Portland

Of course everyone leaves small markets, if they don't catch lightning in a bottle like Giannis or Jokic.

Blazer owners have the only major sports team (love soccer but MLS is still not yet on the tier in America, give Messi 5 years and maybe?) In the city, seats are full and they get a playoff round or two almost every year for minimal cost, they're very profitable and accumulating value while they setup to sell in decades for the big payoff. Throw in some tax deductions for giving away free seats that would go unused otherwise for low demand games and laugh on your tax return. When "losing" is winning.