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Three teams in the NBA have changed hands in 5 months. It seems that since Jordan sold the Hornets, the bosses of each team are a little unable to sit still.

2:54am, 15 August 2025Basketball

Three teams in the NBA have changed hands in 5 months. It seems that since Jordan sold the Hornets, the bosses of each team have been unable to sit still. First, Cuban sold the Mavericks. This year is even more crazy, with the Celtics selling the team to Bill Chisholm, managing partner of Symphony Technology Group, at a valuation of $6.1 billion.

The Lakers then became even more exaggerated and sold most of the team's equity at a valuation of $10 billion.

Then two months later, the Trail Blazers also sold the team, selling it to NHL Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dunton for more than $4 billion. The transaction consists of two payments, one paid at the end of the transaction and the other paid later, with a total valuation of approximately $4.25 billion.

In other words, the Trail Blazers sold 4.25 billion, which is believed to be a surprise to many people. I believe that after learning this news, one boss probably feels very uncomfortable, that is, former Timberwolves boss Glen Taylor, because he sold the team to Mark Lore and Alex Rodriguez for 1.5 billion in 2021.

Regularly speaking, even if there are geographical differences, the team prices should not be so different, and the time is not long. But there is no way, because selling the team will be the time when the new crown epidemic broke out, and the time for sale was not good, and the boss was eager to take action, so he finally sold only 1.5 billion. It is said that they are still appealing now, but it should be useless. The two parties have signed an agreement. Even if the team's valuation rises later, they can only be sold at the original price.

In addition, all the profits of the Trail Blazers sold the team this time will be used for charity. This is the last wish of former boss Paul Allen. It is estimated that the high price is also due to this. In addition, Yang Hansen, a Chinese player, was introduced this summer, and the subsequent value should also be calculated.

Talk about former boss Paul Allen. In 1988, Paul Allen spent $70 million to buy the Trail Blazers, but Paul Allen died of cancer in 2018. I believe that many fans have an impression of this incident, because there were many rumors about selling the team at that time. After Paul Allen died, his sister was in charge of the team, and this sister had almost no interest in basketball, so it was only a matter of time before she could sell the team.

In recent years, there have been more and more bosses selling teams. After selling the Hornets, Jordan said that he was losing money every year. Cuban seemed to have such remarks, so it was better to cash out earlier. At that time, the teams that cost tens of millions were bought. Although tens of millions at that time were equivalent to hundreds of millions now, the overall value was a lot, so as long as you sell it, you would make a lot of money.

Now that the Celtics have cashed out at a high level, is it the Warriors' turn next? The boss can take advantage of Curry's sale for a good price. The Celtics sold 6 billion, the Lakers sold 10 billion, and the Warriors should not be bad either.

Some fans said that these bosses are very smart. The older generation of super stars will basically retire within three years. The successors of new and old will be weak. At that time, the attention of the NBA will definitely drop. At this time, you can still sell the team at a good price, but it will not be necessary in two years.

But I can only say that this is from the perspective of ordinary people. For these big bosses who are often tens of billions of dollars, the perspective of looking at this kind of transaction is definitely not something we can understand.

So, just watch the game carefully. No matter who the boss is, as long as Yang Hansen can play well in the Trail Blazers.

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