Forbes: Knicks, Lakers among 10 most valuable sports franchises

Despite any rhetoric commissioner Adam Silver tries to sell, 2014 was a great year for NBA teams.

Forbes released its list of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams of 2014 on Wednesday and two teams - the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers - made appearances in the top 10, despite winning a combined 38 games last season.

The Lakers are buoyed by a monstrous 20-year, $4-billion local TV broadcast deal, while the Knicks boast the league's priciest tickets, along with luxury suites that cost up to $1 million, which translated to over $300 million in gate revenue, Forbes reports.

But the Knicks and Lakers weren't the only teams to accrue value. Almost every NBA team's value increased over last year. A total of 10 teams made the top 50, all showing one-year jumps in valuation of at least 50 percent. The likely factor is the NBA's new nine-year, $24-billion TV broadcast deal starting in 2016.

National broadcast deals aside, the practice of vertical integration (consolidating ownership of broadcasts and arena rights) also plays a huge hand in the valuation of franchises. Forbes notes that teams like the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics save a fortune on rent costs.