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Monday, May 15, 2006
Sonics should look to the Jazz
By ART THIEL
P-I COLUMNIST
Ask followers of the NBA over the last 20 years to list the most energetic
fan bases in the NBA, and the top three would have to include, in no
particular order, Portland, Sacramento and Utah.
The franchises benefited from being in one-horse pro sports towns, where fans
not only drew identities from the teams, but also believed the mythology that
the presence of an NBA team confers major league status on the city.
Lately, however, things have changed.
The Trail Blazers franchise has almost imploded. The team was the league's
worst, owner Paul Allen wants to sell, the Rose Garden is in bankruptcy, and
many fans can't get far enough away from the team.
In Sacramento, the Kings' lease on Arco Arena is up after next season, and
the owners want a new $400 million publicly financed facility, for which
there has been minimal support.
And over the weekend, Jazz owner Larry Miller acknowledged to The Salt Lake
Tribune that the club has lost nearly $25 million over the past two seasons.
The one difference is that Miller is seeking neither the door nor a public
handout. More important, he's actually accepting responsibility instead of
blaming the arena, fans or local politicians.
He said committing to long-term contracts such as those to Andrei Kirilenko,
Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur (total value $194 million) killed any chance at
profit. But he offered up no regrets because he understands temporary losses
are part of the cycle of a well-run pro sports ownership.
"We're losing ... blow-your-mind numbers," he said. "Being competitive on the
floor is important to us, and we believe we're headed in the right direction.
You have to be smart about it, and I think we have been ... (the losses are)
something we were prepared for."
In a nutshell, that is how to run an NBA franchise.
In the Stockton-Malone glory days of long, lucrative playoff runs, Miller
banked millions, knowing he would have draft-lottery seasons. He also is the
principal owner of the Jazz's home building, the Delta Center, and uses the
revenue from more than 200 event-days to fill in his income statements when
the Jazz stumble.
Miller is taking the risks; he's entitled to the rewards, one of which
includes not having to indulge local politics regarding the operation of
his franchise and building. Mygawd, wasn't babysitting Karl Malone's petty
tantrums sufficiently debilitating without having to blow the mayor's nose
too?
Besides, Miller knows that the club he bought for $20 million is now worth
at least $300 million. That is a sort of stewardship that needs to happen
regarding the Sonics.
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