Draymond Inexperienced hints at Joe Lacob’s frustration after Valkyries historic playoff hits roadblocks

Draymond Inexperienced voiced his help for Golden State Valkyries and Warriors workforce proprietor Joe Lacob on Saturday. Inexperienced pointed to Lacob’s frustration because the Valkyries clinched their first playoff berth, solely to see the historic second face an sudden roadblock.

Regardless of changing into the primary growth workforce to clinch a playoff spot of their first-ever season, the Valkyries is not going to play Sport 1 on the Chase Middle as a result of a scheduling problem. Inexperienced identified that Lacob can be annoyed by this and had tried his finest to “cancel” the occasion at Chase.

“Joe in all probability did every part he may to cancel that occasion at Chase. And might be dropping it on anybody who had one thing to do with that scheduling,” Inexperienced wrote.

His response stemmed from a Golden State fan voicing his displeasure over the sport not being held at Chase Middle.

“It’s a little bit insulting to suppose that Lacob would spend $50 million for an WNBA workforce and deliberately snub the Valkyrie from a playoff host sport. He is aware of greater than anybody on threads how a lot a house playoff sport means from a fan, workforce, and income standpoint,” the fan wrote.

The playoff sport will likely be on both Sept. 16 or 17, however Chase Middle received’t be accessible since it’s set to host the Laver Cup worldwide tennis match from Sept. 19 to 21.

Regardless of the general public outcry over the unavailability, there’s little Lacob may do about this. The Laver Cup organizers booked Chase Middle in 2023, a yr earlier than the Valkyries got here into existence.

Because of this scheduling battle, Golden State is about to play its first-ever playoff sport on the SAP Middle in San Jose.

Joe Lacob vows to make SAP Middle really feel like “house” for Valkyries followers amid venue conundrum

Golden State clinched its first-ever playoff spot on Thursday after defeating the Dallas Wings 84-80 on the Chase Middle. Nevertheless, the workforce is not going to be returning to the venue anytime quickly and can head to the SAP Middle for his or her first-ever playoff sport.

Regardless of the conundrum round their venue, workforce proprietor Joe Laob vowed to make their short-term enviornment really feel like “house” for his or her playoff sport.

“Our followers have been the guts of our success this yr, promoting out each sport and creating an electrical environment. They’ve earned the fitting to see playoff basketball, and we’re going to ensure SAP Middle looks like house for them,” he mentioned per MSN.

The Valkyries are in sixth place and are set to face a higher-seeded opponent, that means they’ll play a single sport at house through the three-game sequence.