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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 835488">Of course.Are you sure OKC didn't lose money this year?  I wouldn't be so sure of that.  At best, an owner will lose money to make money in an effort to win a championship which increases the fan following, the TV ratings, attendance, ticket prices, etc., in an attempt to create a halo affect that will last for some years.  At worst, it is an exercise in ego.  However, losing money is not a sustainable business model.Owners are not always guided by best business principals and practices.  Taking another example from the OKC franchise, a partnership owner and a key mover and shaker in engineering the Supersonics purchase and move to OKC was Aubry McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Energy.  He subsequently ran Chesapeake into bankruptcy, was indicted for bid rigging, and died in a high speed car crash the day after the indictment.But I digress.  After all the revenue sharing and luxury taxes are parsed out, whoever has the greatest profit has an advantage.  Of course more profit is no guaratee of more winning, but to think it is not an advantage doesn't make much sense.What you wrote and what I responded to was your contension that Golden State is a small market team that competes with the Lakers which was a complete misunderstanding of geography.  The other point, mo' money makiing for better odds of winning, should not be in dispute.</blockquote>

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