ESPN's Hollinger rates NBA Finals teams of past 30 yrs.

[Max Raker]

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From Hollinger's comments above the rankings:

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In other words, the list below is how I'd rank them even without a formula, more or less, but it's nice to know the numbers have my back.

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ah ok...so he'd rank them exactly as his formula ranks them? Seems like he must really love going by stats then.

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I have no problem ranking them purely satistically (this is no doubt the best way provided adequate metrics) but I hate his stupid blurbs making it seem like he came up with it on his own when it was spit at him by a computer.

[SomethingClever]

Can someone with access tell me where he put the '77 Blazers?

I saw that they were outside the top 10, which I think is probably incorrect.

[gusmahler]

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Can someone with access tell me where he put the '77 Blazers?


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26

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Remembered fondly because of team-oriented play, Portland had just 49 wins -- third-fewest by a champion -- but the Bill Walton-led Blazers stepped it up in the playoffs with a 14-5 run. Portland swept the top-seeded Lakers in the conference finals and, after dropping the first two games in the Finals, rallied to win the next four and claim the franchise's only title.

The Blazers beat the teams with the NBA's three best records (L.A., Philadelphia and Denver) to claim the crown.

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This is the 6th worst finish for a champion. And finishes behind the 97 Jazz at 24, which was the highest ranked runner-up.

[SomethingClever]

Yeah, but that team was sick, it just took them a while to gel.

The next season after winning, they went 50-10 before Walton got hurt.

[blindside]

it's a pretty good list... you have to take into account the whole body of work... regular season and how they did in the playoffs which probably hurt those blazers team a tad...

i have no problem with those bulls teams... it's interesting to see those jazz and sonics teams... who the bulls rolled.. to finish so highly... the celtics and lakers teams were great.. but you can't really argue with 72 wins in the regular season and yawning through the playoffs...

[tuq]

List is busto. 1993 Suns are way too low. I want to jam a knife into Hollinger's side and short-wire his circuits, as he is clearly a robot.

[MyTurn2Raise]

Jazz should be rated higher

[Mano]

Could someone also report where the Shaq/Kobe Lakers teams are rated?

[cognito20]

If he just went back a few more years, Hollinger would've run into one of the worst NBA Finals teams ever - the 1975 Golden State Warriors, perhaps the least talented team to win an NBA title in the last 40-50 years.

[barryc83]

where are the 07 Cavs and the 00 sixers? that sixers team has to be really low.