Rank these past NBA Teams

[Assani Fisher]

Absolutely no reasoning behind this thread other than to create senseless debate, but whatever....

Assume that these 10 teams are all in a league together and they play every other team in the league 9 times(81 total games). What would you predict the final standings to look like? I'll include a brief description of each team so you don't have to look them up to remember their details.


06-07 Phoenix Suns- you guys should obviously remmeber them

89-90 Chicago Bulls- Lost in 7 games to the Pistons in the East Finals. This was the year before they won their first title.

94-95 Houston Rockets- Repeated as champs, but only a 6 seed in the regular season

99-00 Portland Trailblazers- Lost a heartbreaking game 7 to eventual champ Lakers

00-01 Philly 76ers- Year AI led them to the Finals. McKie was 6th man of the year, Brown was Coach of the Year, AI was MVP, and Motombo was Defensive Player of the Year.

01-02 Sacramento Kings-fast paced offensive team led by Webber, Divac, Peja, Bibby, etc.

96-97 Miami Heat- Many forget how good this team really was due to the Bulls/Jazz being so good, but they won 61 games this year

92-93 Phoenix Suns- Won 62 games, lost in 6 to the Bulls in the Finals

96-97 Jazz- Won 64 games, lost in 6 to the Bulls in the Finals

03-04 Pistons- Shocked the Lakers and won the NBA title in what, at the time, was considered a huge upset

[slothinator]

As good as those early and mid 90's Bulls teams were, I can't figure out how the Suns lost those finals. Going 0-3 at home certainly did not help.

[kidcolin]

best - '96-'97 Jazz. Poor Stockton.

worst - '76ers. Don't think this one is close, though to be honest I'm not too familiar with the Heat team.

[tuq]

Assani,

I'm going to meditate on this some more before casting my votes. I do know that 1993 Suns >> 1993 Bulls so they're definitely in the conversation among the best.

Using the classic game Statis Pro Basketball, I once ran a double elimination tournament among all the champions up to 1993 (plus the 1993 Suns). So that encompasses the years prior to your question. Playing a card game is a little different than IRL and doesn't account for changes in the game LDO but the 1967 76'ers absolutely destroyed everyone. I made the finals a best of three but they didn't need it (I think they beat the 1971 Milwaukee Bucks, but one of the early 90s Bulls teams went pretty far, and one season of both the 80s Lakers and 80s Celtics took it deep as well). They just owned everyone, blazing a trail to an undefeated record. Validating that is the fact that they had one of the best regular-season records in NBA history, snapped the Celtics' stranglehold on the NBA title at what, eight in a row? I'd run it again with all the teams you mentioned but with the advent of the internet doing so any other way than online is too cumbersome.

[fanmail]

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best - '96-'97 Jazz. Poor Stockton.

worst - '76ers. Don't think this one is close, though to be honest I'm not too familiar with the Heat team.

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qft

[highlife]

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00-01 Philly 76ers- Year AI led them to the title. McKie was 6th man of the year, Brown was Coach of the Year, AI was MVP, and Motombo was Defensive Player of the Year.

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Umm, wtf? The Sixers didn't win the title in 01, they lost to the Lakers in 5 games.

[Assani Fisher]

Meant to say "Finals"...edited it.

[JaredL]

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99-00 Portland Trailblazers- Lost a heartbreaking game 7 to eventual champ Lakers


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This continues to be my worst loss as a fan. The Giants losing the WS in 2002 is up there but doesn't hurt as badly somehow.

I'm not sure I'll get over it even if the Blazers win a title in my lifetime. It's probably not perfectly rational, but I really think the Blazers could have started a dynasty there and instead LA did that.

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99-00 Portland Trailblazers- Lost a heartbreaking game 7 to eventual champ Lakers


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This continues to be my worst loss as a fan. The Giants losing the WS in 2002 is up there but doesn't hurt as badly somehow.

I'm not sure I'll get over it even if the Blazers win a title in my lifetime. It's probably not perfectly rational, but I really think the Blazers could have started a dynasty there and instead LA did that.

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I feel your pain. On the other side, this was the great win that eluded the team for all the dark times of the Vlade/van exel years. One of the most exciting games ever.


disclaimer: i hate the lakers now (and this is after growing up listening to Chick describe West, Hairston, Goodrich, etc and then going to all the early games of the magic era for 5 bucks in the colonade) I used to make my schedule around when these guys were playing. Now I think they are a bunch of overpaid whiney gangster punks and I could care less. sigh.

[leehrat]

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99-00 Portland Trailblazers- Lost a heartbreaking game 7 to eventual champ Lakers


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This continues to be my worst loss as a fan. The Giants losing the WS in 2002 is up there but doesn't hurt as badly somehow.

I'm not sure I'll get over it even if the Blazers win a title in my lifetime. It's probably not perfectly rational, but I really think the Blazers could have started a dynasty there and instead LA did that.

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Yes game 7 was tragic, and I'm not a fan. I remember when Pippen motioned for everyone to settle down early in the 4th quarter when they had the big lead, and it seemed like that might have tightened everyone up. Just a monumental collapse.