The first round of the NBA playoffs has come to an end, and the most disappointing thing is the Brooklyn Nets, becoming the only team that did not win in the first round. In the first round of the showdown against the Celtics, the 0-4 sweep was swept out, bringing a humiliating end to the rollercoaster season. Today's poor performance has also caused the team to suffer serious financial losses, with a total loss of up to $100 million.
According to journalists Brian Lewis and Josh Kosman, the Combined Nets and Barclays Center lost between $50 million and $100 million in the 2021-22 season. People familiar with the matter said that this may be the team with the worst financial loss in the NBA league.
This is a bit of a loss, originally expected Durant and Irving to bring popularity, to earn some gains, did not want to play in the end and lost so much, which is a bit too much to lose.
Among them, the Nets paid almost $100 million in luxury taxes, which is also the second highest luxury tax in NBA history. Originally thought to be able to improve the strength of the team, but the result of the big three have a situation, Durant was injured and missed 1/4 of the season, Irving did not get vaccinated to miss almost 2/3 of the game, and Harden directly applied for a trade, and finally got Simmons, who thought G4 could come back, but did not expect to suddenly not play before the game, which also made the team a little disappointed in him.
Boss Cai is also a bit miserable, originally wanted to bring some returns, did not expect that this time may directly face a loss of 100 million US dollars. By the offseason, the Nets also faced some problems, free agents should choose who to stay; there was the case of Irving, he had the player option, if not, he would become a free agent, and he had the right to sign up to 5 years and 247.6 million dollars. But in the case of this season, the Nets really don't necessarily provide him with a maximum salary, he has a little too much off the court to devote himself to the game, if it can be changed, it is still worth a big contract.