Jaylen Brown signs most expensive contract in NBA history

[dude12]

Boston has blown it.

 

[SLAB]

Man oh man, this really hard caps Boston’s ceiling doesn’t it? Jaylen is a good player. He isn’t “The highest paid player ever” good or that close to it.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

Man oh man, this really hard caps Boston’s ceiling doesn’t it? Jaylen is a good player. He isn’t “The highest paid player ever” good or that close to it.

I think they're locked into their current roster, but they are a perennial deep playoff team with what they have. Maybe they're thinking that, like the Nuggets, it's only a matter of time before they get lucky and win.

 

[miltonap]

At what point does it become unprofitable to try to achieve championship level aspirations?

I assume teams have financial models to determine a cutoff point to see if it's still worthwhile to go "all-in"?

Financially speaking, what is the revenue potential of a championship team compared to a team that made the Eastern conference finals for example?

Is this that simple?

I'm just curious on the financials and incentives (financially) to actually win a championship.

It'd be cool if someone could shed some light on this

 

[The_Jamal]

At what point does it become unprofitable to try to achieve championship level aspirations?

I assume teams have financial models to determine a cutoff point to see if it's still worthwhile to go "all-in"?

Financially speaking, what is the revenue potential of a championship team compared to a team that made the Eastern conference finals for example?

Is this that simple?

I'm just curious on the financials and incentives (financially) to actually win a championship.

It'd be cool if someone could shed some light on this

I'm just taking a leap here, but I'm assuming that with the new TV money coming down the line, these contracts aren't going to look all that outlandish over the next 5 years. We just have to adjust our priors on what these guys get paid.

Balmer is probably the only owner who doesn't GAF about money, but I'm damn well sure all the other owners have that as the highest priority with their franchise. And even still, just look at what these teams are selling for; Jordan just shipped his shares for $3B, after buying it for $275 mil in 2010. And you could make the argument the Hornets are in one of the worst markets in the NBA and have been one of the worst overall franchises in the NBA over that timespan.

And just being a cheap owner never made any sense to me. The best way for your team (business) to be profitable is for your players and teams to be good. People watch good teams, they go watch good teams play, they pay for playoff tickets and watch you on TV in the playoffs. Like I'd bet the Kings financials this past season were far and away better than at any point the last 16 years.

 

[Woot!]

Ppl will hate on this deal around here.. But our Kings CRUISE to the 2nd rd of the playoffs this year if we had Brown instead of Barnes...

...or Murray or Huerter or Monk or Davion or any of 13 or so guys w/the exception of Domas and (possibly) Fox.

So.... yeah.

 

[dude12]

...or Murray or Huerter or Monk or Davion or any of 13 or so guys w/the exception of Domas and (possibly) Fox.

So.... yeah.

Could say that about a lot of guys in the NBA and adding them to the Kings without regard to salaries or where it puts us cap wise.

 

[kingdivac]

Brown had a mediocre series against the Heat; it is not completely why they lost, but I'm surprised they awarded him with this contact after that mixed performance. His game 7 was a stink up.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

At what point does it become unprofitable to try to achieve championship level aspirations?

I assume teams have financial models to determine a cutoff point to see if it's still worthwhile to go "all-in"?

Financially speaking, what is the revenue potential of a championship team compared to a team that made the Eastern conference finals for example?

Is this that simple?

I'm just curious on the financials and incentives (financially) to actually win a championship.

It'd be cool if someone could shed some light on this

No insider knowledge on my part, but I have a take.

My understanding is that yearly profit isn't relevant at the individual franchise level. A sports team with large portion of value tied to employee contracts is a way to hide money from the government, which makes it attractive to the billionaire owner class (https://www.propublica.org/article/...rs-use-their-teams-to-avoid-millions-in-taxes)

Running an NBA franchise is not like running a lemonade stand. Nobody gets rich by owning an NBA team; they get the opportunity to bid on a sports team by being rich. Once a bid wins and assets are converted into a franchise, the yearly profits and losses are insignificant compared to growing the value of the NBA as a whole. NBA revenue has quadrupled over the past 20 years, so that's working out for everybody.

If a franchise has a legacy of championship success, that's likely to improve the value of that particular franchise. It would be interesting to study the impact of winning on team revenue. I'm not sure how one would figure that out.