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The Big Lead on MSN.com · 1d

Kendrick Perkins destroys ‘worst defensive NBA star’ Luka Doncic

Luka Doncic has been through the season from hell, getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers at the trade deadline and now flaming out
The New York Times · 10d

Wizards have work to do to change NBA’s perceptions of their franchise

It’s worth noting that the teams’ owners have felt in recent years that they needed to make substantive changes. Two years ago, the Wizards hired a new president of Monumental Basketball, Michael Winger, away from the LA Clippers, and a new general manager, Will Dawkins, away from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Icon for hoopshype.comHoopsHype · 29d

From 14 wins to the postseason, Pistons complete record NBA turnaround

Below, check out the teams with the worst records in NBA history to make the playoffs the following year, a list now led by Detroit.
Icon for www.foxsports.comFox Sports · 12d

2025 NBA Draft odds: Which team will select Cooper Flagg?

The team with the worst record in the NBA, the Pistons, picked fifth. In 2023, the Spurs had the second-worst record and picked first. Detroit had the worst record and picked fifth. The last ...
Icon for www.sltrib.comThe Salt Lake Tribune · Apr 3, 2025

The Triple Team: Utah Jazz get the inside track on the NBA’s worst record

For the first time in Utah, the Jazz look very likely to finish the season as the worst team in basketball. The roster desperately needs the league-granted rewards from their bad play. 2.
Icon for www.themorningsun.comThe Morning Sun · 16d

Pistons pull off unprecedented turnaround after nightmare record

suffering from the embarrassment of the longest single-season losing streak in league history and slumping to the NBA’s worst record for a second straight year. Tom Gores had seen enough.
Icon for www.cnn.comCNN · 28d

One year ago the Detroit Pistons were the NBA’s worst team. Now they’re in the playoffs.

The Detroit Pistons completed one of the NBA’s greatest turnarounds on Friday as their 117-105 win against the Toronto Raptors secured their spot in the playoffs, just one season after they finished as the league’s worst ... in NBA history and just ...
Charlotte Observer on MSN.com · 9d

When 113 NBA players voted, the Charlotte Hornets earned an unwelcome title

A survey of 100-plus NBA players conducted by The Athletic ranked the Charlotte Hornets as the NBA’s worst organization. How can they turn that around?
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 19d

Every NBA lottery team's odds of landing Cooper Flagg with No. 1 draft pick

On Sunday, the NBA regular season ended. The Utah Jazz finished with the league's worst record due to the Washington Wizards beating the Miami Heat on a buzzer-beating shot. Some people thought ...
Icon for nypost.comNew York Post · 19d

Nets finish sixth-worst in NBA with Cooper Flagg lottery odds, draft haul prefacing rebuild

Next comes the bigger stakes: the NBA draft lottery ... the Nets finished with the league’s sixth-worst record (26-56) — and thus the sixth-best odds in the lottery that will be the foundation ...
Icon for hoopshype.comHoopsHype · 28d

Pistons become team with the worst record to reach playoffs the following year

The 2024-25 Detroit Pistons have made history, as they are officially the team to have the worst record in the season prior to reach the playoffs the following year. Detroit has gone from winning ...
Icon for www.tennessean.comTennessean · 27d

Detroit Pistons have the 6th greatest turnaround in NBA history

And we have the data to prove it. No team in NBA history has ever tripled their win total. The Pistons have done that, going from a franchise-worst 14-68 record in 2023-24 to 43-35 with four games remaining after Saturday night's 109- 103 loss to the ...
Icon for www.sltrib.comThe Salt Lake Tribune · 20d

The Jazz finish the season with a 17-65 record.

Jordan Clarkson, for example, extended his NBA career in a big way by turning ... which previously was the second-worst season in Jazz history as they accumulated a 25-57 record.
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 20d

Jazz finish with the worst record in the NBA. All they can do is hope it was all worth it

That’s the question every Utah Jazz fan will be asking between now and May 12, the night of the NBA draft lottery ... finishing with a 17-65 record, the worst in the league, guaranteeing ...
Icon for www.cbssports.comCBSSports.com · Apr 3, 2025

NBA Power Rankings: Thunder chasing historic win total, Suns, Grizzlies plummet at worst time, Knicks rising

Only two teams in NBA history have won 70 games in a single season ... both losers of four straight at the worst possible time. The Grizzlies have steadily dropped in the playoff standings ...
Icon for athlonsports.comAthlon Sports · Apr 3, 2025

76ers Make Unfortunate NBA History

The 76ers now own the fifth-worst record in the NBA, making them a prime candidate in the draft lottery. Much of Philly’s struggles have been due to injuries to key players. Joel Embiid played ...
Icon for www.espn.comESPN · 28d

Pistons, worst in NBA last season, clinch playoff berth

TORONTO -- One year after finishing with the worst record in the NBA, the Detroit Pistons are going to the playoffs for the first time since 2018-19. The Pistons punched their postseason ticket ...
Sports Illustrated on MSN.com · 8d

NBA Legend Carmelo Anthony’s Message to Cade Cunningham After Knicks-Pistons

The Detroit Pistons finished the 2023-24 NBA regular season with the worst record in basketball, winning just 14 games. However, after making a coaching change
Yahoo Sports on MSN.com · 14d

Kyle Kuzma plays one of the worst games in playoff history, records zero counting stats in Bucks' loss to Pacers

The Bucks opened the NBA playoff schedule with a 117-98 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Kuzma had one of the worst individual playoff performances in league history in the losing effort. Kuzma started and played 21 minutes for a Bucks team playing shorthanded without All-Star Damian Lillard. He failed to record a single counting stat.
Icon for www.aol.comAOL · 28d

Pistons clinch playoff spot one season after finishing with 14 wins, NBA's worst record

Detroit is in the postseason one year after finishing with the worst record in the NBA at 14-61, and setting a league record for the longest single-season losing streak at 28 games. Interestingly ...
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 10d

NBA Players Make Clear Choice for League's 'Worst Organization'

As for the best organizations in the league, the Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics receive the most votes. The survey serves as a wake-up call for the Hornets to improve as soon as possible. After all, the only way the Charlotte franchise can change how other players perceive them is by building a winning culture.