SAN FRANCISCO — It only takes watching a Warriors game with Joe Lacob to understand how much this all means to him. Lacob typically watches Warriors games feverishly at midcourt of the $1.6 billion Chase Center built in San Francisco, but today he decides to watch the game from the upper deck.
He strides to his new seat in the 200 level as fans reach for high-fives and shout his name, like a Silicon Valley rockstar in a window-paned sports coat. For an owner overseeing the franchise’s worst season in 20 years after moving the team from Oakland, the support is rather surprising.