The Golden State Warriors have done a tremendous job building a team around Stephen Curry. But for team owner Joe Lacob, things could have been a lot better had they drafted Nikola Jokic in 2014.

In every franchise, there's always that one player team high-ups regret missing out on. In the Warriors‘ case, it's the Denver Nuggets superstar and reigning NBA MVP.

Revealing the truth behind the Jokic story, Lacob confessed that the team indeed “see it” in the 2014 NBA Draft. However, they chose not to go for it and now, it's too late.

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“Drafting is another matter,” Lacob Lacob recently told 95.7 The Game's “The Morning Roast” via NBC Sports. “Obviously, there’s always somebody that you say ‘dang, I knew I was at (pick No. 28) but I should have taken that guy.’ That’s just the nature of the beast. It’s just really hard to predict who is going to be great in the draft. Nikola Jokić at 41, we did see it actually, but we didn’t do it.”

“The drafting thing is what I think about when I say ‘mistakes.’ It’s hard to be perfect,” he continued. “I think we’ve done a good job overall, but obviously, we could have been better.”

Indeed, Jokic's rise to stardom wasn't only a shocking revelation to the Warriors but to the entire sport as well. From averaging just 10 points per game during his first season with the Nuggets, The Joker blossomed into a modern-day multi-talented big man and is now arguably the best player in the league.