way he was teaming with Steph was if Steph joined HIM somewhere.

Mr_E_Nigma_Solver | Tampa Bay Raptors

1 | an hour ago

> But he chose to go a different route, and I can’t really tell you why because I don’t really know why.

I know it’s just fluff for GSW fans, but this is pretty damning to everyone else. As one of the decision makers for GSW you can’t figure out why Lebron would go to a better team instead of yours? Really?

bbuucckk | Lakers

1 | 42 minutes ago

Billionaires are really the stupidest and most vile species there is on this earth, a fucking toddler could tell you why LeBron signed elsewhere

Bruce_Louis

0 | 3 hours ago

Because LeBron does not want to deal with the OKC Spurs gauntlet as well as seeing the Warriors dont really have a good shot at making it past the 2nd round.

Derrickmb

0 | 3 hours ago

Because deep down he wants to beat Steph

510-530Ghost | Warriors

0 | 2 hours ago

BOO THIS MAN