The Artesticle Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Blockbuster television deals and a new collective bargaining agreement have lifted the value of the average NBA team to a record $393 million, up 6.5 percent over last year. No team has benefited more from the explosion in TV money than the Los Angeles Lakers, who have unseated the New York Knicks as the league’s most valuable franchise. The Lakers struck gold last year with a new 20-year television deal with Time Warner Cable worth an average of $200 million annually beginning with the 2012–13 season. The agreement drives the value of the Lakers up an NBA-high 40 percent to $900 million. Time Warner will create two new regional sports channels to feature the Lakers, one in English and one in Spanish. The Lakers have by far the biggest TV audience of any NBA club, averaging 271,000 households on Fox Sports West last season, which was 73 percent higher than the next-most-watched team, the Chicago Bulls. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Au7u0a72BLhYPPL87qVmDKm8vLYF?slug=ys-forbes-lakers_most_valuable_nba_team_012512 even though we suck this year, im sure the buss family arent too upset... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Look for the Los Angeles Clippers* (#20) to only go up! -------------------*Current value: $324 mill1-year change: 6%Operating income: $9.4 mill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Rockets still rank pretty high on this list, 7th most valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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