The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers combined to pay more than $88 million in revenue sharing receipts to smaller market teams for the 2021-2022 season, according to a memo obtained by ESPN on Friday.
Eight more larger market teams -- including New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, the LA Clippers and Brooklyn -- delivered an additional $75.6 million in revenue sharing to smaller market teams, the memo said, bringing the total amount from the 10 teams to $163.6 million.
There were 20 teams collecting a total of $404 million in revenue sharing that also included an additional $240 million in luxury tax payments, according to the memo.