The Charlotte Hornets are currently the youngest team in the NBA. The team was formerly the Charlotte Bobcats. It was established in 2004 and joined the NBA.
The most well-known thing about the Hornets is that the team owner is the famous " God of Basketball " Michael Jordan. In addition, the Hornets really have no glorious record to show off since joining the league. After all, it has been 18 years since joining the league in 2004, but the results achieved by the team can really be said to be far from impressive.
Since 2004, the Charlotte Hornets' regular season record is 583 wins and 849 losses, with a winning rate of only 40.7%. The winning rate has only been above 50% in 4 of the 18 seasons. The best record in team history was in the 2015-16 season, which achieved 48 wins and 34 losses, with a winning rate of 58.5%. The worst record in team history was in the 2011-12 season (shortened season). , only achieved 7 wins and 59 losses, with a winning rate of only 10.6%.
As for the playoffs, the Hornets have only reached the playoffs in three seasons in 2009-10, 13-14, and 15-16 in 18 seasons. They only made it to the first round in all three seasons, and the first two times they reached the playoffs were After being swept out, they finally won their first playoff victory in team history in the 15-16 season, but the outcome was that most of them were eliminated in 3-4. The Hornets have a total of 3 wins and 12 losses in the playoffs, with a winning rate of only 20%.
After the Hornets joined NBA in 2004, do you think the Hornets were the worst team? You are wrong. There is such a team that can actually do worse than the Hornets in the same period. Moreover, this team has a long history and is one of the early teams to join the NBA. He It's sacramento kings .
In the first season when the Hornets entered the league, that is, the 2004-05 season, the Kings were still a strong team in the league. The team had Chris Webber , Mike Bibby, and Peja Stojakovic. Waiting for stars, the team's head coach is Adelman. Under his coaching, the Kings are the strongest offensive team in the league. The team achieved a record of 50 wins and 32 losses that season, with a winning rate of 61%.
However, this season is only the Kings' best record in the past 18 years. In the 17 seasons since then, the Kings have only had one season with a winning rate of more than 50% (the 2005-06 season). In the past 18 seasons, the Kings have only achieved a record of 561 wins and 880 losses, with a winning rate of only 38.9%. As for the playoffs, 2004-05 and 2005-06 were the only two seasons with a winning rate of over 50% to enter the playoffs. However, the playoff record was only a dismal 3 wins and 8 losses, with a winning rate of only 27.3%.
In other words, the Kings have not made the playoffs in 16 consecutive seasons. This is also the current NBA record for the longest consecutive absence from the playoffs.
The biggest problem why the Kings have gone further and further down the road of failure since the 21st century is that the draft vision is really confusing. According to common sense, the team has not been able to enter the playoffs for 16 years. The team can pass the draft. They hired extremely talented young talents to help the team revive, but how can it keep getting worse again and again? Let's take a look at the Kings' draft honeymoon.
In 2011, Biyombo was selected with the No. 7 pick in 2011 and exchanged with Fredette, who was selected by the Bucks with the 410th pick. He missed out on Klay Thompson and Leonard and behind him. Vucevic. In 2012, Thomas Robinson was selected with the 5th pick, and he missed Lillard. In 2013, Ben McLemore was selected with the 7th pick, and he missed CJ-McCollum, Adams, " Antetokounmpo" Antetokounmpo , Gobert . In 2014, Stauskas was selected with the No. 8 pick, missing LaVine, Capela ...
The Kings draft is not without merit, such as in 2009 Tyreke Evans was selected with the No. 4 pick, a man who was at the top of his game when he debuted. In his rookie season, he was as good as LeBron James and was regarded as the core of the team's renaissance. However, the management's indiscriminate use led to Evans being scrapped. . In 2010, he selected Cousins with the No. 5 pick, which was considered a very successful draft that year. However, the one with the most vision is undoubtedly Isaiah Thomas, the 30th overall pick in the second round of 2011, who is the strongest player on the planet at 175.
In short, the worst team since the 21st century is definitely the Kings.After all, although Boss Joe's Hornets are only half as good, the skyrocketing value of the team has already made Boss Joe a lot of money.
