What is the final price for each NBA team: from $10 billion to just $11 million

Recently, the Bass family, which owns most of the equity of the Los Angeles Lakers, sold a large amount of the team's equity for $10 billion, allowing TWG Global CEO Mark Watt to control the Los Angeles Lakers. The Bass family has control over the Lakers for 46 years. In 1979, Jerry Bass spent $67.5 million to buy the Lakers.

Today's Lakers have directly received nearly $10 billion in return. As the oldest team in NBA history and traditional giants, the Los Angeles Lakers have great commercial value to join a metropolitan team like Los Angeles. So, it is not an exaggeration to sell for $10 billion. After all, the Boston Celtics sold $6.1 billion. However, let's take a look at the last selling price for each NBA team.

1. Los Angeles Lakers (2025)-$10 billion

2. Boston Celtics (2025)-$6.1 billion

3. Phoenix Suns (2023)-$4 billion

4. Dallas Mavericks (2023)-$3.8 billion

5. Milwaukee Bucks (2023)-$3.5 billion

Among the top five, we can see that traditional giant teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics were traded in the same year. The NBA struggle belonging to the two families is officially over. However, the price difference between the Lakers and Celtics is quite large. The Suns boss is in a miserable situation. He finally built the Big Three, but he couldn't even make the playoffs. Now it's a hot topic and he has to trade to send Kevin Durant away.

6. Brooklyn Nets (2019) - $3.3 billion

7. Charlotte Hornets (2023) - $3 billion

8. Houston Rockets (2017) - $2.2 billion

9. Los Angeles Clippers (2014) - $2 billion

10. Utah Jazz (2020) - $1.7 billion

We are still relatively familiar with the Brooklyn Nets because their big boss is Tsai Chongxin. It is quite surprising that Charlotte Hornets can sell $3 billion. There is no way, that is Michael Jordan's team. As for the Houston Rockets, we are also speechless. James Harden is our favorite Rockets star after Yao Ming and McGrady. After he left, the Rockets did not rise until the 2024-25 season and entered the playoffs. We all know what happened when the former Clippers boss sells his team. The current boss Ballmer is a real billionaire. He has paid a lot of luxury taxes in recent years, but he has never entered the finals. The Utah Jazz are a small urban team, and it is great to be able to sell for 1.7 billion.

11. Minnesota Timberwolves (2021) - $1.5 billion

12. Atlanta Hawks (2015) - $850 million

13. Washington Wizards (2010) - $551 million

14. Sacramento Kings (2013) - $534 million

15. Golden State Warriors (2010) - $450 million

Timberwolves sold their teams, which caused a lot of controversy, and even Garnett wanted to be one of the team owners. In fact, we are all curious about how much the Golden State Warriors can sell now. The Golden State Warriors, who own Stephen Curry, are among the top three teams with the highest commercial value in the NBA in recent years. Judging from the Lakers' selling price, the Golden State Warriors can now sell between $6 billion and $8 billion.

16. Toronto Raptors (2012) - US$400 million

17. Memphis Grizzlies (2012) - US$377 million

18. Cleveland Cavaliers (2008) - US$375 million

19. Oklahoma City Thunder (2006) - US$350 million

20. New Orleans Pelicans (2012) - US$338 million

The Thunder entered the finals in the 2024-25 season, and their trading value soared, with a large number of young players and future draft picks. It is estimated that they can sell for around US$6 billion now, or even higher. The Cleveland Cavaliers are LeBron James' former boss, and with the young players they now have, they should be able to sell for about $5 billion.

21. Detroit Pistons (2011) - $325 million

22. New York Knicks (1997) - $300 million

23. Philadelphia 76ers (2011) - $280 million

24. Denver Nuggets (2000) - $202 million

25. Orlando Magic (1991) - $85 million

In fact, everyone is curious whether the 76ers will sell their teams now, because they have had many internal problems in recent seasons. The creation of the Big Three failed, and Embiid had two knee surgeries in just a few years. The Denver Nuggets are even more outrageous. The general manager and head coach are directly fired in the 2024-25 season. Many fans and media are curious about whether the Nuggets will sell their teams in the past two years.

26. San Antonio Spurs (1993) - $75 million

27. Portland Trail Blazers (1988) - $70 million

28. Miami Heat (1995) - $33 million

29. Chicago Bulls (1985) - $16 million

30. Indiana Pacers (1983) - $11 million

In fact, after looking at the selling prices of 30 teams, we will be particularly surprised, because the trading value of some teams has skyrocketed not only 10 times, but even more. Moreover, after many teams replace new bosses, the new bosses want to spend huge sums of money to compete for the championship and create their own NBA achievements.