The Worst NBA Teams of All Time

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This is a list NBA teams do not want to be on. Can you guess what the worst NBA team of all time is? I'll give you a clue. It involves the best NBA player of all time, Michael Jordan.

I shot the gun too early and posted Part 2 here. Take a look at part one below!

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10. 1998-99 Vancouver Grizzlies (8-42)


The Vancouver Grizzlies fortunes hadn't improved from their inaugural 15-67 season of 1995-96. The 1998-99 Grizzlies could only manage to win 16% of their games in a season cut short by a 6-month NBA lockout. The Grizzlies started the season 4-6 but finished the season 4-36. Shareef Abdur-Rahim and rookie Mike Bibby were the only players who made an impact.

Vancouver were never able to build a competitive roster in Vancouver. It's depressing for a team that left Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace and Kevin Garnett on the board in the 1995 draft. The Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in 2001, but Vancouver is ready again to host the next NBA expansion team.

9. 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks (13-69)


Rookie coach Quinn Buckner led the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks to become one of the worst NBA teams of all time. The Mavericks simply did not have the talent and they started the season 1-23 and were on track to become the worst NBA team ever. During the season Dallas tied the record for longest losing streak in the NBA at the time with 20 consecutive losses.

Buckner survived the season leading Dallas to a winning percentage of 15.9%, but he would never coach again after that. Taking into account the previous season the Mavericks were 24-140. overall Dallas was "rewarded" with the second pick of the 1994 draft and picked Jason Kidd.

-2nd overall pick in the 1994 Draft -2nd all-time in assists AND steals -107 career triple-doubles -9 All-Defensive Team Selections

Jason Kidd is now in the Hall of Fame! #18HoopClass pic.twitter.com/ebjeIZzBcv — NBA Draft (@NBADraft) September 8, 2018

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8. 2004-05 Atlanta Hawks (13-69)


The 2004-05 Atlanta Hawks were horrible at both ends of the ball posting losing streaks of 13 and 14 games, and a winning percentage of only 15.9%. Before the season started they traded away Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Theo Ratliff. Coach Mike Woodson was in his first season after arriving from Detroit where he was an assistant coach.

The Hawks were simply outclassed and were ranked second last in the league in both offense and defense, losing 32 of their last 35 game. Atlanta did have success with rookies Josh Childress and Josh Smith who both made the All-Rookie Second Team.

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Interesting to learn about that terrible Mavs team! Jason Kidd was a beast especially in his prime! Interesting that he eventually won a title as a Mav much later in his career and now he's their head coach! Cool post I love learning new things about sports, pretty mindblowing!

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Great to hear! I know in getting old when the players i grew up watching all start to become to coaches and managers. Same thing especially in soccer

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Dang, that must be kind of trippy. I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm older than many of these athletes myself. I'm mostly used to it but it took awhile lol. Yeah and when it comes to coaches I remember Jason Kidd for the most part, mostly past his prime though. I remember Mike Vrabel the Titans HC of course. I wonder what other players will be coaching in the future, I'm sure a handful of them will. Imagine if like Tom Brady or LeBron became coaches, that would be interesting.

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!LOLZ
!hivebits

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