What is the best NBA team to never win a championship?

[Tom]

Reggie's Pacers and Malone's Jazz team

 

[GreatestLaker]

2000 Blazers
1997-98 Jazz
2002 Kings

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[Trust Me]

A team that got swept in the finals is one of the best to never win it?

Are you 12? Did you not watch that season? Team was ill.

It's a travesty they didn't win it all

 

[GreatestLaker]

I honestly think the mid 2000s Mavs are a top 3 team to never win a title

Those mid 2000 Mavs were never that good.

 

[Street Knowledge]

A team that got swept in the finals is one of the best to never win it?

Yes I'm talking talent wise they are right there.

Them nikkaz just ran into a hot Rockets team with Hakeem on a legendary run. But they had Shaq,penny, Horace grant, nick Anderson, Dennis Scott.

That was a dope team

 

[Luke Cage]

Reggie's Pacers and Malone's Jazz team

i never thought reggies pacers were that great. they were a really good team but today they'd still be a 3rd or 4th seed in this weak eastern conference.

 

[Captain Crunch]

late 08 - '10 Blazers, if it wasn't for injuries, they'd be a dynasty. I'd throw in the early 00's Kings as well.

 

[ManBearPig]

late 90s early 2k blazers

sheed, smitty, sabonis, mighty mouse, pipp & 'nem. better than the clyde, milk dud, duckworth teams.

those kings teams we kicked in the ass were good too.

the 1992 Blazers would rape that team dry.

 

[NV-ME]

the 1992 Blazers would rape that team dry.

please. didnt even mention augmon, bonzi, detlef, j. oneal didnt even get tick they were so deep. they just ran into superman and GOD

 

[mastermind]

1968-69 Lakers

 

[VBM]

Early 00s Blazers and Kings come to mind. Also Malone's late-90s Jazz squads.

 

[H.J.Duck]

I was gonna mention early 00s Kings, Late 90s Jazz & early/mid 90s Suns too.


And actually, if we look @ the regular season standings, u could make an argument for Bron's Cavaliers. They might not have been as talented as some of the other teams mentioned in this thread. But, they had the home court advantage in the playoffs 5 years in a row, had the best record in the NBA 2 years in a row, made the finals once, conference finals twice & had the MVP 2 seasons in a row



Almost the same can be said about the mid-00s Suns though, they were a top2 team in the West 3 years in a row and made the conference finals twice when Nash was the MVP

 

[GreatestLaker]

I was gonna mention early 00s Kings, Late 90s Jazz & early/mid 90s Suns too.


And actually, if we look @ the regular season standings, u could make an argument for Bron's Cavaliers. They might not have been as talented as some of the other teams mentioned in this thread. But, they had the home court advantage in the playoffs 5 years in a row, had the best record in the NBA 2 years in a row, made the finals once, conference finals twice & had the MVP 2 seasons in a row

I was thinking on listing them, but they were never dominant in the playoffs even though they dominated the regular season.

 

[Higher Tech]

The Reggie Miller Pacers

This

 

[ManBearPig]

please. didnt even mention augmon, bonzi, detlef, j. oneal didnt even get tick they were so deep. they just ran into superman and GOD

detlef and Pippen were both =

bonzi and O'neal were both young fukks.

1992 Blazers
Drexlers= 2nd in the MVP race
Terry Porter= arguable the best PG in the NBA that year. shytted on John Stockton in the playoffs.
Buck Williams= rebounding beast
Jerome Kersey
Clifford Robinson= up and coming star
and then Danny Ainge


Danny Ainge was a 18ppg scoring coming off the bench