Ever seen anything as pathetic as the Nets?

hammered

4-47 as of today
Are they playing for the draft, or are they really this bad?
Makes one think the NBA should've taken the Flint Tropics instead.
Last night the Nets had barely 1000 in attendance.
What about bear wrestling at halftime?

Goot

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4-48

jivan

no i have not

Boopotts

I lived in Denver for the '98-99 Nuggets. They were on par with these Nets.

Dboneesq

Man ... these were the days. I used to go to a LOT of these games as a kid. As I posted on another thread, during the 69/70 season, as an 11 and 12 year old, I used to get into the games at the Island Garden for ONE DOLLAR and be almost courtside!!


1969/70: The Nets got a new owner as Arthur Brown gave up on the BA by selling his team to Roy Boe. They would also get another new home as the Nets decided to play their home games in the Island Garden in West Hempstead which was closer to Manhattan then Commack. In addition they would land a big name coach as they hired St. John's legendary Coach Lou Carnesecca. However, Carnesecca had one year remaining on his contract at the New York University so they would have to place York Larose as the interim coach for the season. With the addition of Levering Tart who led the team with 24.2 ppg the Nets became competitive qualifying for the playoffs with a 39-45 record. However, despite a valiant 7-game effort the Nets playoffs end with a 1st round loss to the Kentucky Colonels.

1970/71: In Lou Carnesecca's first year as coach the Nets made the playoffs for the second year in a row with a 40-44 record, with Rick Barry coming back from an early season knee injury to finish 2nd in the ABA in scoring at 29.4 ppg. However once again they would be knocked out after just 1 round losing to the Virginia Squires in the 6 games.

1971/72: With Rick Barry enjoying a healthy season and finishing 2nd in scoring again with 31.5 ppg, the Nets post their first winning season at 44-40, as they change homes again in February, leaving the old Island Garden in West Hempstead for the brand new Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. In the playoffs the Nets would win their first series beating the Kentucky Colonels in 6 games. In the Eastern Finals the Nets fell behind quickly, losing their first 2 games to the Virginia Squires. However, the Nets would rebound to take the next 2 games at the Nassau Coliseum. After losing Game 5 in Virginia the Nets won a Game 6 shoot out 146-136 to set up a decisive 7th game, which they won in Virginia 94-88. In the ABA Finals the Nets and Indian Pacers went back and forth through the first 4 games, before the Pacers scratched out Game 5 by 1 point 100-99. Needing to force a 7th game the Nets season would end with another nail bitter 108-105.

1972/73: Before the season ended the Nets were dealt a backbreaking set back when a court ordered that Rick Barry returned to the NBA and honor his contract with Golden State Warriors. Without Barry the Nets struggled to finish with a 30-54 record. Despite their poor season the Nets still made the playoffs, but were beaten in 5 games by the Carolina Cougars. Following the season Coach Lou Carnesecca would be fired and replace by Kevin Loughery. However, the biggest move came via a trade as the Nets acquired the budding superstar Julius Erving from the Virginia Squires.

1973/74: Julius Erving who earned the nickname Dr. J in the press joined a young team, whose oldest starter was 25-year old Center Bill Paultz. Dr. J. would become an instant sensation, winning the ABA's MVP while leading the league in scoring, while leading the Nets to their first Division title with a 55-29 record. In the first round of the playoffs the Nets made quick work of Dr. J's first team, knocking off the Virginia Squires in 5 games. In the Eastern Finals the Nets would breeze through the Kentucky Colonels sweeping them in 4 games. In the ABA Finals the Nets continued to roll winning their first 3 games over the Utah Stars before winning the ABA Championship before 15,934 fans at the Nassau Coliseum 111-100.

TomGshotput

Not yet Detroit Lions level

K

2003 Detroit Tigers

Connecticoin

They still only need to win 6 more games to do better than the 9-73 performance by the Sixers.

I predict they will win 9 more. 13 wins is still horribly pathetic.

Estil

Who was the WORST NBA team ever (in terms of fewest wins and/or overall winning percentage?), and are these Nets still on track to break that eh, record?

At least the worst MLB teams and NFL teams are easy:

MLB: 1899 Cleveland Spiders 20-132 record, finished 84 games out of first, and lost 40 of their last 41 games.
NFL: 2008 Detroit Lions only team to go winless in 16 game schedule.

mcadams

This is truly a year for spectacularly bad basketball teams. I hear ya on the Nets, but has anyone seen LSU's men's hoops team this year.? They are 0-10 in conference so far this year and just lost to Arkansas by 35 on Wednesday. These guys aren't really keeping it close either, this is just sloppy bad basketball. 6 more to go and I predict they'll finish 0-16 in the SEC....

-Michael

stevek

I gotta agree...the Mets are pathetic.

otwcards

<< <i>4-47 as of today
Are they playing for the draft, or are they really this bad?
Makes one think the NBA should've taken the Flint Tropics instead.
Last night the Nets had barely 1000 in attendance.
What about bear wrestling at halftime? >>



Attendance was due to the fact that the area was in the midst of getting nearly 20 inches of snow with blizzard conditions called for the same evening. The 1000+ that went are idiots!

The Nets have positioned themselves to go from the outhouse to the penthouse in one season. They are the ONLY team that has created enough cap room to sign two max-salary free agents from the greatest free agent class ever. They are also in position to garner the #1 pick in the draft.

Realistically, the Nets could field a starting line-up next season featuring: Brook Lopez, Chris Bosh, Joe Jackson, John Wall and Devin Harris. That's giving that Jay Z doesn't have a way to convince either LeBron or D-Wade to sally up with the Nets and that they don't trade Harris for another front-line forward.

TomGshotput

I remember when Orlando tried that approach. Didn't work out too well

markj111

I believe the 76ers had a similar season-somehing like 9-73.

theczar

the 9-73 philly 76ers played at a time when the league was a lot more competitive. if new jersey finishes with the same record i will deem them a worse squad. currently the nba is a league where teams mail in games all of the time. the nets should get 15 wins by default.

the 40-120 mets were an expansion team. the 2003 tigers were bad, but still had a winning percentage over 25%. the 2008 lions were 0-16, but over a 82 game schedule would win more than nine games.

in the nhl the 1974-75 Washington Capitals in their first season were 8-67-5. one of their goalies Michel Belhumeur, went 0-24-3 on the season, the team gave up an NHL record of 446 goals. the Caps lost 37 straight games on the road, finally defeating the California Golden Seals in Oakland near the end of the season.

the 92-93 ottawa senators were also pretty brutal with an overall record of 10-70-4

espn has more listed. it may be a few years old.

all time bad

RonBurgundy

They are intentionally losing games.

bman90278

We have the Clippers in our town and I can't say I've ever seen them play as bad as the Nets.

brian

mcadams

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alpemomo

Ever seen anything as pathetic as the Nets?

How about Axtell and his 100+ aliases?

Or Kevin aka JoeStalin?