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Travis Kalanick on launching Atoms & building a team that can take on three industries at once: "It's those epic leaders that can inspire their team to just go above and beyond and make magic." "No matter where you are as an entrepreneur, the talent game is the game."...

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Joe Lacob on the balance of keeping future draft picks versus using them in a trade now: "Well, it's like anything. It's like any other trade. We have to make a good trade. We have to make a trade that makes sense . . . without talking a little bit too much more than I should about secret dealings that went on in the offseason, we made at least 2 very big offers in the last 6 months, let's put it that way. Between the trade deadline and the summer, at least 2, that were multiple draft choices. So it's not like we wouldn't move them if we thought it was the right thing to do. We moved 1 for Jimmy when we got him then. I can tell you there are offers that we did make were more than 2. They were a significant amount of draft capital. They didn't work out. The cost was too high to be justifiable or we weren't selected. I mean these things happen. I've told you guys. I've told all our fans from day one, we're always going to go after pretty much anybody who's a good player and check it out, check out the situation at all times. We want to be as good as we can be this year. We're trying to be the best thing we can do. We're trying to win an NBA championship. I think obviously we have a ways to go to do that, but we're coming off some big injuries. But the point is, we're always trying to be the best team we can be and we're very aggressive about doing these things. Sometimes they happen and sometimes they don't."
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Joe Lacob on the balance of keeping future draft picks versus using them in a trade now: "Well, it's like anything. It's like any other trade. We have to make a good trade. We have to make a trade that makes sense . . . without talking a little bit too much more than I should about secret dealings that went on in the offseason, we made at least 2 very big offers in the last 6 months, let's put it that way. Between the trade deadline and the summer, at least 2, that were multiple draft choices. So it's not like we wouldn't move them if we thought it was the right thing to do. We moved 1 for Jimmy when we got him then. I can tell you there are offers that we did make were more than 2. They were a significant amount of draft capital. They didn't work out. The cost was too high to be justifiable or we weren't selected. I mean these things happen. I've told you guys. I've told all our fans from day one, we're always going to go after pretty much anybody who's a good player and check it out, check out the situation at all times. We want to be as good as we can be this year. We're trying to be the best thing we can do. We're trying to win an NBA championship. I think obviously we have a ways to go to do that, but we're coming off some big injuries. But the point is, we're always trying to be the best team we can be and we're very aggressive about doing these things. Sometimes they happen and sometimes they don't."

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