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Warriors owner Joe Lacob's 'win-now, develop-now' strategy is a disservice to Steph Curry

One of the only certainties in pro sports is that your favorite team's front office will screw up. It's impossible to nail every draft pick, every trade, every free agent signing. General managers can really only be judged on the breadth of their work, and even that is influenced by the degree to which their bosses — a.k.a. ownership — butt their heads in and meddle.

That's the only other certainty in pro sports: Ownership will interfere with the day-to-day operations of their franchise. I say "interfere" because owners are ultimately nothing more than extremely wealthy fans who inexplicably get to hoist championship trophies first; they aren't former NBA players or coaches or people who've dedicated their entire professional lives to basketball.