
What Are Teams Worth? Team Valuation ◾ 281
Table8.8 Financial World/Forbes valuation for the NBA
Team
2010 Value
(in $millions)
Growth Rate (in percent)
1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 19 year
Atlanta Hawks 295 –3.59 1.04 2.40 4.83 9.40
Boston Celtics 452 4.39 4.95 5.07 7.86 4.97
Charlotte Bobcats 281 1.08 –0.70 –1.30
Chicago Bulls 511 0.00 0.73 4.55 4.99 8.96
Cleveland Cavaliers 355 –25.42 –7.94 –0.06 6.73 9.70
Dallas Mavericks 438 –1.79 –1.69 1.68 10.12 11.60
Denver Nuggets 316 –1.56 –0.52 2.23 6.09 11.40
Detroit Pistons 360 –24.84 –8.95 –2.18 4.31 4.72
Golden State Warriors 363 15.24 5.52 8.36 8.01 10.92
Houston Rockets 443 –5.74 –1.39 0.98 7.96 11.29 ...