Michael Jordan’s disaster and boos: The worst team in NBA history

Is this the worst team in NBA history? It’s hard to know. Because of these mixed era and cross-data distinctions, it is well known that nothing is completely objective. But if not, It looks like. If not, it must be a little off. As far as we know: The way the game was played, the way the game was lost, even the logo and uniforms were never claimed Not even the most patronizing nostalgia (so common these days) will do. For important information, Worst winning percentage in league history: 10.6%.

The team is the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2011-12 season. that was a year atresiaAfter a 161-day shutdown, freezing markets and all staff management, the season was shortened and the start of the season was set for Christmas. None of this should help the Bobcats win Game 1 (1-0!) against the Milwaukee Bucks (96-95) either. Then they rushed into the worst sewers, 7-59 until the Finals (a season in which each team played 66 games) and a 10.6% win rate, the worst numbers ever.

They haven’t won more than three games in any month (3-14 in March). Their average loss is nearly 14 points, an outrageous statistic. For example, from January 14th (3-10) to February 17th (3-26), they had no wins. Sixteen straight losses.Then things got worse because yes it is possible: They had been eliminated from the playoffs on March 28, eleven days after their last win (107-103, against the Raptors). from there, A 23-game losing streak ended the game (from 7-36 to 7-59).The fifth worst losing streak This situation occurs continuously in the NBA. April was his last month, finishing with an 0-16 record.

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Bobcats are Last in points per game (87) and offensive rating (95.2). They have the worst defensive rating (110.4) and the fourth-fewest points allowed (100.9). Nearly half a million people passed through an empty pavilion until its average attendance was the fifth-worst of the season. Things were so bad that when the game ended (84-104 against the Knicks), the owner booed for a long time when he appeared on the video scoreboard. normalwith one slight difference: That owner was Michael Jordan, and that venue, Time Warner Cable Arena, is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, the state where the legend grew up and spent his college years. twenty three. This is a land where college basketball is more than just a sport: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest… Tobacco Road.

Therefore, even Michael Jordan was not immune. The Bobcats are 11% worse than the 1972-73 Sixers (9-73). Years later, Bleacher Report The two teams played more than 1,000 simulated games. Who is really the worst? The results showed that the 76ers had a winning rate of 54.3%, while the Bobcats had a winning rate of 45.7%. Average score 101-99.4.

Hornets, Bobcats… and Hornets

After two years of development, the Bobcats emerged in 2004. professional vacuum in North Carolina. The long-awaited Hornets made a splash upon their formation in 1989 and headed to New Orleans in 2002. The Bobcats are a team worth paying more for: ten years with that name (2004-14), only two seasons with a winning percentage above 50%, and the only two teams with a ticket to the playoffs. However, both sides ended the first round with a 4-0 sweep. Then things got better. In 2006, Michael Jordan invested and took full control of the team in 2010. In 2014, at a critical moment, the Hornets returned. In New Orleans, they changed their name to the Pelicans, and after the two teams reached an agreement, the team from Carolina restored their old name, their history, and their records and records. Since then, more social recognition, more noise…but only one other trip to the playoffs, in 2016, and being eliminated again on the first try (this time 4-3 ).Total, that In Charlotte, they haven’t won a single-elimination game since the first round in 2002.

The Bobcats are led by Rich Cho as general manager, Rod Higgins as president, and Paul Silas as coach. The second person was a former player who played with Michael Jordan on the Bulls and was someone Jordan trusted. Good friends, they signed Rod’s son and Jordan’s godson for the BoCats that summer: Corey Higgins, current Barcelona player. At the age of 22, he averaged less than 12 minutes of playing time After one more season in Carolina, with less space, he began traveling around the world, eventually establishing himself as one of the best forwards in the EuroLeague.

Compared to previous years, the Bobcats lost important players such as Gerald Wallace and Tyson Chandler.They expected it to be bad, but Not so much. During that disastrous rebuilding effort, no scaffolding was erected; They have two top-10 picks, investing in Bismack Biyombo (No. 7, via transfer to the Kings) and Kemba Walker (No. 9)then franchise players and All-Star. Although Klay Thompson (11) and Kawhi Leonard (15) are still within reach, they are not bad options a priori.The draft that followed was a huge disaster and the final nail in the coffin of a season that didn’t even leave harvest top notch.As the worst team, the Bobcats are projected to have a 25% chance of finishing first hunt To the long-awaited Anthony Davis, who is wowing Kentucky. But of all the teams, this one ended up being the Hornets, the team whose name once came from Charlotte and will come from Charlotte again.

13.7% lottery prize is enough for someone from Louisiana to win the lottery Grand Prize. For the Bobcats, it’s a No. 2 investment in another Kentucky player, forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who has had a very disappointing career.. Then Bradley Beal (No. 3), Damian Lillard (No. 6), Andre Drummond (No. 9) are selected…rarely. And very bad.

The team’s leading scorer is Gerald Henderson: averaging 15.1 points per game. The top assistant was DJ Augustin (6.4), who had a long NBA career but was injured that season, as was veteran Corey Maggette. Boris Diaw was sacked and showed no interest at all in the 37 games he played before eventually joining TottenhamGregg Popovich returned to this transcendent performance during a glorious championship run in 2014.Others that matter include Byron Mullens, Derrick Brown, Reggie Williams…the Bobcats are largely incapable of winning and have been left as the worst team in NBA history… …or whatever Very very very similar.