Robert Sarver, uas tshaj tawm nag hmo tias nws yog muag Phoenix Suns, tab tom qhia cov neeg nug txog kev yuav pab pawg NBA tias nws xav tau $ 4 nphom (tus nqi lag luam), raws li cov peev txheej.

Tus nqi muag ntawm ib pab neeg tsis tas yuav thim rov qab thoob plaws ib pab koomtes. Tab sis thaum tag nrho cov khoom lag luam poob qis 1.7% hnub Wednesday - raws li tus nqi ntawm cov kis las ncaws pob xws li pab pawg ncaws pob Askiv Manchester United (down 3.1%) thiab Atlanta Braves tus tswv Liberty Media (down 1.9%) - shares ntawm MSG Sports, uas yog tus tswv. NBA's New York Knicks thiab NHL's New York Rangers, tau nce 0.6%. (Ob lub khw thiab MSG Cov Kev Ua Si tau poob qis hauv kev lag luam thaum sawv ntxov no.)

MSG Sports muaj tus nqi lag luam ntawm $ 3.8 nphom ($ 3.6 nphom kev ncaj ncees ntxiv rau cov nuj nqis ntawm $ 160 lab). Ib xyoos dhau los, Forbes muaj nuj nqis rau Knicks ntawm $ 5.8 billion thiab Rangers ntawm $ 2 billion. Ib feem ntawm qhov tsis sib xws yog vim leej twg yog tus tswv pab pawg. Nyob rau hauv James Dolan thiab tsev neeg Dolan, Knicks muaj ib qho kev sib tw ua si hauv cuaj lub caij dhau los, thiab lawv tau yeej NBA kev sib tw zaum kawg thaum roj av muag rau 39 xees ib nkas loos. Qhov ntawd yog txawm tias tus kiv cua ncaj ncees thiab qhov zoo ntawm kev ua si hauv nruab nrab ntawm Manhattan, nyob ib sab ntawm Madison Avenue thiab Wall Street. Thaum cov tuam txhab nyiaj raug nug txog qhov sib kis ntawm tus nqi ntawm pawg thiab cov nqi Tshuag, qhov sib txawv uas muaj nyob rau xyoo, lawv hu nws "tus Jimmy Dolan 20% luv nqi."

Tej zaum Sarver tau txais nws tus nqi, tej zaum nws tsis - ib xyoos dhau los, Forbes muaj nuj nqis rau Suns ntawm $ 1.8 billion. Tab sis cov tub ua lag luam zoo li tau hais tias $ 4 billion, lossis kaum zaus qhov Sarver them rau Suns hauv 2004, tsis yog tawm ntawm qhov muaj peev xwm.

Christopher Marangi, tus thawj coj ua lag luam ntawm Gamco Investors, uas muaj qee qhov 635,000 shares ntawm MSG Sports, reckons tias $ 4 billion muag tus nqi rau Suns txhais tau tias tus nqi rau Knicks ntau dua $ 6 billion. Kev lag luam zoo li New York, tau kawg, yuav hais kom ntau dua li Phoenix. Yog li nws muaj kev nyab xeeb los hais tias yog Dolan puas tau txiav txim siab koom nrog Knicks, muab Suns '$ 4 billion scenario, nws tuaj yeem tau txais ntau dua $ 6 nphom.