If an athlete buys an ownership stake in a team and no one knows it, does it make a sound?

He’s the most powerful of all the athlete owners with a majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets, which is why he came in last, like the Hornets so often do. Kudos to M.J. for being able to overpay Gordon Hayward and draft Kwame Brown.

They lucked into the most capable Ball brother and drafted the most athletic Bridges “we’re not brothers but we were in the same draft class so it’s confusing” brother, so now it’s just about paying and retaining, not acquiring. Congrats, Mike, now you have #realownerproblems.

This could be moot by the time this list posts as it’s rumored Lemieux and fellow owner Ron Burkle are looking to sell the Penguins to the Fenway Sports Group (more on their athlete minority owner is a second), so let’s acknowledge Mario’s success.

Winning the Stanley Cup as an owner is a testament to his team building abilities, but let’s not forget the true test of any owner is how well you ignore sexual assault accusations, and he does that with the worst of them.

I left off all other athletes who own MLS teams because there’s a ton of them, and owning an MLS club is one step above owning an XFL franchise, even if Becks has a larger stake than other athlete owners. I lived in Miami for a brief time and even attended a Miami Marlins game.

I don’t have much to go off of other than South Floridians’ general apathy toward sports teams that don’t matter, so I can’t say with certainty that mid-summer Inter Miami games at an outdoor, humid venue are sparsely attended, but I’d assume that’s the case.

The Miami Dolphins’ ownership box has more hardware than the team. I wish that was a more impressive stat, because between Serena and Venus, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez and Gloria and Emilio Estefan, that’s a lot of tennis trophies, Grammys and Oscars. (I’m assuming Anthony won an Oscar for his turn as a scumbag father in Man of Fire, but don’t quote me.)

It’s unclear how much Venus and Serena own, but being the first women African-American minority owners in the NFL is less about drafting Tua and more about optics and empowerment.

Furthering his place as Kansas City royalty, Mahomes purchased a stake in the Royals in 2019. It’s unclear how much he put down, but it had be at least $10 million because you have to buy at least 1 percent of the team per MLB rules.

We’re getting into Jay-Z courtside seat level of powerlessness, so this is kind of like arguing who has the least impact of the 10th, 11th and 12th guys on the Lakers. You could say it’s Trevor Ariza, but some will make the case for DeAndre Jordan.

The real debate isn’t how little power Jeter has with the Marlins, but rather who matters less to South Florida sports fans between Jeter and Beckham. No, this is not who’s hotter. (I don’t have a take on that other than to say I like an English accent.)

Jeter has a 4 percent ownership stake, so that’s something; that it’s in a team that plays in SeaWorld Miami is nothing, though.

It would be funny if Magic had the same amount of ownership in all his investments as he does in the Los Angeles Dodgers (2.3 percent). As I write that, a 2.3 percent stake in Starbucks would be pretty impressive actually; I’m sure he’d rather have had 2.3 percent of 24 Hour Fitness before the pandemic than what he did; and 2.3 percent of Burger King is 2.3 percent too much. (The smell of a rodeo burger still elicits my gag reflex.)

Magic seems to be more of the face of an ownership group than anyone of real consequence, and Lakers fans can attest that’s probably for the best.

Los Angeles Laker LeBron James being part of any ownership of a Boston team has to drive Boston fans crazy – well, at least 2 percent crazy. Outside of investment potential and free/dope Liverpool gear, LeBron saw a route to turning the tables on a city that once owned him (however briefly).

He isn’t combing the minors for lefty relievers, or assessing the holding midfielder options available at the transfer window, so how much owning he’s doing really isn’t up for debate because it’s not much.

The Utah Jazz making Wade an “owner” is like a college team hiring the dad/coach of a star recruit to get the recruit to sign. In this case, the recruit is Donovan Mitchell and Wade is responsible for signing him to Salt Lake City long term. (Advice: If you’re trying to convince a player to stay in a place, you might want to, ya know, be there yourself from time to time.)

Who knows, maybe Mitchell will sign a deal if Wade tosses him some points on D Wade Cellars.

Dillon spending $300 for a piece of paper that gives him a part of the Packers is laughable — and that’s what he was going for. He’s the least powerful athlete sports owner, but at least he’s not under the illusion that his small percentage is anything more than an expensive paperweight.

However, there isn’t an owner’s box to watch from or courtside seats to sit in at Lambeau, so having a sideline pass is better than most Green Bay owners can do.