Joe Lacob can stomach a $500,000 fine from the league office. He's a billionaire multiple times over, and the Golden State Warriors raked in over $800 million in revenue last season. Lacob deserves credit for spending more than any other owner in the NBA, but it's not like his general wealth nor quality of life is at all affected by his team's record payroll.

Still, it goes without saying Lacob was irked by the NBA levying a fine against him for criticizing the league's luxury tax system. Just as safe to assume is that Golden State's ever-confident owner got a kick out of Andre Iguodala addressing that development live on stage at the ESPYs as he and his teammates accepted the award for Best Team, too.

“I just came up here to promote my podcast, Point Forward, with my man Evan Turner,” Iguodala said. “We just got Joe Lacob fined $500,000. Sorry, Joe.”

The league announced Lacob's fine on Wednesday, several days after he made the comments in question on the Point Forward.

“And what I consider to be unfair and I’m going to say it on this podcast and I hope it gets back to whoever is listening … and obviously it’s self-serving for me to say this, but I think it’s a very unfair system because our team is built by — all top eight players are all drafted by this team.”

Lacob was referencing the massive tax bill Golden State will face again next season, mostly for re-signing players originally drafted by the Warriors.

Like he alluded, Andrew Wiggins is the only high-salaried player currently on the roster who isn't homegrown. Golden State drafted Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. Should teams who build a dynasty from the ground up really be penalized for rewarding incumbent stars as their salaries rise with age?

It's fair to surmise there would be much less grousing league-wide about the Warriors' record payroll if they played in a small market. Golden State's location has nothing to do with the cost of its roster. Retaining Curry, Green and Thompson long-term while surrounding them with a title-caliber core might be impossible for smaller-market franchises, which gets back to the root of the issue Lacob addresses.

Bottom line: Tax penalties shouldn't be what prevents successful teams from keeping their homegrown stars. What a luxury for the Warriors they can laugh at that problematic dynamic.