Last month, Forbes valued the Warriors at an estimated $4.3 billion.
Golden State had the third-highest figure in the NBA behind only the New York Knicks ($4.6 billion) and Los Angeles Lakers ($4.4 billion).
But the Warriors checked in at No. 2 in revenue ($440 million), with the Knicks ($472 million) and Lakers ($434 million) at No. 1 and No. 3 respectively.
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Owner Joe Lacob disagrees with those amounts.
“Forbes is more of a general indicator," he told Bill Shea of The Athletic. "Its revenue estimates are understated for Golden State. We have much more revenue than the Knicks and Lakers.”
He has the same sentiment for the overall valuations.
“These are all estimates. I have no idea how they come up with these numbers," Lacob said. "I’ve heard they talk to people at the NBA and maybe certain teams.
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"Maybe (they’re accurate) on a relative basis in terms of the values. On an absolute basis, that’s up for debate.”
One of the main reasons for Golden State's meteoric rise is Chase Center.
As team president Rick Welts said one year ago: "We'll be opening the building with something like $2 billion in contractually-obligated income, which I think for an arena or stadium, at least up to this point, will be a record."
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Lacob obviously wants his franchise's valuation to increase over time, but ...
"Frankly, it doesn’t really matter to me because I am never going to sell,” Lacob said.
Why would he?