As the NBA season approaches, we are counting down the top five players for every franchise. Today we will be looking at the top five players for the Denver Nuggets. The team was founded as the Denver Lark in 1967 as a part of the American Basketball Association. Before their first season, they changed their […]
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Amazingly, this franchise is already entering its 11th year in Oklahoma City. The Thunder have a rich history however, that dates back to the 1967-68 season when they were the Seattle SuperSonics. The franchise reached the pinnacle early in it’s Seattle days, winning its only title during the 1978-79 season. That team was led by
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Since coming into existence in the 1980-81 season, the Dallas Mavericks have had their shares of extreme highs and extreme lows. Take for instance, their 11-71 season in 1992-93, which certainly qualifies as a low point. Then there is the only NBA championship in team history, which was won during the 2010-11 season. Since 2000-01,
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The Cleveland Cavaliers became an expansion franchise in 1970. Though they made the playoffs a few times, they didn’t become a factor until the mid-late 80’s. Unfortunately they kept running into Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls who undeniably had their number. Their fortune changed in 2003 when they drafted local product LeBron James. He proceeded
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As the 2018-19 NBA season is coming around the corner, we will acknowledge the top five players for each team. The Lakers are one of the most storied franchises in sports. The franchise started out as the Minneapolis Lakers when they were inaugurated in 1947. They spent 13 years in the Twin Cities while winning
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The Memphis Grizzlies are still a young franchise. After coming into existence in the 1995-96 season, they spent their first six years in Vancouver. They saw very little success while in Canada. Shortly after moving to Memphis, they enjoyed three straight playoff seasons from 2003-04 thru 2005-06. Memphis endured a four-year playoff drought before beginning
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We continue our top five players in franchise history series with the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs franchise has had quite the history of great players, particularly over the last 25 to 30 years. The franchise just completed a historical run from 1999-00 through the 2016-17 season. During this stretch, the Spurs won four NBA
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As the NBA season approaches, we are counting down the top five players for every franchise. Today we will be looking at the top 5 players for the Boston Celtics. The Boston Celtics were founded in 1946 as one of the original eight teams and our the most successful NBA franchise with 17 championships in
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It’s been a long time since the Sacramento Kings were the Kings on the basketball court. Sacramento hasn’t been to the Playoffs since 2006, and hasn’t sniffed a Conference Finals since 2002. They won the league once, as the Rochester Royals in the 1950-51 season. While it’s been a while since they were truly a
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The Atlanta Hawks hasn’t been the most storied franchise in NBA history, never really gaining the markets of, say, a Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics or Los Angeles Lakers. This hasn’t held the organization from seeing great players pass through their ranks, however. The Atlanta Hawks top 5 players of all time is still a respectable
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