On May 1, Beijing time, according to the latest news, the Brooklyn Nets, as the second highest paid team this season, were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, which also made the Nets directly the most failed team in the NBA this season. According to the Washington Post, people familiar with the matter revealed that the Nets and Barkley Center lost a total of $50 million to $100 million in the 2021-22 season, which may be the NBA's worst financial loss.
The Nets' total salary this season is as high as 169.3 million, ranking second in the league, behind the Warriors. But the Warriors have reached the Western Conference semifinals, and the Nets are out in the first round, and from this point of view, the Warriors have at least paid off for burning money, but the Nets are clearly spending money unjustly.
Not only that, at present, in the Nets, Irving and Durant are both top salaries, so the boss Tsai Chongxin needs to pay a luxury tax of $100 million for the team. However, throughout the performance of the Nets double star this season, strictly sorry for his salary, Irving has been stopped and stopped because of various off-court events throughout the season, and in the playoffs, he pulled his crotch with Durant, resulting in the team being swept out, and the fans did not even feel the joy of a victory.
It is worth mentioning that before that, Tsai Chongxin bought the Nets for $2.35 billion and the Barclays Center for $1 billion. Perhaps in the eyes of some people, these NBA bosses spend money just to have fun, and these billions of dollars are not painful for them. But in fact, the more successful the boss, the more important the team's investment and return rate, if the Nets continue to lose money like this, Tsai Chongxin may not be able to say that the Nets were sold, but it is not impossible to tear down the current team and rebuild.
Of course, the combination of Irving and Durant is not without help to the Nets, and it is reported that the Nets have averaged $2.1 million in ticket revenue per game this season, ranking fourth in the league. In addition to the tickets given away, the Nets were able to sell an average of 15,000 tickets per game, a 26 percent improvement over the 2018-19 season. Obviously, the ability of these two stars to buy tickets is still good, but it must also be admitted that whether it is popularity or strength, Durant and Irving are really not on the same level as James and Curry.
It should be noted that after James joined the Lakers, his jerseys and shoes occupied the first place in the NBA sales list for many years, and monopolized the NBA's All-Star ticket king, and even helped the Lakers win a championship again after 10 years, which can be said to be fame and fortune.
As for Curry, he may already be the most selling star in the NBA, according to previous statistics, the Warriors' market value has been doubling in these years because Curry has continued to double, whether it is ratings or tickets, it belongs to the top ranks of the NBA. Earlier, the US media released the average ticket revenue this season, the Warriors ranked first in the league with an average of $4.2 million per game in ticket revenue, twice that of the Nets, although Curry did not bring the Warriors a championship in recent years, but he definitely made the Warriors owner make a lot of money.
What kind of star is the most valuable for a team? Either they can bring a championship to the team, or they can make the team crazy money, from these two points, James and Curry are undoubtedly the best, and it is no wonder that there are players who now call the two the real king of the league, as for Durant and Irving, they are obviously one level behind.