Teams you miss from the past

[davi78239]

The 2000-2003 Sacramento Kings is mine. I'm a spurs fan but these guys were by far my second favorite team. They were exciting to watch, young, and were probably one of the best "whiteboy" teams that I've ever saw. They had divac, j-will, a young stoyackavich, pollard, then they got turgaloo, at one time they acquired brad miller right? And of course they had the good black folk roll through there like bibby, Bobby Jackson, nick Anderson, and others I'm probably missing. And of course the great Chris webber. I truly believe that they should of had a championship in 02 if it wasn't for that 4th quarter collaps in that epic game 4 which led to horry's freak 3 pointer buzzer beater. Ah memories.

[DMC]

Holy shit.... turgaloo for the win...

LOL Stoyackavich...

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[Flux451]

The G State Warriors with J Rich, Baron, Stephen Jack, Monte Ellis and Matt Barnes

[Gutter92]

The Mavs as contenders :cry:cry:cry:cry:cry

[MavDynasty]

2006 mavs team it was fun seeing them choke :cry

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Great topic OP
I loved to watch that Sonics team 1995-96 even though they ran into the Bulls dynasty that team was a hell of alot of fun to watch.
Really is a shame that Seattle doesn't have a pro team anymore, no arena rocked like Key Arena

[JamStone]

I liked the late 90s New York Knicks with Allan Houston, Spree, and Grandmama. They were fun to watch, but still had a little bit of a nasty and unlikeable demeanor with Spree and LJ and Kurt Thomas and Chris Childs.

Also liked watching the early 2000s Rockets with Stevie Francis and Cat Mobley, before they got Yao. I thought they had some potential with those two, an ok glue guy in Kenny Thomas, the promise of Eddie Griffin's talent, and of course the Wizard, Walt Williams. Walt was a guy who I always liked. I think while they had to take Yao Ming, drafting him basically changed how the rest of the team had to play and that group just didn't mesh with what they had to change to accommodate Yao. That team needed a big man more like Marcus Camby than Yao.

[DMC]

I miss the Kleenex Bums. Nothing like watching Mike D cry to the press after getting beaten yet again by the Spurs.

[davi78239]

The trailblazers of 99-2000. Off the favorite topic, these bitches were loaded and scared the hell out of me. If not for 4th quarter choke job in a game 7, they most likely would of hosted the trophy that year.

[HarlemHeat37]

I fully agree with Sacramento..one of the most entertaining teams of all-time..the way they moved the ball around was amazing, their big men were arguably the 2 best passing bigs in the game at the time..

I agree with the Knicks as well, they had a good blend of characters..

[crc21209]

The G State Warriors with J Rich, Baron, Stephen Jack, Monte Ellis and Matt Barnes

This. They shoulda just kept that team together...

[Darrin]

2003-2008 Detroit Pistons. I miss the defense, the depth, the skill, and the balance. Others have been mentioned--the Kings, the Warriors--but the team I miss the most is Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Chauncey Billups, Lindsey Hunter, and Antonio McDyess. Throw in (every once in awhile) Carlos Delfino, Carlos Arroyo, Jarvis Hayes, Maurice Evans, Corliss Williamson, Memo Okur, Elden Campbell, Chris Webber, Dale Davis and you have a great team.

[Budkin]

1992-93 Phoenix Suns
1993-94 Houston Rockets
1994-95 Orlando Magic

[Darthkiller]

1993 NYK
1999 blazers
2004 suns

[xellos88330]

1992-93 Phoenix Suns
1993-94 Houston Rockets
1994-95 Orlando Magic

Great list!!! :toast

[Hemotivo]

the Pacers of Reggie and Rik Smits, the "davis brothers" and Derrick McKey

[Hemotivo]

also haywood workman :P

[TD 21]

Late 90s Jazz and early 00s Kings would be the two for me. Real systematic teams, that played aesthetically pleasing offenses (flex and Princeton). What made those offenses so aesthetically pleasing was their personnel was so suited to playing them. I especially enjoyed watching the brilliant passing of the Kings big men.

[ImDaNuts]

Agreed with the Supersonics....Gary Payton my boy.

[lil_penny]

the sonics in general i miss the I-5 rivalry.

90's suns
99/00 blazers
penny and shaq on the magic
90's knicks, allen houston, spree.. etc..

[Venti Quattro]

Heat and Knick teams during the 90's/early 00's

Damn those teams would defend each other like crazy

[mavsfan1000]

90's Bulls and Rockets. :(

[mavs>spurs]

06' mavs. just as epic as they failed in the finals, they looked impressively good in the regular season and early playoff stages. they were supposed to get weakened with nash and Fin gone but they turned out better than ever before, their guys were tough and all play good D, its just sad story taht they got robbed by officials and got their ring swindled by cHeat.

[BUMP]

2003-2008 Detroit Pistons. I miss the defense, the depth, the skill, and the balance. Others have been mentioned--the Kings, the Warriors--but the team I miss the most is Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Chauncey Billups, Lindsey Hunter, and Antonio McDyess. Throw in (every once in awhile) Carlos Delfino, Carlos Arroyo, Jarvis Hayes, Maurice Evans, Corliss Williamson, Memo Okur, Elden Campbell, Chris Webber, Dale Davis and you have a great team.

[mavsfan1000]

06' mavs. just as epic as they failed in the finals, they looked impressively good in the regular season and early playoff stages. they were supposed to get weakened with nash and Fin gone but they turned out better than ever before, their guys were tough and all play good D, its just sad story taht they got robbed by officials and got their ring swindled by cHeat.
Yep. Highway robbery that year by the refs.

[Technique]

Gotta go with the Pistons, they had a starting 5 potential all-stars in their prime. Really great team. And the 2005 finals were just epic, best finals of the decade.

[dirk4mvp]

This. They shoulda just kept that team together...

lmao yeah cuz they were definitely gonna go far being as they matched up with one very specific team well and got the shit beat out of them by any team with inside scoring.

you suck.

[timtonymanu]

the 2007 Warriors - it all got messed up when JRich was traded for that Wright guy.
the 03-08 Pistons - defense, defense, defense

[j-money24]

I miss the 2005-2006 kobe :(

[ALVAREZ6]

Gotta go with the Pistons, they had a starting 5 potential all-stars in their prime. Really great team. And the 2005 finals were just epic, best finals of the decade.
they definitely were

[jjktkk]

89-90 Spurs. D-Rob's rookie year. Sean E., Willie Anderson, Terry Cummings, and Rod Strickland. Loved Frank Brickowski as the enforcer off the bench. I really thought that was a team that would contend for several years.

[Nahtanoj]

2005 Pistons
2007 Warriors

[Girasuck]

The 03-04 Jazz. That team was right up there with the Finals Jazz teams as my favorite. So many people predicted that 03-04 team to win less than 10 games. They played their hearts out all season long. I mean look at this roster...

PG- Carlos Arroyo
SG- DeShawn Stevenson
SF- Matt Harpring
PF- Andrei Kirilenko
C- Greg Ostertag

Raja Bell, Raul Lopez, Jarron Collins, Michael Ruffin, Sasha Pavlovic, and Mikki Moore coming off the bench. On paper that's worse than last years Nets team, yet the 03-04 Jazz came within 1 game of making the playoffs. I knew after that season when Sloan didn't win the COY award, he would never win it.

[ploto]

Before I even opened the thread, I had the 2002 Kings of Webber, Bibby, Vlade, Peja, and Hedo.

[Phillip]

cant lie, I loved the 07 Warriors. They were a crazy fun team to watch.

[nkdlunch]

Timmy Duncan carried Spurs

[LakeShow]

Showtime Lakers in the 80's

[Phillip]

bad boy pistons - the only 80s team that actually played defense

[baseline bum]

The Run-TMC Warriors. I still can't believe Nelson traded Mitch Richmond for that scrub Billy Owens.

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