Warriors owner Joe Lacob regrets 'Light Years' comment but doubles down originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com Warriors owner Joe Lacob is a very bold individual. In a March 2016 New York Times profile, Lacob made a comment that will be attached to him for a long time: "We're light years ahead of probably every other team in structure, in planning, in how we're going to go about things. We're going to be a handful for the rest of the N.B.A. to deal with for a long time."