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[QUOTE="jordville, post: 4296229, member: 3388"]
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Of the 19 seasons of it so far, the NBA champion has three times paid the highest amount of luxury tax in the league. Conversely, on five occasions, the champion has paid nothing at all.

Total tax spend has spiked sharply in the last, let's say, twelve months. The Golden State Warriors spent $170,331,194 in luxury tax alone last season, more than the league-wide total of any previous season except the first one, 2002/03, when the threshold was still guesswork.

The top five seasons for total league-wide luxury tax payments all time:
2018/19: $156,666,606
2003/04: $157,212,990
2020/21: $160,009,546
2002/03: $173,313.440
2021/22: $481,021,386
Bit of a crescendo at the end there.

Top five NBA luxury tax-paying teams of all time, measured by total spend:

1) Golden State Warriors: $337,841,573

2) Brooklyn/New Jersey Nets: $297,855,872

3) New York Knicks: $248,542,987

4) Dallas Mavericks: $226,053,588

5) L.A. Lakers: $167,754,452

And, since I know you're wondering: the bottom five NBA luxury tax-paying teams of all time, measured by total spend:

26) Houston Rockets: $5,632,243

27) Atlanta Hawks: $4,382,199

28) Detroit Pistons: $756,627

=29) Charlotte Hornets: $0

=29) New Orleans Pelicans: $0

** Bulls 24th spending $8.1m (one of the biggest markets but spends like a small market city)

Edit: To be fair, spending big doesn’t always equate to success and rings. For the Warriors and Cavs, yes, but when have the Knicks ever been “good” during those 20 years? Or the Nets? You have to spend smartly.
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