At last, Denver Nuggets has crossed his name off the list of franchises that have never been NBA champions. Those of the Rocky Mountains have reaped the great success of their history in their first visit, in addition, to the fight for the title. Until now, its ceiling was an ABA final, the last (in 1975) before an integration into the NBA that four teams survived: Spurs, Nets, Pacers and Nuggets. If in that series of 75 the Colorados lost against the Nets, led by the great Julius Erving, this time they have not failed, they have defeated the Miami Heat and have ended almost half a century of waitingsince they entered the NBA in 1976.
What does that mean economically? In the NBA there is no direct prize for the champion, who wins the mythical Larry O’Brien trophy, which is valued at about $13,500. The amounts received by the team that wins the title vary, since a fund is established (pool) economic from which the money is distributed according to criteria of the players union (NBPA). Last season, that total fund was 25 million dollars and now it is expected to be around 27 for the course that had just closed. According to estimated cast calculations, the champion takes more than 4 million just for winning the titlewhich means for each player (coaches and staff are also included in the cast) a total of 270,000 dollars (in squads of 15 players, those who play playoffs). It doesn’t sound like much, but it’s more than you get in the Super Bowl, where each player gets about $150,000 for the title. To those more than four million you have to add the amounts that the teams get for other achievements of normal season and playoffs. From there comes the total amount that the champion, in this case the Nuggets, enters from the NBA coffers for winning the title.
This is how the extra income for the teams will break down this year:
Have the best record of the season: $777,840
1.Having the best in a conference: 680,603 for each
2. Second best record in a conference: 547,039 each
3. Third-best record in a conference: 408,364 each
4. Fourth-best record in a conference: 320,931 in each conference
5. Fifth best record in a conference: 267,411 each
6. Sixth best record in a conference: 182,391 each
Get to the first round of playoffs: $402,479 per team.
Reach the conference semifinals: $478,902
Play the conference finals: $791,398
Losing the NBA Finals: $3,164,731
Being an NBA champion: 4,775,940
In this way, the total award for the Denver Nuggets, adding all the concepts that they have reached from the list, It will be almost eight million dollars (7,809,925).