re: Deadspin article about Pels

I'm not gonna pretend I'm some expert that knows how to optimally run an NBA organization from a profit perspective, but from this lay observer that does work in corporate financial management, I have a very hard time seeing how the Dell model is anything to write home about personally.

His entire philosophy has been predicated on trading off lower, often times more exciting(from a fans perspective) up and coming talent on cheap deals for guys coming into their second or third contracts, thus pushing your payroll up to and into the lottery threshold, all without a whole lot of success to show for it. As ticket prices are still relatively below average and attendance is in the bottom quarter of the league. Merchandise sales don't seem to be anything to write home about since we are never in the top 15 lists of team merchandise and AD himself still isn't in the top 20. Now I'm not sure how the team's corporate sponsorship, suite sales, and arena revenue contribute, but I can't imagine Demps is blowing the doors off the hinges there either. And there is probably a reason that as recent as 2016 we are the lowest valued franchise in the league with a majority of our revenue coming from the league.