We're the third smallest city in the NBA, and yet we're 20th in value. That's up from 24th last year.

Thunder notebook: Thunder the 20th most valuable NBA franchise
The Oklahoman
Published: December 10, 2009

Thunder the 20th most valuable NBA franchise

The Oklahoma City Thunder is the 20th most valuable NBA franchise, according to Forbes magazine’s annual listing of the value of the league’s 30 franchises.

The Thunder, according to the report, is worth $310 million, $3 million behind the 19th-ranked Washington Wizards and $4 million ahead of the 21st ranked Atlanta Hawks. Oklahoma City’s value increased three percent over last season.

The Lakers, valued at $607 million, topped the list. The New York Knicks came in second at $586 million. Chicago ($511 million), Detroit ($479 million) and Cleveland ($476 million) round out the top five. The Milwaukee Bucks came in last at $254 million.

Forbes reported that 12 teams lost money in 2008-09, but the Thunder was not among them. Teams’ average operating income last season was $7.8 million. The Thunder had an operating income of $12.7 million.

The Lakers also ranked first in the magazine’s analysis of the league’s best fans, a study conducted using data from home attendance, local television ratings and merchandise sales. Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and New Orleans and San Antonio in a tie round out the top five. The Charlotte Bobcats ranked last.



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That is AWESOME!! I love my Thunder team!!!

This is GREAT News!!!, I am so very happy for my Owners and our City. We will only get better. Congratulation OKC Thunder!!!

Me too!

Very cool. Wish I had the money to buy them.

Well, if you play the lottery and win one day, you could have that chance!

Dreams are free and successful people always keep their dreams.

Pretty awesome since we are in the smallest market!

DMA Rankings - US TV Households by Market

As I read that Memphis and New Orleans are both smaller tv markets than we are.

We're a bigger than Salt Lake which, by the way, is the only city to have a larger per fan revenue than OKC $ 70 to 59 per fan.

Even though $ 310 Mil is a good value, Bennett and his group have a lot more invested than that, starting with the $ 325 Mil plus legal expenses they paid Mr. Starbucks.

ya, OKC is NOT the smallest NBA market by no indicator (population, tv market, whatever).

OKC is bigger than Memphis, New Orleans, and Salt Lake, (particularly if they constrained SLC's TV market like they do OKC's, but they give SLC the whole state and ID so .,,,,).

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But both are larger in stolen TV market...

Is that in most TV stolen or if the same TV is stolen 2 times it is counted twice? Or do they still win in either catagory.

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makes me curious ... where would you threaten to move them too to obtain concessions from the existing venue and market?

<ducks, covers, slinks off chuckling an evil lil' chuckle>