re: Could Benson get a billion for the Pels

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But if the bucks got $550 million...

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we'd probably be in that range

the clippers situation was a rare chance to buy an NBA team in a major market (i struggle to call it a top NBA team)

also, there was a very quick bidding where one guy big WAY over value to ensure that he won. ballmer bid like 2B and the other bids were reported to be 1.2 and 1.6. that's a HUGE premium paid on top of a major premium

if AD is signed long-term, we would probably max in the 650-700m range, tops, if somebody wanted to overpay. the kings went for 534M and the bucks for 550M. we're in that small market range (but with a superstar, we would get a bump)