Joe Lacob Comments on Reaction of NBA Owners to Signing of Kevin Durant

The rest of the NBA may not be thrilled with Kevin Durant's decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors—or with the team's aggressive push to sign the superstar—but Warriors CEO Joe Lacob doesn't care.

"I know there are a lot of other owners and teams that are mad at us, at me," Lacob told Monte Poole of CSN Bay Area on Monday. "I felt that very much when I was in Las Vegas this summer. Sorry, we got him. We worked hard until we got him."

It isn't just other teams that may have taken exception to Durant's signing.

As Poole wrote: "NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Durant leaving Oklahoma City to sign with the powerful Warriors was 'not ideal from a league standpoint,' and several owners have expressed their dismay, suggesting it would be addressed in the next collective bargaining agreement."

Silver also said in July, per Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com: "For me, part of it is designing a collective bargaining agreement that encourages the distribution of great players throughout the league. On the other hand, I absolutely respect a player's right to become a free agent and, in this case, for Kevin Durant to make a decision that he feels is best for him."

Despite any concerns from a labor standpoint, it's likely most teams in the NBA are also unhappy that Durant, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala are now all on the same superteam.

Durant (2014) and Curry (2015 and 2016) have combined to win the past three MVP awards and five of the last seven scoring titles. Thompson has established himself as the league's best shooting guard, and Green is one of the league's most versatile players. Simply put, adding Durant to a team that has reached the Finals in two straight seasons and won the title in 2015 is terrifying for the rest of the league.

But Durant chose to come to the Warriors for a number of reasons beyond just winning titles, as he revealed Monday, per Anthony Slater of the San Jose Mercury News:

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It felt like it was a perfect fit. It was something I was searching for when I sat down and talked to these guys. I wanted to see if what I've heard and what I've seen on the outside is really true. Do these guys really genuinely love each other? They work together. You hear family a lot. That's just a word sometimes, but this is really a lifestyle here. You can feel it when you walk in the door, in the practice facility, everybody is just together. That's something that I can appreciate as a basketball player and someone who values relationships. You can tell that that's what they stand on, that's what we stand on. I feel really grateful to play for a team like that and play with a bunch of players who are selfless and enjoy the game in its purest form. They make it about the players, they make it about the environment, so it was really an easy choice.

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It's a choice that could have major ramifications when the next collective bargaining agreement is negotiated. But on the court, it may bring multiple titles to the Bay Area.

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