5 Worst NBA team owners

The worst NBA team owners of all time are those well-intentioned men with thick pockets who purchased a National Basketball Association team with dreadful results.

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Dolan is the OG of terrible NBA owners. He has been at the helm of the New York Knicks for over 20 years now and, for almost two decades, he’s done damn near everything he could to destroy the team’s reputation from the inside.

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Cuban is generally considered an all-around good guy. But as an owner, he’s been an unmitigated mess. The Mavs are a poverty franchise wrapped in 50-game winning seasons and first-round exits.

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Joe Tsai is the owner of the Brooklyn Nets. Tsai tried to buy a championship with splashy free-agent signings and trades instead of building upon draft and development.

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The greatest player of all time is one of the worst owners in sports history. Since taking over the team in 2010 as majority owner, he has run the franchise into the ground through terrible drafting, bloated contracts, and a revolving door of coaches and players.

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Possibly the worst owner in professional sports today, Dolan has been the driving force behind the NBA’s most dysfunctional franchise over the past few decades — the New York Knicks.

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5 Worst NBA team owners

The worst NBA team owners of all time are those well-intentioned men with thick pockets who purchased a National Basketball Association team with dreadful results.

Dolan is the OG of terrible NBA owners. He has been at the helm of the New York Knicks for over 20 years now and, for almost two decades, he’s done damn near everything he could to destroy the team’s reputation from the inside.

James Dolan

Cuban is generally considered an all-around good guy. But as an owner, he’s been an unmitigated mess. The Mavs are a poverty franchise wrapped in 50-game winning seasons and first-round exits.

Mark Cuban

Joe Tsai is the owner of the Brooklyn Nets. Tsai tried to buy a championship with splashy free-agent signings and trades instead of building upon draft and development.

Joe Tsai

The greatest player of all time is one of the worst owners in sports history. Since taking over the team in 2010 as majority owner, he has run the franchise into the ground through terrible drafting, bloated contracts, and a revolving door of coaches and players.

Michael Jordan

Possibly the worst owner in professional sports today, Dolan has been the driving force behind the NBA’s most dysfunctional franchise over the past few decades — the New York Knicks.

James Dolan

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