Joe Lacob - Warriors haven't tabbed Bob Myers' replacement yet - ESPN

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob couldn't fathom why Bob Myers — his general manager and president for the last 12 years — would decide to step down.

«I'm not going to sit here and tell you I understand it because I don't,» Lacob said as he sat adjacent to Myers in a news conference at Chase Center Tuesday.

It had been just about four hours since Myers told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that he would be leaving his position when his contract expires at the end of June.

«But it's really not for me to understand why. I just want him to be happy,» Lacob continued.

Myers' decision took a lot of factors into account, including wanting to spend more time with his family. He squashed the notion that it was because of the Warriors' turbulent and mediocre season.

«If the team wins the championship, would you leave? I think, yes,» Myers said. He told Wojnarowski it wasn't about money, saying he declined ownership offers on a new deal that would've paid him among the league's top-earning executives. It's not for a new position waiting for him — he said he will take a moment to sit still before making his next move.

«The bottom line is, this job, the one I'm in… requires complete engagement, a complete effort, a thousand percent, and if you can't do it, then you shouldn't do it,» Myers said. «So that's the answer to the question of why. I can't do that to our players. I can't do that to Joe and Peter [Guber]. Really, I can't do it to myself. And that's the question I've been wrestling with.»

The natural next question the Warriors face is: where do they go from here?

Lacob is expected to seek more prominent roles for his son, Kirk, an executive vice president of basketball operations, and VP of basketball operations