Top 10 Most Disappointing Teams of The Decade (2010's)

[Im Still Ballin]

Agree or disagree?


1. 2015-2016 Golden State Warriors

2. 2010-2011 Miami Heat

3. 2015-2016 San Antonio Spurs

4. 2015-2016 OKC Thunder

5. 2010-2011 LA Lakers

6. 2010-2011 San Antonio Spurs

7. 2017-2018 Houston Rockets

8. 2017-2018 Toronto Raptors

9. 2014-2015 LA Clippers

10. 2014-2015 Chicago Bulls

[Gougou]

Lob city should be there I think...

[Im Still Ballin]

Lob city should be there I think...

Ah dammit, that's the one I missed... The 2014-2015 Clippers... Adding them now.

[ArbitraryWater]

The '18 Rockets were a throughly positive surprise and exceeded expectations, you're not making any sense there. They did the absolute best they could.

I mean, '16 OKC, disappointing cause they lost a home game to the 73-win Warriors while getting bombed from Klay?

I just dont see it.

'13 Lakers would easily be the most disappointing team of the decade

[Im Still Ballin]

The '18 Rockets were a throughly positive surprise and exceeded expectations, you're not naking any sense there. They did the absolute best they could.

I mean, '16 OKC, disappointingm cause they lost a home game to the 73-win Warriors while getting bombed from Klay?

I just dont see it.

'13 Lakers would easily be the most disappointing team of the decade
Oh shit the lakers were so disappointing I didn't even remember them

[Overdrive]

Agree or disagree?


1. 2015-2016 Golden State Warriors

2. 2010-2011 Miami Heat

3. 2015-2016 San Antonio Spurs

4. 2015-2016 OKC Thunder

5. 2010-2011 LA Lakers

6. 2010-2011 San Antonio Spurs

7. 2017-2018 Houston Rockets

8. 2017-2018 Toronto Raptors

9. 2014-2015 LA Clippers

10. 2014-2015 Chicago Bulls

Yes, yes, no, no, yes, yes, no, no, no, no.

[Im Still Ballin]

REVISED LIST

1. 2015-2016 Golden State Warriors

2. 2010-2011 Miami Heat

3. 2012-2013 LA Lakers

4. 2015-2016 San Antonio Spurs

5. 2015-2016 OKC Thunder

6. 2010-2011 LA Lakers

7. 2010-2011 San Antonio Spurs

8. 2017-2018 Houston Rockets

9. 2017-2018 Toronto Raptors

10. 2014-2015 LA Clippers

[Im Still Ballin]

The '18 Rockets were a throughly positive surprise and exceeded expectations, you're not naking any sense there. They did the absolute best they could.

I mean, '16 OKC, disappointingm cause they lost a home game to the 73-win Warriors while getting bombed from Klay?

Rockets and OKC both circumstance-based. Had their opponents on the brink of elimination, and choked. Extremely disappointing. Another disappointing team popped into my head -- 2018-2019 Rockets.

[Akeem34TheDream]

Rockets and OKC both circumstance-based. Had their opponents on the brink of elimination, and choked. Extremely disappointing. Another disappointing team popped into my head -- 2018-2019 Rockets.

Cp3 got injured in game5 in 2018. One of the reasons they lost.

[Stanley Kobrick]

REVISED LIST

1. 2015-2016 Golden State Warriors

2. 2010-2011 Miami Heat

3. 2012-2013 LA Lakers

4. 2015-2016 San Antonio Spurs

5. 2015-2016 OKC Thunder

6. 2010-2011 LA Lakers

7. 2010-2011 San Antonio Spurs

8. 2017-2018 Houston Rockets

9. 2017-2018 Toronto Raptors

10. 2014-2015 LA Clippers
:cheers:

[Wally450]

I think the 2011-2012 Spurs should be on there too. Choked a 2-0 lead against the Thunder. Lost 4 straight. :facepalm

[Im Still Ballin]

Cp3 got injured in game5 in 2018. One of the reasons they lost.
That is true. I do feel they choked with those 27 missed 3pters though.

It's definitely one of the more debatable ones.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Rockets and OKC both circumstance-based. Had their opponents on the brink of elimination, and choked. Extremely disappointing. Another disappointing team popped into my head -- 2018-2019 Rockets.

OKC choked on Klay's massive ****.


Klay saved their season, it's the series where people finally realized Klay was the much better player than Curry

[SouBeachTalents]

2011 Heat
2011 Spurs
2011 Lakers
2013 Lakers
2014 Heat
2015 Clippers
2016 Warriors
2018 Raptors
2018 Thunder
2019 Celtics

[Naero]

Disappointments are all relative to expectations, so I'll compartmentalize them in different lists.

Preseason expectations

1. 2013 Lakers
2. 2014 Nets
3. 2019 Lakers
4. 2019 Celtics
5. 2018 Thunder
6. 2016 Rockets
7. 2014 Heat
8. 2018 Timberwolves
9. 2018 Spurs
10. 2018 Bucks

Preplayoffs expectations

1. 2011 Spurs
2. 2016 Warriors
3. 2010 Cavaliers
4. 2011 Lakers
5. 2011 Heat
6. 2014 Pacers
7. 2013 Knicks
8. 2018 Raptors
9. 2010 Magic
10. 2014 Rockets

Mid-series letdowns

1. 2016 Warriors
2. 2011 Heat
3. 2015 Clippers
4. 2016 Thunder
5. 2012 Spurs
6. 2018 Rockets
7. 2018 Celtics
8. 2019 Rockets (golden opportunity blown during the one-and-a-half Durant-less games)
9. 2019 Bucks
10. 2015 Bulls

Many of the exact rankings aren't that ironclad, but I feel most—if not all—those teams would belong on those lists no matter what hairs you split.

[ClipperRevival]

The Clips peaked in 2013-14. I still remember game 5 in OKC like it was yesterday. Up 7 with like 47 seconds left and CP3 proceeds to have one of the biggest choking sequences ever. We win that game, we are up 3-2 going home to play game 6 and possibly close them out.

OKC and Clips were pretty evenly matched too. Clips had enough talent to possibly win a ring that season.

[SouBeachTalents]

The Clips peaked in 2013-14. I still remember game 5 in OKC like it was yesterday. Up 7 with like 47 seconds left and CP3 proceeds to have one of the biggest choking sequences ever. We win that game, we are up 3-2 going home to play game 6 and possibly close them out.

OKC and Clips were pretty evenly matched too. Clips had enough talent to possibly win a ring that season.
2015 was an even worse choke

[ClipperRevival]

2015 was an even worse choke

In terms of the optics, for sure. Anytime you are up 3-1 and lose a series, that's a choke of all chokes.

But i am talking about which Clippers team was better. 2013-14 Clips had Collison off the bench and a beastly DeAndre. Think he started to lose a step in 2014-15 and ditto for BG. Also, didn't the Clips have some injury issues in that Houston series?

But my take is that the 2013-14 Clips had a legit shot at a ring. They had the talent. But CP3 choked that series away.

[red1]

great list IMO OP

[Axe]

No doubt the 2015-16 warriors come out on top

[Axe]

Hm here: 2011-12 bulls

a top seeded team that became roseless during their postseason run was only overpowered by the eight seed sixers team in the first round

[Indian guy]

Agree or disagree?


1. 2015-2016 Golden State Warriors

2. 2010-2011 Miami Heat

3. 2015-2016 San Antonio Spurs

4. 2015-2016 OKC Thunder

5. 2010-2011 LA Lakers

6. 2010-2011 San Antonio Spurs

7. 2017-2018 Houston Rockets

8. 2017-2018 Toronto Raptors

9. 2014-2015 LA Clippers

10. 2014-2015 Chicago Bulls

Huh??

Disappointing should be a team that falls wayyyyy below expectations. The only team here that qualifies are the 2011 Spurs. Had the league's best record but lost in the 1st round. Every other team here either met expectations or fell slightly below.

Disappointing are the 2012-2013 Lakers. Were expected to contend but barely made the playoffs (with some very shady officiating over the last month of the season).

[ArbitraryWater]

The Clips peaked in 2013-14. I still remember game 5 in OKC like it was yesterday. Up 7 with like 47 seconds left and CP3 proceeds to have one of the biggest choking sequences ever. We win that game, we are up 3-2 going home to play game 6 and possibly close them out.

OKC and Clips were pretty evenly matched too. Clips had enough talent to possibly win a ring that season.

2015 was when they peaked and the hype came for thrm. It looked like their best shot and everyone wanted a GSW/LAC WCF.

[SouBeachTalents]

2015 was when they peaked and the hype came for thrm. It looked like their best shot and everyone wanted a GSW/LAC WCF.
The Warriors managed to avoid the 3 best teams in the West that year (Thunder, Spurs, Clippers)

[Ronin45]

2013-2014 Heat too

[ArbitraryWater]

The Warriors managed to avoid the 3 best teams in the West that year (Thunder, Spurs, Clippers)

Yup.

And it was just the entree on their path of luck, when they didnt play a single healthy team with their star PG en route to the finals, where they then didnt face Love and Irving, only to be destroyed by Spurs at home 2 years later and have their top player go out, and be down 2-3 the year after that and Rockets have their top/2nd best player go out.

What a wild sequence in sports history of tilted luck.

the odds of all that happening within 4 years are surely below 0.1%

[SouBeachTalents]

Yup.

And it was just the entree on their path of luck, when they didnt play a single healthy team with their star PG en route to the finals, where they then didnt face Love and Irving, only to be destroyed by Spurs at home 2 years later and have their top player go out, and be down 2-3 the year after that and Rockets have their top/2nd best player go out.

What a wild sequence in sports history of tilted luck.

the odds of all that happening within 4 years are surely below 0.1%
It's just weird how injuries basically defined their run, all the way through to Durant & Klay getting hurt. Look at the Bulls, 3peat Lakers, 2peat Lakers, 2peat Heat, those runs didn't have even close to as many significant injuries

[WhiteKyrie]

Disappointing are the 2012-2013 Lakers. Were expected to contend but barely made the playoffs (with some very shady officiating over the last month of the season).
Umm, that team was OLD, and also had a litany of injuries. Including to their second best player, Dwight. On paper, before the season? Sure. That’s not being disappointing from a performance perspective given what happened in context actuality.