Going through Forbes thought this might be interesting

Go Spurs!!!
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/04/best-team...ms_slide_2.html

The Business of Basketball: http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/09/nba-team-...nba_lander.html

 

You'd think that they'd at least wait till the decade ends.

Decades start at year XXX1 and end at year XXX0; e.g., 2001 - 2010.

 

While you may be technically correct, the vast majority of people associate the years that end with 0 as the first of the decade. I doubt too many people would agree that 1980 was part of the '70's.

 

No way the Lakers are #7. What a crock of shit!

 

They should be 17

 

 

wow, so we (lakers) win 4 titles, are the most profitable team in sports yet we were placed below Dallas and San Antonio. If were going by wins per season which mean squat since it's all about winning the title, then i could see why dallas would be ahead, but shouldn't it be about titles won for the decade?? That would be 4 which is 1 more than San Antonio; 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002 & 2008-2009. Lame, lame i tell ya

 

 

Remember this is Forbes analyzing each franchise from a business perspective.
ESPN will have different results.

By monetary value
Excerpt:
Rank / Team / Current Value1 ($mil) / 1-Yr Value Change (%) / Debt/Value2 (%) / Revenue3 ($mil) / Operating Income4 ($mil)
1 Los Angeles Lakers 607 4 20 209 51.1
2 New York Knicks 586 -4 0 202 21.0
3 Chicago Bulls 511 2 11 168 51.0
4 Detroit Pistons 479 0 0 171 46.9
5 Cleveland Cavaliers 476 0 42 159 5.0
6 Houston Rockets 470 0 15 160 30.3
7 Dallas Mavericks 446 -4 26 154 -17.4
8 Boston Celtics 433 -3 42 144 12.9
9 Phoenix Suns 429 -5 43 148 20.7
10 San Antonio Spurs 398 -4 12 133 19.1
11 Toronto Raptors 386 -3 38 133 18.0
12 Miami Heat 364 -7 45 126 8.0
13 Orlando Magic 361 4 30 107 -2.2
14 Philadelphia 76ers 344 -4 19 115 7.6
15 Utah Jazz 343 -4 6 118 7.9
16 Portland Trail Blazers 338 10 31 121 -20.3
17 Denver Nuggets 321 -3 11 115 4.6
18 Golden State Warriors 315 -6 24 113 11.9
19 Washington Wizards 313 -11 62 110 4.9
20 Oklahoma City Thunder 310 3 45 111 12.7
21 Atlanta Hawks 306 0 21 103 -2.0
22 Sacramento Kings 305 -13 31 109 -2.8
23 Los Angeles Clippers 295 -1 0 102 10.0
24 Indiana Pacers 281 -7 18 97 -15.7
25 Charlotte Bobcats 278 -2 58 96 -15.1
26 New Jersey Nets 269 -9 77 92 -13.9
27 Minnesota Timberwolves 268 -11 19 96 -6.8
28 New Orleans Hornets 267 -6 55 95 -0.1
29 Memphis Grizzlies 257 -13 58 88 -7.1
30 Milwaukee Bucks 254 -9 22 91 -7.4

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/32/basket...tions_Rank.html

 

this team won 8 Tours (7 with Armstrong and 1 with Contador), totally dominated the European cycling scene, and revolutionized how cycling is approached.
Comparable to the Celtics of the 60's.