what was the worst team to win a championship post 1980

[NZStreetBaller]

98 bulls ? 04 pistons?? 08 celtics??

[JohnFreeman]

94-95 Rockets?

[T_L_P]

94 Rockets, 03 Spurs, 06 Heat?

[Smook A.]

94 Rockets, 03 Spurs, 06 Heat?
94 Rockets were really good that year. I think you mean 95 Rockets

[ThatCoolKid]

'03 Spurs

Duncan was great, and the team was great defensively. However, Robinson was a role player at that point, Parker was just beginning his ascent and was not yet the player we know him to be today, and Ginobili showed little indication he would become so good.

They beat an atrocious NJ Nets team led by Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin 4-2.

[Fudge]

'95 Rockets
'09 Lakers
'10 Lakers

Kobe and Hakeem carried some shitty supporting casts to the promise land. True greatness.

[JohnFreeman]

2010 Lakers had the best record in the west and the highest salary...

[tpols]

06 heat
11 mavs

[ThatCoolKid]

'95 Rockets
'09 Lakers
'10 Lakers

Kobe and Hakeem carried some shitty supporting casts to the promise land. True greatness.

He shot 40.5% in 2010 and 43% in 2009.

[T_L_P]

'03 Spurs

Duncan was great, and the team was great defensively. However, Robinson was a role player at that point, Parker was just beginning his ascent and was not yet the player we know him to be today, and Ginobili showed little indication he would become so good.

They beat an atrocious NJ Nets team led by Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin 4-2.

Ginobili was the only above average offensive player other than Duncan. Maybe Speedy too in the Playoffs.

Parker was the worst championship second option in a long time. An inefficient shooter (39% in the Playoffs) who couldn't pass or defend.

[JebronLames]

He shot 40.5% in 2010 and 43% in 2009.
Lakers won cuz of their size inside. Kobe was a complimentary piece. GOAT sidekick.

[Nowitness]

08 Celtics.

One good player (KG).

[pastis]

03 Spurs
2011 mavs. everyone thought they wouldnt not come out of first round.


thats all


08 Celtics stacked as hell. Same with Lakers 2009/2010. Wtf when im looking at those roosters from celtics and lakers. wow how stacked can a team be?

but hating on cleveland 07:facepalm

[D-FENS]

Miami 06.

[Beastmode88]

2011 mavs. Dirk and role players

[ArbitraryWater]

Worst/Weakest Champions since 1980:

1994 Rockets, 2003 Spurs, 2006 Heat, 2011 Mavericks

^ 3 GOAT carrying jobs and 1 GOAT finals carrying job + rigjob.

Worst/Weakest Finalists since 1980:

2000 Pacers, 2001 Sixers, 2002 Nets, 2007 Cavaliers, 2009 Magic

A bunch of teams with 1 superstar and the rest role players.

Check out the 2007 ECF Threads on ISH... Even back then people were saying LeBron is carrying garbage.

[TheBigVeto]

Tie between '09 Lakers and '10 Lakers

[Bimbo Coles]

Pistons.

[miles berg]

'03-'04 Pistons

[masonanddixon]

2011 mavs. Dirk and role players

except that they had one of the most dominant postseason runs of all time.

[SouBeachTalents]

Based on results, I'm not sure how anyone could argue that it isn't the '95 Rockets. They only went 47-35, trailed Utah 2-1 in the first round, trailed the Suns 3-1 in the conference semis, winning Game 7 by a single point, won the Conference Finals in 6 games, and even in their Finals sweep, needed arguably the biggest single game choke in league history to win Game 1

[iamgine]

except that they had one of the most dominant postseason runs of all time.
True they performed above their normal performance...doeant that say that they were actually weaker than their performance showed though?

[Demitri98]

95 Rockets
03 Spurs (mediocre outside of Duncan)
06 Heat

[game3524]

2003 Spurs

I still think Sac would have beaten them with a healthy Webber.

[T_L_P]

2003 Spurs

I still think Sac would have beaten them with a healthy Webber.

Before the Playoffs I had the Lakers, Mavs and Kings over us. Thought we'd be crushed in round 2 like in previous years.

A Spurs/Kings early 2000s series would have been epic.

[game3524]

Before the Playoffs I had the Lakers, Mavs and Kings over us. Thought we'd be crushed in round 2 like in previous years.

A Spurs/Kings early 2000s series would have been epic.


Yeah, I had SA as the fourth best team in the west. I didn't think they had enough offense to compete with LA, Sac , and Dallas.

[T_L_P]

Yeah, I had SA as the fourth best team in the west. I didn't think they had enough offense to compete with LA, Sac , and Dallas.

Yeah, thankfully we generally had one or two guys who increased their offensive play in each series (Jackson in rd 1, Manu and Bowen in rd 2, Jackson and Kerr in rd 3, Robinson and Speedy in the Finals).

We caught a break when Dirk went down. Duncan's last 3 games that series were his weakest of the Playoffs. He had to average like 36/18/6 in the first 3 games with Dirk to pull out two Ws.

[masonanddixon]

True they performed above their normal performance...doeant that say that they were actually weaker than their performance showed though?

No because if you followed them that season, the were clearly the best team in the league when healthy. They were called the 'streak busters' because they went into everyone's building and beat the piss out of any team that was hot.

Check out their record. They dominated before the Butler injury and had a favorable record against all the elite teams (except Chicago for some reason)

[ImKobe]

08 Celtics.

One good player (KG).

What in the actual ****

[SamuraiSWISH]

Worst/Weakest Champions since 1980:

1994 Rockets, 2003 Spurs, 2006 Heat, 2011 Mavericks

^ 3 GOAT carrying jobs and 1 GOAT finals carrying job + rigjob.

Worst/Weakest Finalists since 1980:

2000 Pacers, 2001 Sixers, 2002 Nets, 2007 Cavaliers, 2009 Magic
Extremely Accurate

:applause:

[iamgine]

No because if you followed them that season, the were clearly the best team in the league when healthy. They were called the 'streak busters' because they went into everyone's building and beat the piss out of any team that was hot.

Check out their record. They dominated before the Butler injury and had a favorable record against all the elite teams (except Chicago for some reason)
That's wrong. Their record were also bad against Memphis and SAS.

They were a great team like any other champ but you gotta admit they overperformed a lot at the right time.

[houston]

easy 1994 houston rockets

coming second is 2003 spurs

[masonanddixon]

That's wrong. Their record were also bad against Memphis and SAS.

They were a great team like any other champ but you gotta admit they overperformed a lot at the right time.

Not at all. Check the games when the team was healthy.

It's almost impossible to just suddenly get hot for the entire playoffs. Anyone who thinks they 'overperformed' or 'got lucky' is out of their mind.

[kamil]

2011 mavs. Dirk and role players

If they're considered bad... I wonder how bad the competition was.

[deja vu]

08 Celtics.

One good player (KG).
:biggums:

Do you realize that Pierce and Allen were All-Stars even before 2008?