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

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

 

[Po pimp]

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

Dude, they had home court advantage, swept Houston in the regular season, and was a couple of missed FTs from winning game one. Losing that game changed the tide of the whole series.

 

[ghostwriterx]

96-97 Knicks

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

A guy in here just said terry porter was arguably the best pg in 92

 

[ManBearPig]

A guy in here just said terry porter was arguably the best pg in 92

1992?

he was up there. no doubt

 

[OC's finest]

The Reggie Miller Pacers

the pacers the year of the malice at the palace was championship material, they played hard, had insane defense, and were grimey as fk and unstoppable

miller

artest

jermain o neal

s. jackson

grimey ass mofos couldnt keep it together

theres some great quotes regarding the riot, but the best is artest immediately after the brawl and ensuing riot.

artest to his teammates: "guys, you think we're gon get in trouble for this?"

teammates:

 

[Liquid]

That kings team got fukked over. They were clearly the best team in the NBA and when they were finally ready to beat the Lakers the refs were in the middle of fixing games.

Btw @ Gizzle, there was no NBA champion in 2006 in my eyes. That was fixed.

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[GreatestLaker]

That kings team got fukked over. They were clearly the best team in the NBA and when they were finally ready to beat the Lakers the refs were in the middle of fixing games.

Yeah, let's pretend games 2, 3 and 5 didn't happen.

No one was saying shyt when the Kings were getting the benefit of the whistle. Look at the ft disparity in those games. But the one game where the Lakers got the calls "its a fix".

fukk outta here nikka.

 

[Piff Tannen]

Early 90s Blazers, 96 Sonics, 00 Blazers, 02 Kings

this answer along with pacers somewhere in 98 if they didn't play the bulls,if Jonathan bender who supposed to be Kevin Durant before Kevin Durant had stayed healthy and if that brawl in Detroit never happened that franchise would have won at least one championship during that 7 year span.

 

[Tide Run This]

Kings from 01-04 era

Early 90s Blazers

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

That kings team got fukked over. They were clearly the best team in the NBA and when they were finally ready to beat the Lakers the refs were in the middle of fixing games.

Btw @ Gizzle, there was no NBA champion in 2006 in my eyes. That was fixed.

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One of the reasons I think the NBA was on some shady shyt in the early to mid late 2000's


the '06 Finals was grotesque.The birth of D Whistle.

The 2002 Sac Kings.....it's a damn shame what happened to them

And the 2007 Western Conference Semi's between the Suns and the Spurs.Particularly game 3.Donaghy just so happened to be reffing that game



On the low low, the '93 WCF between the Suns and the Sonics.GM 7.....the Suns went to the free throw line like 28 times in the 4th quarter

 

[GreatestLaker]

The 2002 Sac Kings.....it's a damn shame what happened to them

Look at this boxscore Sacramento Kings at Los Angeles Lakers Box Score, May 31, 2002 | Basketball-Reference.com then look at this Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento Kings Box Score, May 20, 2002 | Basketball-Reference.com.

Tell me what's the difference?

 

[Rice N Beans]

'94 Sonics, the Jazz who ultimately lost to the Bulls, The Blazers with Pip & the Kings with Webber.

 

[The Midnight Marauder]

SMH @ the 92-95 Knicks not being mentioned yet.

 

[dabestkeptsecret]

96-97 Knicks

i remember as a kid watching the game and when we lost the next game and the series i was so i punched a hole in the wall
- thankfully it wasnt at my house, my mom would've whooped my ass