than any other NBA franchise. Yet, Reinsdorf still couldn’t get us a halfway decent coach. He’s such a cheap bastard. And I don’t think that spending money equates to wins or anything, but it’s apparent that he just does not want to shell out the coin for coaching. Now we’re stuck looking at Vinny’s hair for the foreseeable future.

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.

The Chairman is once again the most profitable owner in the league, but he won’t break the bank to pay his players that get him there(Ben Gordon).

We’ll recycle the roster again over the next two years to ensure the profit stream. Maybe we can lease the General Manager duties to an automaker. What the heck right?

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.