ESPN Franchise Rankings

[djohn2oo8]

No. 1: Los Angeles Lakers
No. 2: Boston Celtics
No. 3: San Antonio Spurs
No. 4: Chicago Bulls
No. 5: Phoenix Suns
No. 6: Philadelphia 76ers
No. 7: Utah Jazz
No. 8: Portland Trail Blazers
No. 9: Orlando Magic
No. 10: Houston Rockets
No. 11: Indiana Pacers
No. 12: Milwaukee Bucks
No. 13: Oklahoma City Thunder
No. 14: Miami Heat
No. 15: Detroit Pistons
No. 16: Dallas Mavericks
No. 17: New York Knicks
No. 18: Denver Nuggets
No. 19: Cleveland Cavaliers
No. 20: Golden State Warriors
No. 21: Atlanta Hawks
No. 22: New Jersey Nets
No. 23: Washington Wizards
No. 24: New Orleans Hornets
No. 25: Sacramento Kings
No. 26: Toronto Raptors
No. 27: Minnesota Timberwolves
No. 28: Charlotte Bobcats
No. 29: Los Angeles Clippers
No. 30: Memphis Grizzlies

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=FranchiseRankings2010-Rockets

(list on right side of page)

[BullsDynasty]

How the hell are the spurs above the Bulls.....

[cobbler]

Tougher competition and not nearly the long history of failure as the Bulls.

Regardless, only one spot matters. :toast

[TDMVPDPOY]

How the hell are the spurs above the Bulls.....

consistency my friend

90s is all bulls, b4 and after they are shit

[MavDynasty]

can someone with insider post the mavs shit?i wanna see whats up

[TimmehC]

lol Mavs

[Smooth Criminal]

I can't even fathom the Idiocy required to put the Clippers anywhere but 30th

[Bob Lanier]

John Hollinger

[eyeh8u]

this is the only list that matters

Number of championships won by teams


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions#Number_of_championships_won_ by_teams

[duhoh]

well for the record, since duncan the spurs are the most winning franchise from all four major sports, so give credit where it's due.

LAs gonna be at the top for quite some time though.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Lol clippers

[pauls931]

I think this 'list' will change drastically next year.... With LA still on top.

[Xylus]

I think this 'list' will change drastically next year.... With LA still on top.

Those are franchise rankings, not annual power rankings. So the entire franchise's history is taken into account.

[Spurologist]

this is the only list that matters

Number of championships won by teams


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions#Number_of_championships_won_ by_teams

I didn't see the Dallas Mavericks on there. Weird.

[Biggems]

Though the Bulls have 2 more Championships....aside from that decade, the franchise has been pure shit.

Meanwhile, the Spurs have a top 3 all-time winning %, only 6 losing seasons, only missed the playoffs 4 times, and have 4 Championships. This is why they are above the Bulls.

The ranking that I struggle with is the Pistons....why are they so low? They have been in 7-8 NBA Finals, winning 3 of them. Over the last 3 decades they have been one of the better teams overall. There is no way they are in the mid-teens if this is about overall franchise......They are definitely in the top 5-7 teams all-time.

[Findog]

Gay

[Ashy Larry]

some people would wonder why OKC is so high ...... good young franchise and the Seattle Sonics actually won a title and has had a few very good squads with Kemp, Pierce, GP and Schremf