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Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob believes the organization might have found an ancillary benefit when Kevin Durant left via a sign-and-trade last offseason.
"Maybe this is the best thing. We were able to start a rebuild a little bit earlier than we otherwise might have," Lacob said on the TK Show with The Athletic's Tim Kawakami.
Though Lacob acknowledged losing Durant was a negative for the Warriors, as he joined the Brooklyn Nets on a four-year, $164.3 million deal, he also looked at the bright side.
"The positive is we got a chance to move forward quicker and to move into the next phase of what we're doing," he added.