Although money can help NBA teams win championships, you can still spend a whole lot of money and come away with nothing.
Knicks fans know this well because historically, New York has spent a lot with hardly any hardware to show for it.
In this article, we take a look at the most expensive teams in modern NBA history, beginning with the 1990-91 season (the earliest date in our database). We determine this by comparing the teams with the biggest spending on player salaries to the league average for each year.
Per our research, out of the 30 most expensive team payrolls since 1990, 11 belong to the Knicks. Five of those teams didn’t even make the playoffs.
Yikes.