That’s because Seattle traded away the rights to Scottie Pippen, who might otherwise have played the 90s next to Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp. Stephen Marbury ate Vaseline.
He was an All-Star by his third season and played well enough to play his way into a monster six year extension worth $84 million. Well, the teams on this list lack almost all of them. The Kandi Man somehow shot under 44% for his career despite standing seven feet tall, and the Clippers had nothing to show for a number one pick in a draft featuring Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, and Vince Carter.The summer of 2016 was home to a billion dollars in bad contracts, but Mozgov was the first contract announced just minutes after the clock struck midnight on July 1. You think Russell might have been good with LeBron, or maybe a valuable trade chip for Anthony Davis?There were a lot of questions about Hasheem Thabeet’s motor, heart, and drive coming out of the University of Connecticut, but that didn’t stop the Grizzlies from selecting him second in the 2009 draft, just after Blake Griffin. The Celtics dynasty was cut short, and fans can only wonder what might have been.The New Jersey Nets owned the number three pick in the 1987 draft and used it on Ohio State wing Dennis Hopson.
He played 12.7 minutes a game for one season before washing out of the league after one season with negative win shares to his name, but he’ll always have those years with Sister Jean and the Ramblers. Washington can only hope John Wall’s name doesn’t lead this section in five years with that bloated contract and growing injury list.Follow all the topics you care about, and we’ll deliver the best stories for you to your homepage and inbox. Both squads still have a lot of work to do before we can remove them from this list of pro basketball's biggest bottom-feeders.Come back day by day to see where each team ranks among the all-time awful clubs.Click on a team's name to see how it compares, game by game, with the 1972-73 Sixers.Season tickets or single game tickets, all the best seats are here. Every NBA team has a worst player ever. However, just as the Knicks fortunes turned, the Nets rose. ATLANTA HAWKS Wins: 2,376 Losses: 2,454 All-Time Winning %: 49.2 Playoff Success: 1958 NBA championship It must be depressing to be a franchise with some degree of … The following is a listing of all 30 current National Basketball Association (NBA) teams … The addition of However, they’re still the Nets. Robey was the Pacers’ number three pick in the 1978 draft, a University of Kentucky star the Pacers kept close to home. Michael Jordan helped to create one of the best teams in the history of the NBA in Chicago. Tskitishvili shot 30% for his career — not a typo — and was out of the league entirely in four years.The Pistons made the Conference Finals in 2003 and then had the number two pick in the draft a few weeks later thanks to a savvy trade years before.
While nursing knee injuries, Bynum infamously suffered a setback in a bowling alley and ended up missing the entire season before leaving Philadelphia in free agency. Because their owner, Oh and also, the reason that they’re good now? From draft bust to free agency flameout to the one that got away, this is the worst player ever for all 30 NBA … With that in mind, let’s take a look at how the New York Knicks currently compare with the 10 worst records in NBA history. ... They’re not the worst ones the franchise has ever worn, though, because... well, just keep scrolling. A shrewd owner. He’ll probably be back in Europe soon enough.With respect to mega busts Greg Oden and 1972 number one pick LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie will always be the player that makes Portland fans take a long drag on their cigarettes as they stare off wistfully into the distance.
Actually, no it’s not. Instead he was deemed so bad that he was traded in essentially a salary dump.
That year Boston traded Macauley and rookie Cliff Hagan for another rookie named Bill Russell who would go on to change their franchise forever. Not too. In all the history of the NBA, there has never been a worse time for general managers than right now. Their best franchise player is Kidd, with 33.4 VORP.The Grizzlies, along with the Toronto Raptors, were introduced to the NBA prior to 1995–96 season as a way to spread basketball to Canada. Michael Jordan helped to create one of the best teams in the history of the NBA in Chicago. Other than LeBron, Cleveland has had no defining player. traded the fifth pick in the 1987 draft to move down a few slots and select center Olden Polynice.