Warriors pass Lakers as second-most valuable NBA franchise in Forbes’ latest evaluations
The Warriors are valued at $4.7 billion, while the Lakers are valued at $4.6 billion
For the 2018-19 season, the Los Angeles Lakers were listed as #2 of the most valuable NBA franchise list made by Forbes. A year later, the Jeanie Buss-led franchise now found themselves sitting on the third spot even after winning the 2020 NBA Championship back in October.
By the end of the 2019-20 season, the Purple and Gold were listed to have a valuation of $4.600 billion with an operating income of $155 million. The Lakers now trail the Golden State Warriors led by Joe Lacob who took the second spot in the list with a valuation of $4.700 billion along with an operating income of $200 million.
Topping the list is the James Dolan-owned New York Knicks that are estimated to have a valuation of $500 billion and a $178 million operating income.
According to Forbes, the team valuations were calculated using revenue multiples which are based on the franchise’s current arena deal. The enterprise value of the teams is expected to change after the 2019-20 season in the event that a new media deal or a sponsorship agreement was acquired in the year prior.
It has been a tough season for the league as teams are still trying to recuperate from the financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, team values only gained an average of a 4% increase which is the smallest since the 2010 season. Nonetheless, teams based in prime destinations like New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are expected to remain as attractive assets for the years to come. The Lakers value is expected to rise as well.
The numbers are expected to increase once the league and its teams get to fully recover from their losses. Having a limited number of fans in attendance during games certainly serves as a step in the right direction for the teams amid the current situation.
The Los Angeles Lakers have been the crown jewel of the NBA for decades, but according to Forbes’ annual franchise valuations, that might be changing. The Lakers and New York Knicks have traded the top spot on the list back and forth since its inception, but this year, a new challenger has broken their stranglehold at the top of the list. The Knicks remain at No. 1 with a $5 billion valuation, but the Lakers have fallen to No. 3. They are currently valued at $4.6 billion. Coming in at No. 2? The Golden State Warriors, who are worth $4.7 billion.
So what is behind this changing of the guard? There are a few possible factors. The population of the Bay Area is rising, while it has declined in each of the past three years in Los Angeles. The Warriors have steadily become a more recognizable global brand over the past decade as Stephen Curry has grown into an all-time great, whereas the Lakers have had so many superstars over the years that the presence of LeBron James does not materially change their reputation. But the single factor most responsible for the Warriors leapfrogging the Lakers is their respective arenas.
NBA revenues
For the 2019/20 season, all NBA teams generated combined revenues of almost 7.92 billion U.S. dollars – regular season ticketing accounted for just under 20 percent of the total. The Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks were the NBA franchises that generated the most revenue, with 474 million U.S. dollars and 421 million U.S. dollars in revenue respectively. The New York Knicks are also the most valuable franchise out of the 30 teams of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of 2020, the team’s value was five billion U.S. dollars, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers, valued only 300 million less than the Knicks. The average franchise value in the NBA registered a significant growth between 2014 and 2020, rising from 634 million U.S. dollars to over 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in the period.
How much each NBA team is worth in 2021:
- New York Knicks: $5 billion
- Golden State Warriors: $4.7 billion
- Los Angeles Lakers: $4.6 billion
- Chicago Bulls: $3.3 billion
- Boston Celtics: $3.2 billion
- Los Angeles Clippers: $2.75 billion
- Brooklyn Nets: $2.65 billion
- Houston Rockets: $2.5 billion
- Dallas Mavericks: $2.45 billion
- Toronto Raptors: $2.15 billion
- Philadelphia 76ers: $2.075 billion
- Miami Heat: $2 billion
- Portland Trail Blazers: $1.9 billion
- San Antonio Spurs: $1.85 billion
- Sacramento Kings: $1.825 billion
- Washington Wizards: $1.8 billion
- Phoenix Suns: $1.7 billion
- Utah Jazz: $1.66 billion
- Denver Nuggets: $1.65 billion
- Milwaukee Bucks: $1.625 billion
- Oklahoma City Thunder: $1.575 billion
- Cleveland Cavaliers: $1.56 billion
- Indiana Pacers: $1.55 billion
- Atlanta Hawks: $1.52 billion
- Charlotte Hornets: $1.5 billion
- Orlando Magic: $1.46 billion
- Detroit Pistons: $1.45 billion
- Minnesota Timberwolves: $1.4 billion
- New Orleans Pelicans: $1.35 billion
- Memphis Grizzlies: $1.3 billion
Golden State Warriors
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| Conference | Western | |||||
| Division | Pacific | |||||
| Founded | 1946 | |||||
| History | Philadelphia Warriors 1946–1962 San Francisco Warriors 1962–1971 Golden State Warriors 1971–present[1][2][3] |
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| Arena | Chase Center | |||||
| Location | San Francisco, California | |||||
| Team colors | Royal blue, yellow[4][5] |
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| Main sponsor | Rakuten[6] | |||||
| President | Rick Welts | |||||
| General manager | Bob Myers | |||||
| Head coach | Steve Kerr | |||||
| Ownership | Joe Lacob (majority) Peter Guber |
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| Affiliation(s) | Santa Cruz Warriors | |||||
| Championships | 6 (1947, 1956, 1975, 2015, 2017, 2018) | |||||
| Conference titles | 6 (1975, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) | |||||
| Division titles | 12 (1948, 1951, 1956, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1976, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) | |||||
| Retired numbers | 6 (13, 14, 16, 17, 24, 42) | |||||
| Website | www |
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The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city’s name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. The club plays its home games at the Chase Center.
The Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) championship in 1947, and won again in 1956, led by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, and Neil Johnston. After the trade of star Wilt Chamberlain in January 1965, the team finished the 1964–65 season with the NBA’s worst record (17–63). Their rebuilding period was brief due in large part to the Warriors drafting of Rick Barry four months after the trade. In 1975, star players Barry and Jamaal Wilkes powered the Warriors to their third championship, widely considered one of the biggest upsets in NBA history.
The team struggled in the 1980s, then became playoff regulars at the turn of the decade with stars Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin, nicknamed “Run TMC“. The team returned to championship glory in 2015, led by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green; they won again in 2017 and 2018, with the help of former MVP Kevin Durant.
Nicknamed the Dubs as a shortening of “W’s”, the Warriors hold several NBA records: best regular season, most wins in a season (regular season and postseason combined), and best postseason run. Curry and Thompson are generally considered among the greatest backcourts of all time.[9][10] Only the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have more NBA championships. The Warriors are the SECOND most valuable NBA franchise and the FOURTH-highest valued sports franchise in the world, with an estimated value of $4.7 billion.
Stephen Curry
.jpg) Curry with the Golden State Warriors in 2017
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | NBA |
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| Born | March 14, 1988 Akron, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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| High school | Charlotte Christian (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| College | Davidson (2006–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall |
| Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–present | Golden State Warriors |
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Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry II (/ˈstɛfən/ STEF-ən; born March 14, 1988[1]) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Many analysts and players have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history.[2] He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly utilize the three-point shot.[3][4][5] A seven-time NBA All-Star, Curry has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and has won three NBA championships with the Warriors.
The son of former NBA player Dell and older brother of current NBA player Seth, Curry played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He set the all-time scoring record for both Davidson and the Southern Conference and was twice named the conference’s player of the year. During his sophomore year, Curry also set the single-season NCAA record for three-pointers made, and was then selected by the Warriors with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.
In 2014–15, Curry won his first MVP award and led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975. The following season, he became the first player in NBA history to be elected MVP by a unanimous vote and to lead the league in scoring while shooting above 50–40–90. That same year, the Warriors broke the record for the most wins in an NBA season en route to reaching the 2016 NBA Finals, which they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games. Curry helped the Warriors return to the NBA Finals in 2017, 2018 and 2019, winning back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018, before being defeated by the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
During the 2012–13 season, Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers made in a regular season, with 272. He surpassed that record in 2015 with 286, and again in 2016 with 402. He is currently second in all-time made three-pointers in NBA history. Curry and teammate Klay Thompson have earned the nickname of the Splash Brothers; in 2013–14, they set the record for combined three-pointers in an NBA season with 484, a record they broke the following season (525), and again in the 2015–16 season (678).
| Golden State Warriors retired numbers | ||||
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| No. | Player | Position | Tenure | Date |
| 13 | Wilt Chamberlain | C | 1959–1965 1 | December 29, 1999 |
| 14 | Tom Meschery | F | 1961–1967 2 | October 13, 1967 |
| 16 | Al Attles | G | 1960–1971 3 | February 10, 1977 |
| 17 | Chris Mullin | G/F | 1985–1997 2000–2001 4 |
March 12, 2012[139] |
| 24 | Rick Barry | F | 1965–1967 1972–1978 |
March 18, 1988 |
| 42 | Nate Thurmond | C | 1963–1974 | March 8, 1978 |
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| No. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | No. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
| 17 | Andy Phillip | G/F | 1950–1953 | 1961 | 00 | Robert Parish | C | 1976–1980 | 2003 |
| 14 | Tom Gola | F/G | 1955–1962 | 1976 | 17 | Chris Mullin 1 | G/F | 1985–1997 2000–2001 |
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| 10 | Joe Fulks | F | 1946–1954 | 1978 | 41 | Jamaal Wilkes | F | 1974–1977 | 2012 |
| 11 | Paul Arizin | F/G | 1950–1962 | 1978 | 50 | Ralph Sampson | C/F | 1987–1989 | 2012 |
| 13 | Wilt Chamberlain | C | 1959–1965 | 1978 | 30 | Bernard King | F | 1980–1982 | 2013 |
| 16 | Jerry Lucas 2 | F/C | 1969–1971 | 1980 | 25 | Guy Rodgers | G | 1958–1966 | 2014 |
| 42 | Nate Thurmond | F/C | 1963–1974 | 1985 | 23 | Mitch Richmond | G | 1988–1991 | 2014 |
| 24 | Rick Barry | F | 1965–1967 1972–1978 |
1987 | 13 | Šarūnas Marčiulionis | G | 1989–1994 | 2014 |
| 6 | Neil Johnston | C | 1951–1959 | 1990 | 10 | Jo Jo White | G | 1979–1980 | 2015 |
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| Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | ||
| Eddie Gottlieb | Founder Owner |
1946–1962 | 1972 | Rick Welts | President | 2011–present | 2018 | ||
| Pete Newell 3 | Scout | 1977–1984 | 1979 | 16 | Al Attles | Player Coach Executive |
1960–present | 2019 | |
| Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Games played | Chris Mullin | 807 |
| Points | Wilt Chamberlain | 17,783 |
| Rebounds | Nate Thurmond | 12,771 |
| Assists | Stephen Curry | 4,856 |
| Steals | Chris Mullin | 1,360 |
| Blocks | Adonal Foyle | 1,140 |
| Field goals | Wilt Chamberlain | 7,216 |
| FG percentage | Andris Biedriņš | .594 |
| 3P FGs | Stephen Curry | 2,675 |
| 3P FG Percentage | Anthony Morrow | .460 |
| Free throws | Paul Arizin | 5,010 |
| FT percentage | Stephen Curry | .907 |
| Triple-doubles | Draymond Green | 26 |
| Points per game | Wilt Chamberlain | 41.5 |
| Rebounds per game | Wilt Chamberlain | 25.1 |
| Assists per game | Tim Hardaway | 9.3 |
| Steals per game | Rick Barry | 2.3 |
| Blocks per game | Manute Bol | 3.7 |
Individual awards
- Wilt Chamberlain – 1960
- Stephen Curry – 2015, 2016
- Rick Barry – 1975
- Andre Iguodala – 2015
- Kevin Durant – 2017, 2018
NBA Defensive Player of the Year
- Draymond Green – 2017
- Woody Sauldsberry – 1958
- Wilt Chamberlain – 1960
- Rick Barry – 1966
- Jamaal Wilkes – 1975
- Mitch Richmond – 1989
- Chris Webber – 1994
NBA Most Improved Player of the Year
- Gilbert Arenas – 2003
- Monta Ellis – 2007
- Dick Vertlieb – 1975
- Bob Myers – 2015, 2017
- Alex Hannum – 1964
- Don Nelson – 1992
- Steve Kerr – 2016
- Stephen Curry – 2011
- Stephen Curry – 2014
- Joe Fulks – 1947–1949
- Howie Dallmar – 1948
- Paul Arizin – 1952, 1956, 1957
- Neil Johnston – 1953–1956
- Wilt Chamberlain – 1960–1962, 1964
- Rick Barry – 1966, 1967, 1974–1976
- Chris Mullin – 1992
- Latrell Sprewell – 1994
- Stephen Curry – 2015, 2016, 2019
- Kevin Durant – 2018
- Joe Fulks – 1951
- Andy Phillip – 1952, 1953
- Jack George – 1956
- Neil Johnston – 1957
- Tom Gola – 1958
- Paul Arizin – 1959
- Wilt Chamberlain – 1963
- Rick Barry – 1973
- Phil Smith – 1976
- Bernard King – 1982
- Chris Mullin – 1989, 1991
- Tim Hardaway – 1992
- Stephen Curry – 2014, 2017
- Draymond Green – 2016
- Kevin Durant – 2017, 2019
- Chris Mullin – 1990
- Tim Hardaway – 1993
- David Lee – 2013
- Klay Thompson – 2015, 2016
- Draymond Green – 2017
- Stephen Curry – 2018
- Nate Thurmond – 1969, 1971
- Andre Iguodala – 2014
- Draymond Green – 2015–2017
- Rudy LaRusso – 1969
- Nate Thurmond – 1972–1974
- Phil Smith – 1976
- Jamaal Wilkes – 1976, 1977
- E.C. Coleman – 1978
- Latrell Sprewell – 1994
- Andrew Bogut – 2015
- Draymond Green – 2018, 2019
- Klay Thompson – 2019
- Nate Thurmond – 1964
- Fred Hetzel – 1966
- Rick Barry – 1966
- Jamaal Wilkes – 1975
- Gus Williams – 1976
- Joe Barry Carroll – 1981
- Larry Smith – 1981
- Mitch Richmond – 1989
- Tim Hardaway – 1990
- Billy Owens – 1992
- Chris Webber – 1994
- Joe Smith – 1996
- Marc Jackson – 2001
- Jason Richardson – 2002
- Stephen Curry – 2010
- Klay Thompson – 2012
- Harrison Barnes – 2013
- Eric Paschall – 2020
- Latrell Sprewell – 1993
- Donyell Marshall – 1995
- Antawn Jamison – 1999
