Despite not making the playoffs the past four seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers are still one of the most popular teams in the NBA, given their storied past, and legendary players that have suited up for them. With the key additions they made this offseason, their fans are full of optimism that they can become a winning group once again this year, especially with Lonzo Ball, Brook Lopez and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope now in their fold.
That said, the team has emerged as the top-selling team on StubHub, according to Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk. They are followed by the New York Knicks, which is also a big market team like the Lakers, and the Boston Celtics, who are third on the list.
“The Lakers are the top ticket selling NBA team on StubHub this season, the online secondary ticket market’s leader told NBC Sports. L.A.’s sales are up nearly a 130 percent from last season. Second on that team’s sales list are the always popular Knicks, with their hope invested in Kristaps Porzingis. Third is Boston, another team with a lot of hope after the additions of Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward — the Celtics’ sales have jumped 48 percent from a season ago, when they were seventh in the league in sales at StubHub.”
“Fifth on the team sales list is the Philadelphia 76ers, where the fan base has had to subsist on nothing but hope for years, but now fans think they will get fed some playoff basketball thanks to Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz. Sixers ticket sales are up 110 percent over this time last season on StubHub.”
StubHub spokesperson Jessica Erskine spoke about the trend they are now seeing from the ticket buyers, especially for those teams that are hopeful that their teams can make a lot of noise this coming season.
“While recent success and offseason moves have driven demand amongst NBA ticket buyers on StubHub for teams like the Boston Celtics, we are also seeing a sense of optimism and notable increase in demand for teams that haven’t recently been in the playoffs but have rosters boasting exciting new talent, such as the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers,” Erskine said.
“On the road, The Warriors talent draw the highest demand with a significant uptick in ticket sales over the average NBA regular season game.”
It remains to be seen if these teams will continue to be the top-sellers as the season progresses, but if they start strong and string a few wins together immediately, they may even increase ticket sales further. However, there could also be some surprise teams that could emerge as well, which could get more of their fans to want to watch them live, and go to StubHub to ensure they get seats.
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