Biggest Franchise Fail of the Millennium?

[Fresh Kid]

But those were last millennium. We're talking about this millennium.

what a dummy

[KG215]

The harden trade. They didn't even get any good assets. Terrible terrible trade.

Ahh, so you know what kind of players Adams and Lamb are going to be 3-5 years from now? Can you tell me what next week's lottery numbers are going to be?

[FatComputerNerd]

But those were last millennium. We're talking about this millennium.

Ahh, my bad.

I was simply thinking over the past 1000 years, aka biggest fails ever.

So we're talking about the year 2000 and forward only.

Probably gotta go with the draft of Luke Jackson in that case.

[KyleKong]

The 2004 Lakers season broke up what could have been a duo that won 6 championships.

[Legends66NBA7]

The 2004 Lakers season broke up what could have been a duo that won 6 championships.

No, it was done after 2004. They were just not going to get along with each other anymore. Shaq was done as an elite player after 2006 too, so really they would have had to win in 2005 and 2006... and Shaq was hurt a lot in 2006 too.

[D.J.]

-Wizards drafting Kwame Brown #1 overall
-Mavs winning 67 games and losing in the 1st round


Though not this millenium, the Knicks choking away the title in '94 has to be up there and rarely gets mentioned. Starks putting up 27/9 in game 6, only for Ewing to shoot 6/20 from the field in a 2 point loss. Then game 7, Starks shoots 2/18 from the field in a 6 point loss.

[SilkkTheShocker]

It's either the Harden trade or Cleveland's inability to find a better 2nd option than Mo Williams in the LeBron era.

[jzek]

Gotta be Portland:

* drafts Bowie instead of Jordan
* drafts Oden instead of Durant
* drafts Roy who can't stay healthy
* drafts LMA who can't stay healthy
* had one of the deepest teams in history (early 00s) but couldn't get anything done
* "Jail Breakers"
* etc.

[TheMarkMadsen]

The 2004 Lakers season broke up what could have been a duo that won 6 championships.

Wait..what? Do you remember that time period or are you on bball reference just looking at the names on the roster.

[TheMarkMadsen]

A team losing to one player through 3 quarters.

[The JKidd Kid]

This current millennium hasn't been that long.

You mean Century. Millennium is 1000 years.

[NumberSix]

You mean Century. Millennium is 1000 years.

This short post is like 4 different kinds of fail.

[The JKidd Kid]

This short post is like 4 different kinds of fail.

I just realized.

[alexd]

They could have amnestied Perkins, no?

for the 1000th time.They couldn t amnestied Perkins because in order to reach the finals they needed a defensive big man.Who was gonna guard Howard etc?Ibaka and Collison?
Plus Harden came was a very good 6th man but nothing more at the time being.Everyone knew he would explode someday but not that much the very next year.Plus they had to either keep Ibaka or Harden.You almost always choose the big man,cause there are many decent SG in the league.Not in the level of Harden but decent

[alexd]

Gotta be Portland:

* drafts Bowie instead of Jordan
* drafts Oden instead of Durant
* drafts Roy who can't stay healthy
* drafts LMA who can't stay healthy
* had one of the deepest teams in history (early 00s) but couldn't get anything done
* "Jail Breakers"
* etc.

Oden was the right choice,they just got unlucky.The dude was a beast and he would be a huge superstar if he could stay healthy
the same with Roy
in the early 00's Shaq happened