I didn’t look at every team, but the lowest average ticket price I saw was $29, for New Orleans. If the Bulls were that cheap, I’d go to a lot more games. Most teams seem to be in the $50 range, so the Bulls aren’t that much more expensive that what seems to be the norm, but still.

For the three previous years, the Bulls were getting more than the league average for their money. For this year, we’re well below. Thanks to the contracts of Noc, Hinrich, and Hughes: you guys have been great to have.

This article also gives me another chance to pimp the Spurs as a roll model for all things NBA. Their Wins to Player Cost Ratio has been sick for the last decade. This is why you don’t overpay role players.

If you look at the Forbes numbers, their valuations don’t include debt. So if you factor it in, you get some pretty big differences.

I’d be interested to see non-player expenses’ relationship to income. The Bulls made about $165M and posted $55M in operating income. They spent $67M on player salaries, so their remaining expenses were about $43M. I wonder how that compares to other teams, but I don’t feel like tallying everything up by hand.