I know it’s happened and this is probably the least interesting post ever but when I reflect on recent NBA history, it is still shocking to me what happened that year. I never thought it would be remotely possible. It was just a record that could never be touched.
And yet it really happened. I don’t think it gets enough credit because of the “it don’t mean a thing without the ring” piece but as time passes, I gotta say it’s just a standalone incredible achievement.
The fact that the last 30 games of the season they were the target for every team, no one wanted to see them do it, and they still did it. It’s incredibly impressive.
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They were so so good. Once they made the a goal and started going for it there wasn’t any way they weren’t going to get it if they stayed healthy
This was after a championship too right? Absolutely insane
I think 72-10 followed by 69-13 with the championship both times (and another one for good measure) for y’all isn’t bad.
Yes, k think they were 78-4 at home over those two years.
It would have been more impressive if they won the ship
It was amazing because they won so many close games to get there. A few of them seemed impossible and they still got the W. It made their every game a big event.
It’s almost sad to me that sometimes you get these teams that it seems like nothing can stop them, but one playoff loss turns it into actually a bad memory in NBA culture. 2007 Mavs had a similar vibe. 2002 Kings felt close to that. Beside 2000 Lakers and 2013 Heat, those were maybe the most “they will will it to win… it just feels nothing can stop them” seasons I can remember.
The team was also so deep that year. One of the things most people don’t talk about is how much of that depth they had to sacrifice to sign KD in the offseason afterwards.
I wouldn’t say they were deeper than many other good teams at all. They were such a big minus without Curry and Draymond on court, and only average with Curry but no Draymond. We’ve seen teams winning much more points with their depth. NBA stats say their bench net rating was just +2 per 100. And that’s not really due to very deep depth, mostly due to Iguodala being bench technically and Iguodala+starters lineups being absolutely historically phenomenally strong.
Draymond’s 3 has been good this year in limited games, do you think he can average 36% or more for the season?
Probably the most insane thing that has happened in the NBA and it’s not even close
If something is “not even close” then it can’t be a “probably”.
Yeah reading it now sounds stupid
I can’t believe that the amount of time between now and 2016 is the same as 2016 and 2009
I can’t believe it’s not butter
Bruh
2016 feels like AGES ago but I was in middle school and now I’m in the back half of being in college
Jesus Christ that’s insane
The time between now (2023) and LeBron getting drafted (2003) is greater than the time between LeBron getting drafted (2003) and Michael Jordan getting drafted (1984)
Damn pandemic time. I feel you
Covid changed the world. This place is not what it used to be.
What’s crazy is all of the best seasons across all 4 major North American sports haven’t resulted in a Title. You have the 2015-16 Warriors above, the 2007 [undefeated] Patriots, the 2022-23 Bruins, and the 1906 Cubs/2001 Mariners.
I call it the Curse of the Record-setting Record.
The NFL has multiple 18-1 teams that won the title. The Patriots are the only 18-1 team that didn’t. NFL also has the 17-0 dolphins,and other undefeated teams from before the sb era
If it’s best regular season it’s still that Pats team. You have to forget that they lost/completely ignore the postseason to really consider this properly but they had the best regular season ever by an NFL team. And I’m a fucking Jets fan.
There are multiple teams that had undefeated regular seasons in NFL history though, including the aforementioned Miami Dolphins. Even if you ignore the regular season there are other undefeated regular seasons, not just the patriots.
Teams that only lost a single time to win the chip is even larger, including the 18-1 85 bears and the 84 49ers
The 07 patriots sputtered so much at the end of their season it was very similar to the warriors. They were insane in the first 8 games and getting lucky a lot in the last 8 and playoffs. Had they won the super bowl I’d be ok calling them the best team ever because of 19-0. With the warriors though even if they had won the finals over the cavs they wouldn’t have been better than the 72-10 Bulls who lost way fewer games than the warriors overall
I feel like you burn yourself out so much trying to get every last win that by the playoffs everyone is just exhausted.
Maybe in the NBA, but in the Bruins and the Patriots case it was simply a chokejob. In the NBA, the playoffs are really long and going all out for a meaningless record like the Warriors did can cost you at the end, in the NFL, the playoffs are kinda short and you also get to rest an extra week as the No. 1 seed, so it isn’t that big a deal.
It wasn’t meaningless, it still made history. Anything that has to do with the regular season isn’t as pointless as you make it out to be, that mindset is why some players feel like it’s pointless
Bruins was by far the biggest choke job.
What happened?
Set the NHL record for most points in a season
Set the NHL record for most wins in a season
Take a 3-1 lead in the first round
Lose three straight, two of them at home, against a team that had 23 less wins and 43 less points than them, to end the season with three straight losses and a first round exit.
Last NHL season, the Boston Bruins won 65 games(all time record) and lost in the first round to the Florida Panthers, who won only 42 games.
Surely they won just 1 out of 3 to finish the job
Okay
Still can’t believe the Wolves took a game from them off the back of a career game from Shabazz Muhammad
The thing with the ‘greatest team of all time’ tag is that it isn’t really warranted when you include the post season. Why you would discount the hardest part of the season with the best competition and most intense defense is beyond me. Whatever, going into the NBA Finals the Warriors had already lost an additional 5 games and their overall record was sitting on 85-14 (0.856). The 96 Bulls had lost just one additional game before heading into the 96 Finals and were sitting on 83-11 (0.883). So when people say the Cavs (and LeBron) beat the greatest team of all time, it’s not actually true.
they almost lost to the 10 win 76ers too
It really is crazy.
73-9 is insane. Denver pretty clearly came away as the best team in the league last season. Finished 10-1 vs KD, LeBron and then in the Finals. And they finished TWENTY GAMES behind that 73-9 GS team. For reference, Denver finishes 20 games ahead of the 33-49 Blazers team last season that were TRYING TO LOSE.
That year got Luke Walton 2 jobs
Their third Quarters were the kill shots. Games would be over and Steph would sit the entire 4th 😂. Crazy he broke that three point record playing 3 Quarters most games.