With the end of the NBA season, the league has also come to settle the time, in a season, in order to compensate those teams who have not formed a luxury team, they will choose to divide the taxes paid by those teams in the league who pay the luxury tax evenly to those teams who have not paid the luxury tax, so the reason why many teams are reluctant to form a luxury team is this, if you play a good score, if you can't play a good score, it is very painful to pay taxes in vain, and do you know how to divide these taxes? Let's talk about this year's luxury tax for each team.
A total of 8 teams in the league have paid the luxury tax this season, of which the most is the Warriors, who paid 176.9 million in the luxury tax, and the Warriors this season can be said to have spent the most money and suffered the most vicious beating, they didn't even make the playoffs, and the main reason why they didn't make the playoffs I think is that the Dream Chase ban has caused the team to lose several games that should not have been lost, and the goal of the Warriors this offseason is to cut taxes.
The Clippers are in second place, their luxury tax is 142.4 million, the Clippers gave up Gordon in order to reduce taxes this season, otherwise their taxes are close to the Warriors, and the Clippers this season have not met expectations, forming a triumvirate of Harden, George and Leonard, although they played at the level of the league's top teams during the regular season, and even said that they have the potential to win the championship, but in the playoffs, the small card was injured again, and it is estimated that the Clippers will have so much luxury tax next season, because George may leave the team.
The third is the Suns, the Suns are also aggrieved enough, at this time last year, they got Bill through a trade, and then formed a super three, and the team also paid a very high luxury tax, this season their luxury tax has reached 68.2 million, and the team is only the first round, it can be said that the top three taxpayers in the league have not played their due records, but the Suns are not giving up, according to American media reports, they will retain the current lineup next season.
The fourth is the Bucks, this season the Bucks introduced Lillard, they can be said to be the worst team this season, the reinforcement has become the weakness, Lillard and Brother Alphabet don't match at all, and Brother Alphabet also died for the record, resulting in injury, the Bucks paid 52.5 million luxury tax this season, they are also out of the first round, this season's Bucks' change of coach is even more speechless, won the old Li, it is estimated that next season will have to consider the problem of changing the coach.
The fifth is the Celtics, the Celtics are the team that pays the luxury tax with the best record, and also the best record in the league, the Celtics have paid 43.8 million luxury tax this season, and they won 100 million in the last game of the finals just in the home audience, which is nothing, the Celtics are estimated to bear more luxury tax in the future, but as long as the team can always be a championship team, they are willing to bear such a result.
The sixth is the Nuggets, the Nuggets gave up Bruce Brown and Jeff Green this season in order to save money, if they are still there, the Nuggets will not be eliminated in the second round, of course, if you think about it carefully, you can understand the Nuggets, after all, the Nuggets are a small ball market, they don't have as much income as a big ball market, and the team has already borne a luxury tax of 20.2 million this season, but after the loss this season, the Nuggets owner seems to have come to his senses, and he intends to make up for his shortcomings in the offseason, not afraid of spending money.
The seventh is the Heat, the Heat paid 15.7 million luxury tax this season, to be honest, the Heat paid the luxury tax is unexpected, after all, this team does not look good, but the lineup is not luxurious does not mean that the money is less, in this season more than 25 million players, they have Butler, Lowry, Herro and Adebayo, although the team has few big-name stars, but it costs a lot, but in a big ball market like Miami, this money is nothing.
The eighth is the Lakers, the Lakers have paid 6.9 million luxury tax this season, although the Lakers have paid the luxury tax, but for Lakers fans, this luxury tax can not satisfy them at all, after all, with Zhan Mei, their goal is to hit the championship, but Jeanie Buss is only worth 500 million, to be honest, she really can't afford too high a luxury tax, which is why the Lakers are so picky.
These 8 teams have paid a total of 526.6 million luxury taxes, according to the regulations, the league will take 50% as the cost of running the league, and the remaining 50% will be equally divided by the other 22 teams The remaining 263.3 million, which means that a team can almost get $11.968 million, which is equivalent to a middle-class contract, this money is too much for a team like the Pistons, after all, they just cut Monty Williams, who signed a six-year 78.5 million contract last year.
In addition, some fines to the teams, the league will eventually divide it evenly among all teams, but the premise is that the league itself will take half of it first, and even say that sometimes if the league is tight, they will take 1% more, so what do you want to say about the teams that pay the luxury tax? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.