As of July 2019, which is the historically worst NBA franchise?

after careful consideration im gonna say clippers bc 49 years without so much as getting to the 3rd round is unconscionable. at least minny has done that even though they havent done much since and hadnt done much prior.

this changes next year, probably.

altho kings get honorable mentions for the record number of location and name changes.

https://nbahoopsonline.com/teams/SacramentoKings/history/RochesterSeagrams/Ebers1933.jpg

https://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/teamsites/images/legacy/kings/Kings-History-Seagrams.jpg

terrible

Relative to what should be possible it's the Knicks

i took a recent past / forward looking view and voted charlotte. it's just....nothing.

Yeah, Charlotte doesn’t even have a narrative worth a toss. Clippers and Kings have highs and what ifs; Charlotte is a never was

i have pleasant memories of the 92-97 Hornets as being a really fun team which may date me. Zo! Johnson! Muggsy! Glen Rice! Mason! Vlade! They had a moment.

All those guys except Muggsy peaked elsewhere.

i have pleasant memories of the 92-97 Hornets as being a really fun team which may date me. Zo! Johnson! Muggsy! Glen Rice! Mason! Vlade! They had a moment.

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this team is covered by the current pelicans in the poll.

and tbf it was a really fun team but the current charlotte franchise doesn't get credit for it

the name switcheroo is confusing for assessment purposes, but yeah, the old hornets now pelicans has some flavor that charlotte bobcats-now-hornets do not have. NO hornets had baron davis for a second and then chris paul/david west teams before ant davis.

iow they were always kiiiinda interesting?

don't forget about the starter jackets

oh, we're just talking about the charlotte bobcats then? yeah, them for sure.

first inclination and vote: atl

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i thought the hornets officially got their team history back from the pelicans but yeah if you start with the bobcats then the past 4 years are their peak which uh

new charlotte pretending like they have old charlotte's history is like when fresh prince changed moms on us and expected us not to notice

that was really weird I don't think I really appreciated how weird that was at the time

The new Becky on Rosanne syndrome

it was very weird but nobody pays attention to charlotte so nobody noticed

anyway i voted for the kings because i'm not entirely convinced the hornets are the bobcat or whatever and they've been around in their current incarnation for too short a period of time to make a "historical worst" determination

you know what this thread made me think about that i haven't thought of in years? that joe smith deal where the t-wolves got penalized 4 first round picks right when they most needed help for kg.

do ppl in minnesota still curse kevin mchale's name? bc i would.

The Kings were robbed in 2002 WCF though so I couldn't vote for a team that put themselves in a position to win it all. It's between the Timberwolves and the Hornets for me. Hornets look like they will have a rough, rough season this year so I will go for them.

our local sports talk station did about an hour where they went through players that were still on the board when the Wolves drafted, and players that were available in those years we didn't have picks. it was staggering.

wolves win (lose) for drafting TWO point guards before curry in the 09 draft

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Truth.

lmao who picked the pacers, compupoooooooost?

Voted Clippers because even in their CP3 period of being good, they were one of the more unpleasant-to-watch good teams in recent memory. This year obv may change things. Charlotte a worthy winner, and they are primed to be truly ghastly this year.

Surprised to see Wizards with only one vote!

guess besides the title, they've had a few memorable teams/players in the last 20 years. mediocre but not the worst

thinkin abt this thread and thinkin i shoulda voted minny :/

yah i think i got it right

2020 hasn’t happened yet!

― Clay,

well here's a sentiment i wish i could post in perpetuity

lol i thought the same thing