With half our tongue in cheek, we suggested during February’s Super Bowl in California that in the future all such games should be held in no-income-tax states.

The winning Seattle Seahawks were subject to California’s highest-in-the-nation state income tax rate of 13.3% on their $188,000 per player bonus. That’s because California is one of 22 states that say working there for even one day triggers the need to file a tax return.

After this week’s win by the New York Knicks we’ll now say the same thing for NBA titles.

The WSJ had a great editorial yesterday pointing out Brunson’s extra tax for being signed by the Knicks away from the Dallas Mavericks.

Jalen Brunson, the point guard who scored 45 points in powering the Knicks to victory in the final game, would agree. After the game, a reporter asked Brunson if he had a beef with Texas.. “I have nothing against Texas. I love Texas. I miss the Texas taxes,”  Brunson quipped about the Lone Star State’s lack of any income tax.

His state income tax bill went from zero to 10.9% for the privilege of living in the state of New York; it would be 14.8% if he lived in New York City.

Maybe the high tax rates is one reason it took the Knicks more than 50 years (!) to win an NBA crown.