the minnesota timberwolves has the worst team in the nba.
who has the worst team in the nba?
the minnesota timberwolves
bullet::::- 1998–99 san antonio spurs — due to a lockout that shortened the nba's schedule to 50 from the usual 82 games, the spurs didn't start their season until february 1999. predicted by many as the worst team during the first half of the season, they began the season slow at 6–8 but had finished the regular season with a win-loss record of 37–13 (a winning percentage of ) and secured the top seed in the western conference playoffs. in the playoffs, the spurs defeated the minnesota timberwolves in 4 games, and swept their next two opponents, the los angeles lakers and portland trail blazers. the spurs then became the first former american basketball association (aba) team to advance to play in the nba finals, defeating the eighth seeded new york knicks in 5 games to win their first title in franchise history. the spurs were led by sophomore star tim duncan, the top pick in the 1997 draft whom would lead his spurs to four more titles in the next 15 years. future golden state warriors coach steve kerr also signed with the spurs that year as he became one of three players (the others being patrick mccaw and frank saul) to win consecutive titles with different teams, and kerr and saul are also the only players in the history of the nba to win 4 straight titles that weren't part of the 1960s boston celtics dynasty. the spurs have never missed the playoffs nor have had a losing record since duncan's rookie season.
cinderella (sports)
in the lottery system, the league uses "a lottery-style ping-pong ball machine with 14 balls numbered 1–14, and 1,000 four-digit combinations are assigned to the 14 lottery teams." until 2018, the worst team received 250 combinations, the second worst getting 199, the third worst team 156, and so on. the first three draft picks were determined. starting in 2019, the three worst teams will receive 140 combinations each, the fourth worst 125, and so on. those three teams will have an equal chance of winning the top overall pick. after the first four picks are determined, the rest of the teams are ordered in reverse order based on their record in the previous season, like in the previous system.
nba draft