Warriors owner Joe Lacob estimated that the team’s decision to host their 2026 training camp in Hawaii incurred an additional expense that was “definitely in the seven figures,” compared with essentially no additional expense had the team hosted training camp at their home Chase Center, according to Luca Evans of the S.F. CHRONICLE. On the reasoning behind the trip across the Pacific Ocean, Lacob said, “Sometimes, the guys who have relationships for a long time – those relationships get a little monotonous.” He added, “Even putting guys in a different situation than they’ve been in in the past, will kind of help unlock new relationships between players.” The organization began “setting plans for a 2026 Hawaii return roughly a year ago.” Lacob ran through a “cost-benefit analysis” of the Hawaii trip last season with GM Mike Dunleavy and the business-operations staff. In particular, Lacob wanted coach Steve Kerr’s “blessing.” But in reality, this “return to paradise was happening whether he was back at the helm or not.” Lacob: “We had this conversation in the fall last year, and had no idea if he was coming back. I just wanted to make sure he wasn’t against it, necessarily.” Evans wrote there was a “price, in sheer organizational lift.” There was a “price, in sheer — well, price.” But Lacob has “never been shy to open the pocketbook, if the reasoning is there” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/5).
