'14 Sports Business Awards: Warriors Beat Out Championship Clubs For Team Of The Year

The Warriors won the ‘14 SBA for Team of the Year, representing perhaps one of the surprise winners of the night, competing in the category against league champions such as the Red Sox and Seahawks. But the Warriors continued a sharp trajectory in ‘13 under co-Owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber that produced strong, extensive on- and off-court gains, and a pathway to a new arena in S.F. Long one of the NBA’s most moribund franchises, the Warriors are now widely seen as a progressive thought leader driving best practices around the sport in areas such as social media, ticketing and digital content. Warriors President & COO Rick Welts said, “I always thought that under the right ownership and the right plan, the sky was the limit for this franchise.”