Earlier, the well-known website Sportico evaluated the value of NBA teams in 2021, with the New York Knicks ranking first with $6.12 billion, the Golden State Warriors ranking second with 6.03 billion, the Third Lakers with 5.63 billion, and the Nets and Bulls ranking third and fourth with 3.61 billion and 3.53 billion, respectively. Knicks ranking first is actually not too strange, after all, in the largest city in the United States, New York's economic strength is there, even if the team has a poor record before, the Knicks are not lacking in attention, attendance is at the forefront of the league, even in last year's Knicks game against the Jazz, the Knicks home attendance was only 84%, creating the lowest value in 14 years, just by this number, you can imagine how rich the Knicks really are.
As the owner of this local team, James Dolan wears several positions, not only as the owner of the Knicks, but also as the owner of CNN (Cable Television Station). MADISON Garden Arena CEO, so these years Knicks even if the performance is not satisfactory, but has never been absent from the National Live Broadcast, with their own sufficient resources and a large number of contacts, the Knicks in the case of sitting on the luxury geographical advantages, naturally will not lack of attention, in the recent Knicks and Warriors game, the lowest price of tickets have been speculated to 405 US dollars, about 2500 yuan, and this ticket price, to be placed in the Grizzlies, Pelicans, Pistons these small ball markets, I am afraid it will be their highest ticket price. So to be able to rank first in the league in the market capitalization list, the Knicks really deserve it, who said they are located in the golden land of New York?
The second place Warriors, is somewhat surprising, their market value is even more than the Lakers, to some extent may still be due to Steven Curry's "walking printing machine", to know that 10 years of boss Lacob only used 450 million to buy the Warriors, and now he has made more than 10 times alive, this time he really has to count the money to hand cramps. After establishing Curry as the core of the team, the Warriors have not spared in the introduction of players in these years, especially after signing Durant for 2 years and 54.3 million, they reached a 2-year and 61.5 million contract extension with him, and they spent money on 3 championships in 5 years.
With Curry, the "leader" who changed the trend of the league today, the Warriors naturally gained a large number of fans, and after the team won the championship, Lacob also relocated the team from the Bay Area to the rich district of San Francisco, in California, a state with extremely strong economic strength, especially in the rich area, with Curry's box office guarantee, fans naturally will not skimp on the real money in their pockets.
The third Los Angeles Lakers, with the accumulation of old money over the years, still have a large number of fans, located in Los Angeles, a large city in the United States, plus James, the first person in the league, as a box office guarantee, naturally will not lack attention. In addition, as a long-standing giant team in the NBA, the Lakers, who have won 17 championships in team history, have undoubtedly been one of the most popular teams in the league, and after winning the championship again in 20 years, the Lakers' market value once exceeded that of the Warriors, and the gap from the first Knicks was only 200 million.
And the most recent season, perhaps lost to the Suns in the first round of the playoffs, but also let the Lakers market value more or less affected, but in view of the great recovery of this season, if the Lakers can go further in the playoffs, or even win another championship, I believe their market value, should return to the second place, the Warriors to squeeze down.
As for the nets and bulls in the fourth and fifth places. Also occupies a certain geographical advantage, but the reason why the Nets are not as good as the Knicks, largely because of geographical reasons, unlike the Knicks located in Manhattan, New York is a rich area, Brooklyn has been a New York slum before, the economic development is not a star and a half worse than Manhattan, but after the recent Tsai Chongxin into the home, they are also actively narrowing the gap with the Knicks, and the Bulls are located in Chicago, which is also a well-known big city in the United States, and has begun to actively attract stars in recent years. It has also greatly increased the market value of the team.