$140,595,134 <<< Whaaaat?
 

Who the fuck is the idiot owner of the New York Knicks?

2006-07 Top Payrolls:

1. New York Knicks $140,595,134
2. Philadelphia 76ers $94,160,749
3. Dallas Mavericks $92,828,927
4. Los Angeles Lakers $77,419,550
5. Portland Trail Blazers $72,182,174

23-59 last season and second to last with only the fucking trailers behind them and they pay 140 mill?

Anyway.. good luck Isiah.. you'll need it!

worst thing is the New York Knicks profited last year too...

Sports salaries have gotten way out of hand. Think about that next time you're eating a $5 hot dog and drinking a $7 watered down beer.

Damn, $50 million over second place. They are getting ripped

Jensen hows things treating you buddy. Did you get in on the lakers game yesterday?

Its insane.

haha I see you are looking more into the salaries that we had talked about

that is unbelivable.... nut it is the true... maybe they got some special marketing skill that makes al that money....

they should endorse tighter salary caps, that's insane...

Isiah is the idiot who put them in that position. Those are his players and now he has to try to win with them. He'll be gone by the end of the year.

Wow thats insane, much more than most NHL teams put out, whats the cap at now days in NHL btw?

damn,they are expencive,lol

Go Raptors!

:)

Yeah I'm more than a little surprised at that. Unreal!

In many cases the team does not own the stadium and makes no money from concession sales, they are simply tenants and actually lease/rent the facility.

$44M ...

i think they are seriously getting overpaid..

course :) I almost took them SU at +170 early yesterday but decided to wait it out and almost puked when I cashed them at +285.. nice start to the season after spending 48 hours (almost no sleep) backtesting and optimizing my simulator...

hit me up buddy!

funny you should bring this up i saw selltheknicks.com last night funny website.

could hire some street kids that would play better and for 1000$ a week.

it's not like matters if they win or lose, suckers will pay see them play no matter what...

than why the fuck are they paying their players that much? same should be said about portland though.. they clock in 5th

Damm I didn't know our sad team the 76ers were #2

I think I am not in right biz

Much of that salary came last year when they got off to a poor start under Larry Brown and mgt panicked and started acquiring high priced veterans in hopes of winning. They make so much in TV revenue being in the NY market that they can usually go over the cap and pay the luxury tax without it affecting them. However, they are now realizing that they are going to lose money if they don't take some fiscal responsibility with their team budget. They've trimmed some fat, but not many teams are going to want to trade for overpriced veterans. They'll win a few more this year than last, but they are still a bad team.

all i know is paul allen owns the trailblazers and the seahawks. what a pimp

you got the database all done for nba already? you have to test it out for a while?

Wow, thats insane!

Actually, it's because Manhattan has a much higher cost of living so they are allowed to adjust the players salaries accordingly to compensate for that.

Not true.

Not true, either.

yup :) backtested it the previous seasons and it gave me good results.. (same with ncaab) the night was ok with the pacers and the jazz.. lost on OT with the grizzlies

pretty decent opening of the top teams:

1. New York Knicks $140,595,134 - won
2. Philadelphia 76ers $94,160,749 - won
3. Dallas Mavericks $92,828,927 - yet to play
4. Los Angeles Lakers $77,419,550 - 2 wins
5. Portland Trail Blazers $72,182,174 - won

on the other end:

26. Seattle SuperSonics $49,241,197 - lost
27. New Orleans Hornets $48,591,054 - won
28. Toronto Raptors $45,555,424 - lost
29. Atlanta Hawks $44,363,696 - lost
30. Charlotte Bobcats $33,418,833 - lost