The Worst Teams in PBSL History

[kucoach7]

With the Thunder currently on pace for 4 wins and an astounding -21.4 point differential, it made me think back on some of the most tankiest tankers this league has ever seen. Let's review.

8. 2009 Sacramento Kings
11 wins; -15.5 point margin
This is easily the best team on this list. In fact, I'm not even sure how they only won 12 games. They already had three green/blue rookie contract prospects on the roster in Moz, Darren Collison, and Reke, not to mention two other promising prospects in DJ Augustin and Chris Douglas Roberts. They were able to draft Boogie after this year and bring in a lot of veteran talent that just didn't pan out.

7. 2019 Golden State Warriors
11 wins; -17.0 point margin
Unlike many of the teams on this list, this Warriors squad already had a promising young bunch compiled. With Tua, Tatum, Aguilar, and Agustin on the roster, it appeared this season was just a minor bump in the road. The next year they landed Collin Sexton with the fourth pick but traded him, Tua, Aguilar, and Agustin to go all in. Things kind of fell apart after that, as Agustin got a TC boost (meaning they traded two blue and one green potential rookie contract guys for a 31 year old Paul George, who ended up being traded for a 30 year old Enes Kanter) and Tatum walked in free agency (instead of being retained via RFA).

6. 2020 Vancouver Grizzlies
11 wins; -16.5 point margin
The tax hell Grizzlies have been bad and this one was the worst. This hodgepodge roster had aging stars like Jeremy Lin and Lebron James, and interesting prospect in Chris Stevens, bad contracts like Gary Perez and Sean Kilpatrick, and $26 million in cut salary. They were rewarded with Josh Jackson, a phenomenal young prospect that was pivotal in the Grizzlies 50 point draft day maneuvering.

5 and 4. 2020 and 2021 Oklahoma City Thunder
11 wins each; -19.2 and -16.4 point margins
The Jabari Parker Thunder will go down in infamy. Jabari was drafted onto a team with Isaiah Thomas, Tyson Chandler, Zach Randolph, and 23 year old purple potential CJ McCollum, not to mention they also drafted Marcus Smart that year. This team was supposed to be very good for a very long time. Instead, they made the playoffs one time. ONE TIME. I have to say I don't blame Make it Rain. He put solid talent on his roster for years, bringing in guys like Vucevic. It just never worked out. By 2019,they had decided to rebuild around Jabari and it just never materialized. The rewards for these two tanktastic years are Lino Brookins and Patrick Edmunds, neither of which look too exciting at the moment but who knows, they could pan out alright with a little training.

3. 1999 Seattle Supersonics
10 wins; -15.7 point margin
The one and only year Trell Trell led the Sonics was an unmitigated disaster. They traded Doug Christie to the Celtics for 3 picks that at best ended up being minor pieces in Darth's rebuilding trades. This may have been the most pathetic roster ever assembled. The only point of hope was a 23 year old rookie, Wally Szczerbiak, who didn't have a single attribute with potential better than D outside of the scoring attributes. Yikes. I honestly don't recognize the names of almost everyone on this roster.

2. 2015 Charlotte Bobcats
7 wins; -19.2 point margin
In Darth's first year leading the expansion Charlotte team, the Bobcats were terrible (to the surprise of absolutely no one). The Bobcats were led by All-Rookie second team Damion McNary and CJ MIles, who was on a terrible contract and for whom they scored a couple of first round picks. Other than that the only player of interest was Gorgui Dieng, who looked promising. The reward for this tank job was Lavar and Lonzo Ball. It would take Darth two years to turn this squad into a winner but it was still a pretty quick turnaround.

1. 2000 Seattle Supersonics
5 wins; -22.6 point margin
In Darth's first season at the helm of the Sonics he set the team up to tank like no one has ever tanked before. The bright spot of the roster was Rookie of the Year Michael Redd, who averaged 17.5 points a game on 1.02 (!) points per shot. Other than a couple of decent prospects at center the roster was mostly made up of 30-something aging vets like Rex Chapman, Michael Williams, and Danny Manning. The reward for the worst record in league history? The most amazing turnaround in league history. The next year they had 52 wins, two purple potential players in Jalen Rose and Donyell Marshall, and two all-time greats in Alonzo Mourning and Jim Jackson.

[NickMalone77]

Both Jabari and Marcus were drafted by me and then used during their rookie year to acquire Blake Griffin if memory serves me correct.

[digiskunk]

Wow, this is great work. You get 5 points!