Competitive fire helps Kirk Lacob make his own name with Warriors

Competitive fire helps Kirk Lacob make his own name with Warriors[...] self-conscious about his freckles, his red hair and his lack of height, Lacob took the floor for the opening tip against the best team in the Woodside rec league.Lacob's competitive drive has been evident in the relentless work ethic he displayed to put his imprint all over the Warriors, the first franchise to win the NBA and NBA Development League championships in the same season.[...] one of the Warriors' assistant general managers, Lacob has reflected on the seminal moment from his childhood many times as he's proved wrong all the doubters who screamed "nepotism!" when his father named him director of basketball operations straight out of Stanford five years ago.The son of Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob, Kirk Lacob was instrumental in the purchase, relocation and retooling of the D-League team to Santa Cruz, has been at the fore of the big club's use of advanced technology and stats, and has a strong voice in personnel decisions that helped the franchise hoist two trophies this season.In the third grade, he wrote a paper about one day being the president and general manager of the team, trading for Shaquille...