Best Team In Franchise History: Pacific Division

by Harlan Schreiber

Here we are at the end of another summer historical series.  The NBA season is thankfully just around the corner but first we’ll finish up business by examining the best teams in franchise history for the Pacific Division, which has some particularly meaty issues to examine in Los Angeles and Phoenix.  As always, our standard of review for this series of articles can be found here.  Continue reading Best Team In Franchise History: Pacific Division…

Best Team In Franchise History: Northwest Division

by Harlan Schreiber

This is our fifth segment on the best teams in franchise history by division.  As always, our standard of review for this series of articles can be found here.  The Northwest is one of the few divisions without an original NBA team in its midst.  Still, they have some teams with robust and fun histories, a few of which are particularly interesting.  

Denver Nuggets 

-Kyle’s Best Team:  1976-77 (50-32)

-Most Wins: 1987-88 (54-28)

-Best Playoff Run:  1984-85 (8-7)  Continue reading Best Team In Franchise History: Northwest Division…

Best Team In Franchise History: Southwest Division

by Harlan Schreiber

Having finished our Eastern Conference review of the best teams in franchise history, we now turn West.  Our first Western division is the Southwest, which gives us the teams of Texas, all of which have fun histories, as well as the less ballyhooed recent expansion teams (and recently moved franchises) in Vancouver/Memphis and Charlotte/New Orleans.  As always, our standard of review for this series of articles can be found here.  Now let’s get to it… 

Dallas Mavericks 

-Kyle’s Best Team:  2002-03 (60-22)

-Most Wins:  2006-07 (67-15)

-Best Playoff Run: 2005-06 (14-9)  Continue reading Best Team In Franchise History: Southwest Division…

Best Team In Franchise History: Southeast Division

by Harlan Schreiber

We now turn to one of the “new fangled” divisions, the Southeast, which was created to accommodate the expansion Charlotte Bobcats and even out the divisions (in case you missed it, an explanation of our “best” inquiry can be found here).  Aside from Charlotte, the division contains two old franchises (Atlanta and Washington) and two newer guys (Miami and Orlando).  The division lacks the obvious compelling best in franchise debates that we see in many of the other divisions but there may be some hidden teams or facts we never considered, so let’s check it out: 

Atlanta Hawks: 

-Kyle’s Best Team:  1986-87 (57-25)

-Most Wins:  1986-87 and 1993-94 (56-26)

-Best Playoff Run:  1958-59 (8-3) Continue reading Best Team In Franchise History: Southeast Division…

Best Team In Franchise History: Central Division

by Harlan Schreiber

Continuing with our divisional tour of best teams by franchise, we come to the Central Division, where we have some tough choices to consider.  If you’re interested in the parameters of our discussion and our standard of review, you can check out the intro here.  But going forward, we get to look a pretty fun bunch of franchises, all of whom had several different years of success to measure against each other… Continue reading Best Team In Franchise History: Central Division…

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