NBA’s Most Valuable Teams in 2014
Forbes has revealed the top 10 richest NBA teams in america and New York Knicks takes the number 1 position who are worth more than a $1 billion USD while on average 25% increase in the value of most of the top 10 sides in NBA top 10 richlist. NY Knicks value rose by more than $600 million which largely down to getting their new arena renovated plus them qualifying for the playoffs while the TV contracts money also came into play. lets take a look at indepth s=facts and figures in ever grown NBA industry in United States.
| NO.# | NBA TEAM | 2014 VALUE |
REVENUE |
| 1 |  New York Knicks |
$1.4 Billion | $287m |
| 2 |  LA Lakers |
$1.35 Billion | $296 |
| 3 |  Chicago Bulls |
$1 Billion | $196 |
| 4 |  Boston Celtics |
$875 million | $169 |
| 5 |  Brooklyn Nets |
$780 million | $192 |
| 6 |  Housten Rockets |
$775 million | $191 |
| 7 |  Miami Heat |
$770 million | $189 |
| 8 |  Dallas Mavericks |
$765 million | $165 |
| 9 |  GS Warriors |
$750 million | $162 |
| 10 |  San Antonio Spurs |
$660 million | $170 |
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Teams like Chicago Bulls has touched the $1 Billion mark for the first time in their history, and with NBA’s ever growing presense in the top most valuable teams in all sports we can expect more and more teams to be in top 50. So far NFL teams dominate the list of richest sports franchises in the world with Soccer/Football following as well.
The above data is taken from the annual valuation of Forbes magazine and all credits goes to them. Kobe Bryant and Lebron James continue to dominate in richest athletes in the world, both of them are in the top 10 list of Forbes.
