If your a die-hard fan of an organization that has continuously
ended their 82 game season (each and every year) with a record under
.500, not only do I give you my utmost sympathy, but a forewarning to
exit this article before it get’s worse, much worse.
With not much else to talk about during the current offseason besides rankings, news, and predictions, NBA Primetime presents to you the Top Three Worst Organizations for the ‘09-’10 NBA season.
1. New Jersey Nets (Predicted season record: 18-64)
After
trading away their leader and most publicized player (Vince Carter),
the New Jersey Nets immediately sank from a playoff potential team, to
an organization that is clearly prepared to not only lose a ton of
money, but fire more than half of their coaching staff as well.
Entering the upcoming season, the Nets consist of seven veterans (Rafer Alston, Tony Battie, Bobby Simmons, Jarvis Hayes, Keyon Dooling, Eduardo Najera, and Trenton Hassell) with minimal playoff experience and extreme lack of leadership skills.
Their young core is complied of All-Star Devin Harris, two-year guard Courney Lee, Brooke Lopez, Yi Jianlian, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and rookie Terrence Williams.
Although an All-Star, point-guard Harris is far from leading this beat down New Jersey team to playoff contention.
With an uprising Eastern Conference, the Nets are in for a historic season, in the most negative way possible.
And as for Lawrence Frank fans, it’s time you consider removing his coaching existence from your cerebellum.
2. Milwaukee Bucks (Predicted season record: 22-60)
Bear with me Bucks fans on this one, please.
It
is official that GM John Hammond is the worst general manager in the
NBA today. Aside from totally disregarding the team’s future (letting
Richard Jefferson, Charlie Villanueva, and Ramon Sessions go) Hammond
had this to say about the recent Sessions situation,
“We are not going to match the Ramon Sessions offer sheet, Bucks’ GM
John Hammond said. “As always we will be diligent in looking to improve
our roster. We wish Ramon the very best.”
We will be diligent in looking to improve our roster? How about not.
Hammond
has decided to place all his professional expertise into 20-year old
rookie point-guard Brandon Jennings (the kid who could not pass the
SAT’s) to control and run the court for Milwaukee this season.
Furthermore, Hammond also let go of 22 year-old high-flying Amir Johnson for the four-year Argentinian Carlos Delfino, who in an interview said that he “trusted Hammond to pave the way for his return to the NBA.”
With
no hopes and intentions to make the playoffs this season, John Hammond
and the Milwaukee Bucks will inevitably be one of the biggest laughing
stocks of the NBA today.
3. Minnesota Timberwolves (Predicted season record: 23-59)
When
a team has one-third of the top six picks in an NBA draft, any normal
GM would go after two different positional athletes, to not only assure
two locked up spots for the future, but because it would be just plain
stupid not to do so.
Well, meet the Minnesota Timberwolves.
After, drafting massively-hyped Ricky Rubio with the fifth pick of the draft and just barely 6′0″ point-guard Jonny Flynn, the Wolves were forced upon insensibility to sign yet another point-guard during this offseason.
Since
practically everyone and their mother knew that Rubio would not make
his first appearance in the NBA until atleast doomsday, the Wolves
entire organization obviously thought otherwise.
With the signing of Ramon Sessions, the T-Wolves have a locked up starting and back-up point-guard in Sessions and Flynn.
And
aside from their two 6′10″ power-forwards (Al Jefferson and Kevin
Love), the Wolves have without a doubt the weakest roster in the NBA
today.
The best of wishes goes out to
Minnesota fans, because I can tell you right now, you’re going to need as
much luck as you can get to make even one playoff appearance within the next 6-10 years.
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Hammond the worst GM in the NBA today? What are you on? He’s in his second season, he’s trying to dig us out of the cap and roster hell our last GM dug us into. Were trying to rebuild, we need more cap and were trying to build that up. We have a much better roster than you think, the Bucks have added some solid pieces. You made it sound like Brandon Jennings starting is a disaster? For all we know he could have a Dwayne Wade type of season.
So before you go any further on criticizing the moves he’s made wait until the season starts instead of bashing our draft pick (can’t pass the SAT’s? What in the world does that have to do with becoming a great NBA player? You do realize that Garnett was far from a star student in high school?) and the players we’ve obtained thus far. I find it hilarious how you and others can’t understand how hard it is to get a team like Hammond had with the Bucks when he first started back into the playoffs.
Alright first off, I did give you a forewarning at the beginning of the article that this was going to be a bashing piece. I told especially Bucks fans to bare with me on the summary for them. Jennings having a Dwyane Wade type season??, no way. You did add Hakim Warrick who is very solid and should break out, but you have a beat up Michael Redd coming off of an injury, as well as Bogut who seems to get injured every year (aside from his rookie season). You guys are in the gutter, and letting go of Charlie V, R-Jeff, and Sessions was just a terrible let down. I understand your intensity and hatred towards every other NBA fan, because at the end of the day, your the bucks fan! Good luck!