Now that the NBA’s reigning champion, Boston Celtics has been officially sold to private equity guru Bill Chisholm for a record $6.1 billion, it’s worth wondering which NBA franchise will shatter that glass ceiling next.
The deal, which became official on Thursday morning, shatters the previous record for the biggest deal in American sports (Josh Harris’ $6.05 billion deal for the Washington Commanders of the NFL), which has our Massachusetts sports betting experts thinking about which basketball club will fetch the largest sum in the future.
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- Golden State Warriors ($8.8B evaluation) — $8,949,600,000 estimation +$149,600,000 over evaluation)
- New York Knicks ($7.5B evaluation) — $7,627,500,000 estimation (+$127,500,000 over evaluation)
- Los Angeles Lakers ($7.1B evaluation) — $7,220,700,000 estimation ($+120,700,000 over evaluation)
- Boston Celtics ($6B evaluation/$6.1B sale price) — +1.7% over evaluation
- Los Angeles Clippers ($5.5B evaluation) — $5,593,500,000 estimation (+$93,500,000 over evaluation)
- Chicago Bulls ($5B evaluation) — $5,085,000,000 estimation (+$85,000,000 over evaluation)
- Houston Rockets ($4.9B evaluation) — $4,983,300,000 estimation (+$83,300,000 over evaluation)
- Brooklyn Nets ($4.8B evaluation) — $4,881,600,000 estimation (+$81,600,000 over evaluation)
- Dallas Mavericks ($4.7B evaluation) — $4,779,900,000 estimation (+$79,900,000 over evaluation)
- Philadelphia 76ers ($4.6B evaluation) — $4,678,200,000 estimation (+$78,200,000 over evaluation)
- Toronto Raptors ($4.4B evaluation) — $4,474,800,000 estimation (+$74,800,000 over evaluation)
(Source: Forbes)
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While none of the other 10 most valuable NBA franchises (per Forbes’ rankings) are likely to change hands anytime soon, it’s worth using the percentage increase over the publication’s latest batch of franchise valuations (in December) to determine which club could shatter Boston’s sale price record.
Using the same rate of return that Boston got (+1.7% from the club’s $6 billion evaluation), we can ascertain that the Golden State Warriors would draw the largest sale price of any team in the league, at $8,949,600,000 — as Forbes ranks them as the most valuable club in the 30-team league, at $8.8 billion.
Trailing Steph Curry’s employer are the New York Knicks ($7.5 billion evaluation, $7,627,500,000 estimation) and Los Angeles Lakers ($7.1 billion evaluation, $7,220,700,000 estimation) — speaking to the value that the NBA’s blue bloods have on the open market.
Other NBA teams that could challenge Boston’s $6.1 billion sale price record are the Los Angeles Clippers, who have a $5.5 billion estimation from Forbes and an estimated value of $5,593,500,000 in such a scenario, while the Chicago Bulls are next up, at $5 billion and $5,085,000,000, respectively.
What we know for sure right now is that the Celtics currently stand tall as the most valuable professional sports team in America, as Chisholm and his partners have doled out the largest amount of money for a team in the country’s rich sports history.
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Christopher Boan has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
