OT Saddest team in the NBA

[Rastapopoulos]

What's your pick for most moribund, no-hope desperate franchise? Some perennial candidates have made moves to improve their futures and even their presents (Sacramento, for example). But obvious candidates include:
Chicago - where's their scoring going to come from? Did you know that Rolo was their highest-paid player?
New York - at least they have Porzingis... but they paid Hardaway Jr. HOW much?
Phoenix - they took fliers on Bender and Chriss - and both of them are looking awfully bust-ish.
Indiana - now Oladipo is the face of the franchise?

But my nominee for by far and away the saddest NBA franchise is Orlando. Jesus, they must have the worst scouts in the league. And they're paying Bismack Biyombo OVER SEVENTEEN MILLION A YEAR. They need to be purged from top to bottom. The last time they had this little talent at least they weren't paying them anything and they had Doc Rivers as coach.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Brooklyn.

 

[Mr. Robot]

Brooklyn.

nope, they wont make playoffs, but theyre not that bad

 

[Mr. Robot]

What's your pick for most moribund, no-hope desperate franchise? Some perennial candidates have made moves to improve their futures and even their presents (Sacramento, for example). But obvious candidates include:
Chicago - where's their scoring going to come from? Did you know that Rolo was their highest-paid player?
New York - at least they have Porzingis... but they paid Hardaway Jr. HOW much?
Phoenix - they took fliers on Bender and Chriss - and both of them are looking awfully bust-ish.
Indiana - now Oladipo is the face of the franchise?

But my nominee for by far and away the saddest NBA franchise is Orlando. Jesus, they must have the worst scouts in the league. And they're paying Bismack Biyombo OVER SEVENTEEN MILLION A YEAR. They need to be purged from top to bottom. The last time they had this little talent at least they weren't paying them anything and they had Doc Rivers as coach.

NYK is building around Porzingis, nnd they drafted Ntilikina, PHX builds around Booker and they drafted Josh Jackson and Indiana gonna build around Myles Turner

CHI is a disaster, they have no one to build around and they dont even have a present

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Brooklyn.

Do they FINALLY get to use their pick next year?

I'm not a fan of D'Angelo Russell, but he's at least shown he's not a bust. But yes, they're probably top 5.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

NYK is building around Porzingis, nnd they drafted Ntilikina, PHX builds around Booker and they drafted Josh Jackson and Indiana gonna build around Myles Turner

CHI is a disaster, they have no one to build around and they dont even have a present

Kris Dunn? Markkanen? They looked okay against Milwaukee last night:

 

[GDiama]

Kris Dunn? Markkanen? They looked okay against Milwaukee last night:

Dunn must be worse than Napier. I'm pretty sure they finish last in the league. They are absolutely terrible. Their only hope for the future is some guy coming off an ACL injury.

 

[0-Our!]

Dunn must be worse than Napier...

For now, Dunn will eventually turn things around; I don't think Dunn will ever b a superstar but I think he'll be pretty decent.

 

[0-Our!]

... CHI is a disaster, they have no one to build around and they dont even have a present

This AND no identity is a recipe for bottom o' the barrel/league.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Do they FINALLY get to use their pick next year?

I'm not a fan of D'Angelo Russell, but he's at least shown he's not a bust. But yes, they're probably top 5.

They don't. That's why they are a sad sad team. Remember it was sent from Boston to Cleveland in the Irving trade
But they do have the Raptor's lottery protected pick (lol)

 

[Mr. Robot]

theres five sure playoff teams in the east (CLE, BOS, WSH, TOR, MIL - no particular order), with MIA likely to be 6th seed, then Id put CHA probably as 7th seed, and the rest will fight for 8th seed

back to CHI, theyre bad, but so are other teams that will fight for 8th seed, so they could win than spot, but like I said, theyre all bad, so anyone but ATL and NYK could win that spot

as far as Dunn and Markkanen, I dont rate Dunn and Markkanen is a rookie, so no one can know whats he gonna be like... I forgot they have LaVine, but hes not a guy you build a team arount, so theyre only hope is Markkanen Id say

anyway, Id say their future is not bright...

 

[Pinwheel1]

Phoenix - they took fliers on Bender and Chriss - and both of them are looking awfully bust-ish.

Definitely not Phoenix. I like their young nucleus.

Chriss is only 20 and has only played one year. Bender only one year as well.
Warren, Booker, Jackson, Len, all good young players.

And Bledsoe is only 27, Knight 25

 

[Driew]

Definitely not Phoenix. I like their young nucleus.

Chriss is only 20 and has only played one year. Bender only one year as well.
Warren, Booker, Jackson, Len, all good young players.

And Bledsoe is only 27, Knight 25

Yeah Phoenix is lucky/smart to be rebuilding at the perfect time while the rest of the West chases GS for the next 4 years or so haha

 

[tlongII]

Lakers. They suck ass.

 

[dviss1]

Lakers. They suck ass.

Low hanging fruit.

C'mon y'all, it's easily Brooklyn. They literally have no hope in sight. Also, they just took our sloppy 2nds.

Now they have Crabbes.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/the-super-melo-to-portland-thread-now-w-extra-fiber.315739/

 

[SIeepwalker]

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/the-super-melo-to-portland-thread-now-w-extra-fiber.315739/

 

[buono]

But my nominee for by far and away the saddest NBA franchise is Orlando.

It's definitely Orlando. They have a bunch of guys that can't play together and no one that can shoot. Who would you even call their best player?

 

[THE HCP]

BROOKLYN

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Brooklyn owes another of their 1sts.
New York's owner seems to get in the way when something good is about to happen to them.
The Lakers fans may turn on them when they still suck because they don't play defense.
Orlando is overpaying 2 dudes, but they're young, and have some good pieces, but not nearly enough.

 

[ripcityboy]

Brooklyn. Come on. It ain't even close.

"Oh great! We get out picks back the year they change the rules to discourage tanking."

I'm surprised they haven't started drinking bleach.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Chriss is only 20 and has only played one year. Bender only one year as well.

I'll bet you anything you like that the ceiling for Chriss is Brandan Wright/Ed Davis and the ceiling for Bender is
Nikoloz Tskitishvili

Warren, Booker, Jackson, Len, all good young players.

I think Booker is a great scorer and Jackson could be a very nice player. Warren I'm not sure about but Len is a big plodder in a league that doesn't value them. Can't pass, can't play D, pretty mediocre scorer.

And Bledsoe is only 27, Knight 25

They would waive Knight if they could, he's dead weight. And Bledsoe should be treated like he's Avery Bradley, but they think he's Russell Westbrook.

Yes, Phoenix doesn't belong with those other teams - I was just trying to find the worst West team to TRY for some balance. But I think a lot of their young players are mediocre to bad, and when I was praising Booker a lot of people jumped in with some pretty damning evidence that he's very inefficient.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I'll bet you anything you like that the ceiling for Chriss is Brandan Wright/Ed Davis

Hard for me to visualize that comparison. Two entirely different types of players. Chriss hit 72 3's last year as a rookie.
Neither Wright nor ED have ever attempted...... one. ( in their entire careers.) But I hope you are right.

 

[BonesJones]

I think you're wrong on Chriss.

 

[KingSpeed]

theres five sure playoff teams in the east (CLE, BOS, WSH, TOR, MIL - no particular order), with MIA likely to be 6th seed, then Id put CHA probably as 7th seed, and the rest will fight for 8th seed

back to CHI, theyre bad, but so are other teams that will fight for 8th seed, so they could win than spot, but like I said, theyre all bad, so anyone but ATL and NYK could win that spot

as far as Dunn and Markkanen, I dont rate Dunn and Markkanen is a rookie, so no one can know whats he gonna be like... I forgot they have LaVine, but hes not a guy you build a team arount, so theyre only hope is Markkanen Id say

anyway, Id say their future is not bright...

You underrate New York. They have shot at playoffs.

 

[Mr. Robot]

You underrate New York. They have shot at playoffs.

I dont, just dont know if theyre going for playoffs or theyre gonna tank again, I assumed the latter
I didnt follow them, so I dont know the situation, but yes, they should be in the mix if theyre going for it

 

[jonnyboy]

Brooklyn. They stink terribly. The AWFUL (worst in the league so far) sponsor patch on their jerseys makes me not even feel bad for them. They couldn't find a sponsor with a black and white logo??? Wtf.

 

[WhineyLittleBitch]

BROOKLYN

I liked this. wait. huh? nothing to say about youre job? or car? or house? or head?

 

[jonnyboy]

Brooklyn. They stink terribly. The AWFUL (worst in the league so far) sponsor patch on their jerseys makes me not even feel bad for them. They couldn't find a sponsor with a black and white logo??? Wtf.

Apparently they fixed it. Good on them.

 

[Blazers Roy]

No matter where they are in the standings, The Houston Rockets are always the saddest team in the NBA.

-Shitty fans who give the team no real support. All they do is yell at the refs the entire evening.
-Stupid,boring commentators ("A THRIZZA FOR ARIZA!" )
-Ugly Court.
-Ugly uniforms.
-Forever losing when it counts.
-Diva stars who can't get along.
-I think i saw an egg in Harden's beard.
-"Don't get too attached to the players fams, Daryl will get rid of like 6 players in the offseason."