Joe Lacob is used to winning, on and off the pitch. What his Warriors have won against the Celtics this year is his 4th NBA title since he bought the franchise at base time in Oakland and dragged him to San Francisco. And now, just winking at the Oakland fans still disappointed with the Warriors’ migration, Lacob would be thinking about it Athletics appeared, the local baseball team (today last both in the MLB standings – 29 won, 59 lost – and at the box office, by number of spectators). The reason why? Because he had already tried once, in 2005, but MLB commissioner Bud Selig preferred an old college friend of his in Wisconsin, a certain Lew Wolff, who together became owners John Fisher for 180 million dollars (Wolf sold his stake to Fisher a decade later, making him the sole owner).
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Now the A’s cost more – $ 1,180,000more than six times as much, according to Forbes’ estimate – but this scares little Lacob, who in 2010 together with Peter Guber bought the Warriors for 450 million dollars. Now, twelve years and four NBA rings later, the value of Golden State is estimated at $ 5.6 billion, more than twelve times the amount paid at the time of purchase. Should Fisher choose to sell the A’s (rumors of a move to Las Vegas are not lacking), Lacob may have smelled the next deal. And a little personal revenge.
