NBA: Players who help their teams to the three winningest seasons in franchise history

[ambchang]

Hawks: None. The three winningest seasons were spread apart, and there is no on common player on all three teams
Celtics: None
Nets: None, Dr. J if you count the ABA days
Hornet: Muggsy Bogues, Dell Curry - 96-97, 97-98, 94-95 (54-28, 51-31, 50-32)
Bulls: Jordan, Pippen - 95-96, 96-97, 91-92 (72-10, 69-12, 67-15)
Cavs: Lebron - 08-09, 09-10, 15-16 (66-16, 61-21, 57-25)
Mavs: Dirk - 06-07, 05-06, 02-03 (67-15, 60-22, 60-22)
Nuggets: None
Pistons: None
Warriors: None
Rockets: None
Pacers: None
Clippers: CP3, DeAndre, Griffin - 13-14, 14, -15, 12-13 (57-25, 56-26, 56-26)
Lakers: None
Grizzlies: Tony Allen, Conley, Marc Gasol, Zach, Gay - 12-13, 14-15, 11-12 (56-26, 55-27, 41-25) Bonus 13-14 season with 50-32
Heat: None
Bucks: None
Wolves: Garnett, Gary Trent - 03-04, 02-03, 01-02 (58-24, 51-31, 50-32)
Pelicans: None
Knicks: None
Thunder/Sonics: Payton, Schrempf - 95-96, 93-94, 97-98 (64-18, 63-19, 61-21)
Magic: None
76ers: None
Suns: None
Blazers: None
Kings: None
Spurs: Tim Duncan, Ginobili and Tony Parker - 15-16, 05-06, 11-12 (67-15, 63-19, 50-16). Bonus 13-14 season (62-20)
Raptors: DeRozan, Kyle Lowry, Patrick Patterson, Terrence Ross, Jonas Valaciunas - 15-16, 14-15, 13-14 (56-26, 49-33, 48-34)
Jazz: Pedo, Stockton, Hornacek, Ostertag, Russell - 96-97, 97-98, 98-99 (64-18, 62-20, 37-13) Bonus 94-95 with 60-22 record
Wizards/Bullets: none

Many teams don't even have any players that can boost of being in THREE of the winningest seasons in the franchise. The other teams are either:
1) Young teams that didn't have a lot of history (Raptors, Hornets, Grizz)
2) Sucked for along time (Clippers, Wolves) and got a good team in a few seasons in a roll
3) Great teams with truly face of the franchise types (Cavs, Mavs, Spurs, and to an extent Sonics and Jazz)

Discuss. I kept wondering whether there are any teams that have any players on all three of their losingest seasons.

[ambchang]

Screw it, let's also look at players who "help" their teams to three of the franchises' losingest seasons

Hawks: None
Celtics: None
Nets: None
Hornets: None
Bulls: Metta World Peace / Ron Artest - 00-01, 99-00, 01-02 (15-67, 17-65, 21-61)
Cavs: none
Mavs: none
Nuggets: none
Piston: None
Warriors: None
Rockets: None
Pacers: Clark Kellogg, Jerry Sichting, Herb Williams - 82-83, 84-85, 83-84 (20-62, 22-60, 26-56)
Clippers: None
Lakers: Kobe Bryant - 15-16, 14-15, 13-14 (17-65, 21-61, 27-55)
Grizzlies: Bryant Reeves 98-99, 96-97, 95-96 (8-42, 14-68, 15-67)
Heat: none
Bucks: none
Wolves: none
Pelicans/ Hornets: None
Knicks: None
Thunder / Sonics: none
Magic: None
76ers: None
Suns: None
Blazers: None
Kings: None
Spurs: None
Raptors: None
Jazz: None
Wizards / Bullets: None

As you can see, it is quite rare to have a common player cut through three of the franchise's worst seasons. The reasons are either:
1) Lost a legendary player or two (Bulls with Jordan and Pippen and Rodman and Jackson)
2) Young team still trying to find it's place in the league (Grizzlies in the expansion years, Pacers when it is still relatively new from the ABA)
3) Gigantic cancer that puts selling tickets and own brand than the team (Lakers).

Most management teams are smart enough to flush out the cancer after two seasons of failure, it is very rare to see a team willing to go through three seasons of rock bottom before going on to something else.

Discuss.

[Clipper Nation]

Amb

[Canyonero]

Wow, 2 Bryants in the losingest section. Coincidence?

[Pelicans78]

I imagine you could have CP3 with the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans

[FkLA]

lol Kirby

[Jenks]

That Spurs list would just be Duncan if 99 had a preseason, Spurs won 86% after the first month.

Excellent setup for ting on Kobe though.

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