Comments on: Standing against the draft http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8277 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8277/comment-page-1#comment-18929 CGHill Sat, 16 May 2009 17:39:29 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=8277#comment-18929 Each year <em>Forbes</em> attempts to list the franchises in order of estimated market value, and they currently vary over a two-to-one range: the Knicks rank at the top, a hair over $600 million, and several teams come in at $300 million or just below. Market size is of course a factor, though that doesn't explain the Lakers at #2 and the Clippers, just across town, at #25. Last year NBA Commissioner <a href="http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/124974" rel="nofollow">David Stern said that roughly half the teams were currently profitable</a>, which is a step back from the latest <em>Forbes</em> figures, based on the 2007-08 season. And I find that only three teams that lost money that season wound up in the playoffs <em>this</em> season: the Mavs, the Nuggets and the Heat. (What's more, all three of them, incidentally, paid the luxury tax for 2007-08.) Each year Forbes attempts to list the franchises in order of estimated market value, and they currently vary over a two-to-one range: the Knicks rank at the top, a hair over $600 million, and several teams come in at $300 million or just below. Market size is of course a factor, though that doesn’t explain the Lakers at #2 and the Clippers, just across town, at #25.

Last year NBA Commissioner David Stern said that roughly half the teams were currently profitable, which is a step back from the latest Forbes figures, based on the 2007-08 season. And I find that only three teams that lost money that season wound up in the playoffs this season: the Mavs, the Nuggets and the Heat. (What’s more, all three of them, incidentally, paid the luxury tax for 2007-08.)

]]> By: John Salmon http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8277/comment-page-1#comment-18927 John Salmon Sat, 16 May 2009 16:57:55 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=8277#comment-18927 Well, there would be a moral hazard if losing teams made more money than winning teams-and Forbes says MLB teams with low payrolls and losing ways (like the Nationals) tend to be quite profitable. Good thing teams can make big bucks by winning as well. Well, there would be a moral hazard if losing teams made more money than winning teams-and Forbes says MLB teams with low payrolls and losing ways (like the Nationals) tend to be quite profitable.

Good thing teams can make big bucks by winning as well.

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