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Basketball: How to Choose Your NBA Team – A Guide for New Fans
Josh Davis has assessed every one of the NBA’s 30 teams, so you can a pick a franchise to ride from here to eternity.
It’s happened again. The NBA season has once again caught you by surprise. Every year you promise yourself you’ll pick a team, sign up to League Pass and waste away otherwise productive afternoons watching some gangly dudes throw a ball at a circle, but every year you don’t quite manage to get around to it.
When the Playoffs come around you attempt to lock in, pick a team to support, but it’s not the same. You haven’t earned any success, all victories feel hollow. You weren’t there when times were tough, when the coach was too stubborn to play the exciting young rookie over the declining veteran. You weren’t there when the team’s best player thought it would be cool to not attempt to play defense. Where were you when the entire team got on the piss in their only night out in New York for the year, resulting in a hungover 30-point blowout loss the next day?
It’s OK, though, this year will be different.![]()
I am here to help you, and happen to be an idiot savant when it comes to choosing NBA teams to support.
In 2007 I started supporting the Orlando Magic, who were at that point a borderline playoff team coming off years of mediocrity. In 2009 they played in the NBA Finals. In 2009 I started supporting the Golden State Warriors, when they drafted my favourite college player, Steph Curry. Last season they were the NBA Champions.
I am NBA team-picking God.
Here is the criteria I will be using:
WATCHABILITY
Are they fun to watch? Whether it’s via a star player, an attractive, fast-paced style of play or they do dumb, goofy shit, it’s important the team you choose is actually fun to watch because otherwise why bother?
LIKABILITY OF PLAYERS/COACHES
Although athletes are almost uniformly bad, constantly making us regret getting emotionally invested in their lives and successes, the NBA is chocka full of intelligent, funny and eccentric sweethearts and it’s a lot more fun to support a team if you actually like the players on your team.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
You’re picking a team not just for this season, but for the rest of your life. This decision will follow, perhaps even haunt you for the rest of your life so you better pick a team that has a chance to be really good for a really long time.
MISCELLANEOUS, SUBJECTIVE THOUGHTS
Do cool celebs go to their games? Do they have fans with funny tweets? How horny are their players? Shit like that.
What we’re really looking for here is a team on the way up. For victories to be truly satisfying, you need to go through some hardships with your boys.
We’ve divided the teams up into five groups, corresponding with how you should approach each set of teams.
GROUP ONE: NAH, DON’T DO IT
(I’m serious, do not choose the following teams unless you despise yourself)
Philadelphia 76ers
Watchability: In theory they play a nice style of basketball, but besides Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel, they are completely unwatchable.
Tall, athletic players that cannot shoot or pass. Gross, IMO.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Honestly, not sure any of these guys are sentient beings. Boring, nondescript, living, breathing basketball assets. Their GM, Sam Hinkie, is essentially just biding his time to trade any of these players for a player with even slightly higher value. Sam Hinkie looks at this team like it’s an Excel spreadsheet, is a nerd.
Future Prospects: They might be good in the future but who cares. Fuck this team.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Players on this team are so often traded/released that is it is actually noticeable that none of the players want to get to close to one another for fear that their mate will be swiftly sent to another team. They have been burnt before. Sam Hinkie is a nerd.
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Charlotte Hornets
Watchability: Worst shooting team in the league last year, they have added some shooters but, idk, they just reek of mediocrity.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Frank Kaminsky, their rookie, the 2014-15 College Player of the Year, is a big goofy nerd, so that’s chill. Jeremy Lin, Harvard graduate, is also a goofy nerd, which is also chill.
Future Prospects: The Hornets are owned by Michael Jordan, AKA the Jumpman, AKA the Jordan crying meme, allegedly a former basketball player(?) is a bad owner who makes bad personnel decisions. They will be mediocre-to-terrible for as long as he reigns.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman.
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Denver Nuggets
Watchability: Rookie Emmanuel Mudiay will be exciting to watch.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Nah.
Future Prospects: Mudiay and maybe huge man Jusuf Nurkic.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: They play at altitude, is that interesting?
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
I tried to find a cool Denver Nuggets Vine but I somehow found myself watching Steph Curry Vines for two hours instead.
Sacramento Kings
Watchability: Demarcus “Boogie” Cousins is a true joy to watch and everyone else is a nightmare. They have almost no shooting, so their best player will have no space to operate.
Likeability Players/Coaches: It’s a bunch of mad dudes. Boogie is very emotional and demonstrative as is Rajon Rondo.
Future Prospects: Boogie. They have fired three coaches in two years. They are, and will continue to be a disaster.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Their owner, Vivek Ranadive, wants them to play defense with four people, leaving one person seagulling down the other end waiting for a long outlet pass on the off chance they actually stop the other team. This man wants to do everything you thought would be a good idea when you were a 12 year-old, dreaming of owning an NBA team. This man is probably about to suggest the players wear sneakers with springs in the soles.:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/photo_images/7804002/20120707_gav_sv5_038.jpg)
“All I’m saying is, it’s a brilliant idea that is worth trying. Heck, maybe they could even just wear tiny trampolines on their feet! Owning an NBA team is fun.”
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Orlando Magic
Watchability: They have a lot of fun, young players, most of whom cannot shoot a basketball. That’s problematic! Putting the ball in the basket is kinda important! Just my opinion.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Mario Hezonja, their Croatian rookie, is very confident and talks a lot of trash.
Future Prospects: They are a young, talented team. They have a very bright future.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Sometimes horny-ass Tiger Woods comes to the games to scout the cheerleaders, so if you’re into cutaway shots of famous athletes staring and biting their bottom lip this could be the team for you! Too bad their owner is a big ol’ conservative homophobe who actively campaigns against LGBT rights! You cannot in good conscience support this team! Sorry friends.
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Memphis Grizzlies
Watchability: The Griz are some real Kiwi battlers but, my god, they are ugly to watch.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Tony Allen is really cool and an otherworldly defender but that doesn’t put bums in seats.
Future Prospects: They have peaked and are on a downward trajectory.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: There is nothing fun about these grouchy old men. These guys probably spend their timeouts complaining about millennials taking too many selfies.
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I’m honestly not even sure Memphis Grizzlies games are televised.
Brooklyn Nets
Watchability: Nah.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Boring, quasi-journeymen who are just getting their cheques.
Future Prospects: Grim AF.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Jay Z used to pretend to own the team, do you like Jay Z?
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Indiana Pacers
Watchability: They have revamped their team, deciding to ditch their slow, bang ‘em in the paint style in favour of an up-tempo, spread ‘em out style on offensive. Paul George was one of the 10 best players in the league until he literally snapped his leg in half a year ago.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Nah. Future Prospects: PG still could be one of the 10 best players in the league, maybe. During the Draft I tweeted that I thought Myles Turner would be the steal of the Draft, so it would be extremely chill if that happened.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: I kinda just assume all their fans are racist.
Isn’t Indiana the birthplace of the KKK? This is very good analysis I’m doing here.
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
I would post the Vine of Paul George snapping his leg here, but it’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen. Don’t look it up. You know what, I made it up. It never happened. Paul George never snapped his leg. Please don’t google this.
GROUP TWO: TEAMS THAT MAY STAY MEDIOCRE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND MAKE YOU SAD
Detroit Pistons
Watchability: Stan Van Gundy will have them playing a fun style with a pick and roll surrounded by three-point shooters. Andre Drummond dunks on people, which is, in my opinion, cool.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Stan Van is great.
Future Prospects: They’re in the Eastern conference, which is weaker than the West, so maybe they can fluke their way to the conference finals in a few years, but they really don’t have elite talent.
Stan Van is a good coach.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: New signing Aron Baynes was born in Gisborne, New Zealand. If you are nostalgic about your first post-high school new years in Gizzy, maybe this is the team for you? Rhythm & Baynes might be a chill, kinda’ niche nickname for Aron? Or the title of a middling RomCom where big Baynesy learns to dance and falls in love with his emotionally guarded dance instructor? Just spitballin’ here, folks.
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Toronto Raptors
Watchability: Nah.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Not really.
Future Prospects: Middling East playoff team til the end of time.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: The only reason to support this team is that the rapper Drake is their official ambassador AKA he goes to games sometimes when he’s in the 6.
Essentially the only reason to support this team is that you might get to make a good Drake meme whilst watching one of their games, which is low key an excellent reason to support a basketball team
Bonus Pop Culture Joke:
And I know when that hotline bling, that can only mean one thing:
Don’t support this team.
LMFAO
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Miami Heat
Watchability: Pretty fun to watch, guess.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Chris Bosh a goofy dude.
Future Prospects: This team is getting old but Pat Riley, the team president, is a savage, and will swing for a big trade. But yeah, they’re old. Not many years left.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: All Miami Heat fans are bad. Both fans in Miami (all their fans look like they own boats) and here in humble New Zealand (leftover LeBron bandwagoners).
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
Went down another Steph Curry rabbit hole here, please forgive me.
Atlanta Hawks
Watchability: Good to watch if you’re a B-ball purist (ball movement! Cutting! Kyle Korver’s knee-high socks!), boring for the b-ball layman (nobody’s gonna dunk on nobody’s head)
Likeability Players/Coaches: Boring players.
Future Prospects: This is probably quite controversial, they were one of the best teams in the East last year, but they’re low key old and they don’t have a superstar/potential future superstar. They peaked last year.
Future Prospects: The rapper Future is from Atlanta and you might see him at one of the Atlanta Hawks basketball matches!
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Boring.
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Dallas Mavericks
Watchability: Rick Carlisle will make their offense pretty.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Dirk is cool, Chandler Parsons is a chill-ass bro.
Future Prospects: Gonna’ have to rebuild after their future Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki retires in the next couple of years.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Their owner Mark Cuban is crazy and played the President of the United States of America in Sharknado 3.
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Phoenix Suns
Watchability: Young and they play up-tempo.
Likeability Players/Coaches: IDK
Future Prospects: Some good young players. Good coach.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: These guys used to be exciting, what happened?
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
I’m just gonna’ move on to the next team, now.
I won’t lie, I didn’t even look for a Vine for these guys.
GROUP THREE: TEAMS WITH EXCITING FUTURES BUT THEY AREN’T QUITE THERE YET
Boston Celtics
Watchability: Good to watch for basketball purists, no star power.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Coach Brad Stevens is a boy genius, can give good interviews.
Future Prospects: Good, young hungry players. Young, wunderkind coach. They have trade assets and draft picks. This team will be fun to watch for a while. They’re still bad enough that you can feel like you’re getting in on the ground floor.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: People from Boston kinda suck. You might hate Bill Simmons?
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
Scrappy Boston battlers.
Los Angeles Lakers
Watchability: Exciting young players, Kobe Bryant, curmudgeonly old man, raging against the dying of the light.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Swaggy P is quotable yet his relationship with Iggy Azalea is PROBLEMATIC. Kobe will talk a lot of shit about the inexperienced whipper snappers on this team.
Future Prospects: D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, desirable trade/free agent destination.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: They have HELLA celebs.
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Portland Trailblazers
Watchability: Damian Lillard is an All Star; their offense will be aesthetically pleasing.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Nope.
Future Prospects: Damian Lillard will be very good in this league for the foreseeable future. CJ McCollum is kinda nice, too. They will be pretty bad for the next few years, though.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Damian Lillard raps, but does not have bars.
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Utah Jazz
Watchability: Young team with exciting players, who compete. That’s fun.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Gordon Hayward, ostensibly their star player, is a gaming nerd. That might be interesting to you? What are your interests?
Future Prospects: They have a chance to be a good team for a long time. Good coach.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Maybe you don’t think Mormonism is chill? They peaked down the stretch last season, winning against teams that were resting their players ahead of the playoffs. Can we trust that that version of the Jazz is who they really are?
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Milwaukee Bucks
Watchability: Fun young players, struggle offensively.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Giannis Antetokounmpo is seven foot tall and athletic. That’s fun.
Future Prospects: Jabari Parker, Giannis and Middleton are nice. Jason Kidd is a good coach.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: They’re some nice boys.
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Washington Wizards
Watchability: John Wall is going to be very good for a very long time.
Likeability Players/Coaches: John Wall is an angel who does a lot for his community and his friendship with a little girl who was terminally ill with cancer was very heartwarming and made me cry a bunch.
Future Prospects: John Wall and Bradley Beal are legit and there is also the chance that Kevin Durant, top three player in the NBA, will be coming to the Wizards – his hometown team – after this season.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: The rapper Wale commentates their games sometimes which is cool, in my opinion.
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GROUP FOUR: TEAMS THAT WOULD BE FUN TO SUPPORT BUT IT’S PROBABLY NOT COOL TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE ALREADY VERY GOOD
Chicago Bulls
Watchability: Offense will be much better to watch this year with new coach Fred Hoiberg.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Some people hate Joakim Noah because he talks much trash, but I like him.
Future Prospects: Window closing as presently constructed, but Jimmy Butler is a superstar and the team will be built around him.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: I feel like everyone supports the Bulls so, um, don’t do it. Up to you, though.
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
Joakim, ILY.
Los Angeles Clippers
Watchability: Objectively fun to watch. Dunks, threes, all the good shit.
Likeability Players/Coaches: A team of detestable whingers, particularly Chris Paul and Doc Rivers. Blake Griffin is quite funny.
Future Prospects: Another 4-5 years of Chris Paul. Blake Griffin and Deandre Jordan are the future.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: I really hate this team.
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Houston Rockets
Watchability: The most unwatchable, loathsome up-tempo three-point shooting team of all time.
Likeability Players/Coaches: James Harden, MVP, only exists to dry and draw fouls. He is the worst. Got curved by Khloe Kardashian for her nice-guy ex, so that might be relatable to you?
Future Prospects: They will be contending in the West for the foreseeable future.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Don’t Support this team.
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Cleveland Cavaliers
Watchability: Very, deeply watchable. Dunks, threes, broken ankles, ball movement. It’s lit.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Bunch of likeable dudes.
Future Prospects: They have LeBron and Kyrie Irving (and K-Love, I guess), they’re gonna’ be elite for a long time.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: JR Smith is the horniest player in the league, which is saying something. His Twitter DMs will be leaked at some point during the season and will be incredibly depraved. Iman Shumpert raps and actually has bars. David Blatt, long-time resident of Israel, thinks it’s cool to bomb Palestine so, uh, fuck him.
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San Antonio Spurs
Watchability: So good to watch.
Likeability Players/Coaches: They are all incredible people.
Future Prospects: Lamarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard are the future.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: This team is old and they love each other. Tim Duncan has, maybe two seasons left in him, same with Manu Ginobili, so their sense of desperation to get one last ring before they bow out is palpable, and fun to watch. I will not begrudge you supporting this team.
A Vine That Concisely and Accurately Illustrates The Fan Experience of Supporting This Team:
Yeah, baby. That’s the good stuff.
Oklahoma City Thunder
Watchability: YUP. They have an actual offense now (spacing, ball movement, etc) and two of the best, most explosive players on the planet in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
Likeability Players/Coaches: They’re all pretty great but especially Kiwi legend, Steve Adams.
Future Prospects: Depends what KD and Russ do in free agency. If they stick around they will contend for years to come.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: If you don’t at least partially support this team, you aren’t a real Kiwi, I’m just bein’ honest here.
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Golden State Warriors
Watchability: The best team to watch in the NBA. Beautiful basketball.
Likeability Players/Coaches: They are all the finest folk you could ever hope to meet.
Future Prospects: Young and they are the defending NBA Champions.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: I love them. They are my boys. I’m sorry but it’s just not okay to just start supporting the defending champions. It’s just not. I’d love you to experience this, but it’s just not okay.
They are my boys. Not your boys.
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GROUP FIVE: PICK ONE OF THESE TEAMS, YOU PROBABLY WON’T REGRET IT
New Orleans Pelicans
Watchability: By the end of the season, Anthony Davis might be regarded as the best player on this here planet.
Likeability Players/Coaches: New coach, Alvin Gentry, is extremely quotable and funny.
Future Prospects: Anthony Davis.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Anthony Davis.
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Watchability: Extremely exciting young talent.
Likeability Players/Coaches: Ricky Rubio is cute AF.
Future Prospects: Karl Towns and Andrew Wiggins are certified future superstars.
The team is gonna’ be bad this year despite the two potential superstars, so you can really feel like you came in at the start of something special.
Miscellaneous, Subjective Thoughts: Their coach, Flip Saunders, just tragically passed away. This season could be could be a goddamn Disney movie. Prepare yourself for an emotional journey.
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Good luck, godspeed, and I am very sorry that the teams I told you to choose will be bad and make you sad.
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Picking the right NBA team to support
There's plenty to consider when choosing an NBA team. Photo from CNN.
Choosing an NBA team to support is like picking someone to marry. It’s not something that you should easily leave or jump to another one when things go awry.
You have to commit through the highs and lows. Thus, you have to be ready to support that team both in the championship and tanking times.
Now, let’s look at how to choose an NBA team to support if you’re committing to becoming an NBA fan now.
Team color, uniform, and logo
Let’s start off with the most basic one. This may sound shallow at first, but a lot of people (especially new fans) actually consider which team to support based on the team’s color, uniform, and even logo. The team’s aesthetics might be enough for you to support that team.
Consider the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors have one of the best team colors, uniforms, and logo in the league.
Location
If you ever visited the United States (or Canada), did you ever fall in love with a particular city or state?
It may be due to a city’s culture, people, environment, etc. Whatever your reason may be, choosing a team based on location is a good one. Just make sure that particular city or state has an NBA team.
And for those who actually are currently living in the US, you might have a headstart on knowing your city or state. After all, it’s fun to support a local team wherein those around you are diehard fans as well. Just imagine the feeling when your team won a championship! The entire city or state goes wild to celebrate.
Favorite player
You can also pick your favorite team based on the team of your favorite player. For example, if you’re a big fan of Luka Doncic, you might want to support the Dallas Mavericks.
Easy, right? Well, hold it right there. This is actually hard to sustain because of two reasons:
First, what if your favorite player was traded or signed to another team? Would you still support that team? The answer is probably no. It’s hard to support his previous team because he’s no longer there anymore. Big chances are, you’ll support his new team.
And second, what if your favorite player was riddled by major injuries? Would you still support that team? Again, the answer is probably no since it’s hard to watch a team when your favorite player is not even playing.
Picking a team based on your favorite player is still okay but you have to factor in the reasons above. Jumping constantly from team to team is just being a “bandwagon”.
Team market
You can also pick a team based on its market. Choosing depends on your preference if you like the hype with bigger market teams or the peace with smaller market teams.
New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors are some of the big market teams which play under bright lights. These teams have the best viewership and have a large fanbase. Thus, you can see them more often on television, social media, and online streams.
If you are in the UK, you can start watching NBA games here.
Teams such as Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Oklahoma City Thunder are some of the small market teams. These teams don’t get a lot of buzz and noise.
Culture and organization
Choosing your team based on a team’s culture and organization is an honorable decision.
However, it might take a little bit of time. You need to do a deeper dive into each team’s organization and check if they match your goals as a fan. And definitely, you need to watch a lot of their games as well to see if they promote a winning culture.
But one thing’s for sure, you will stick to this team’s highs and lows through time.
If you want a classy and timeless organization, you can pick the San Antonio Spurs. If you want a gritty team that promotes the underdog mentality, you can consider the Miami Heat.
The best basketball teams in history - Sportmaster Media Internet portal
This is a material about the coolest teams in the history of basketball. We also have a text about the basic rules of the game.
Basketball is one of the most popular team games on the planet with a rich history. Over the years of the development of sports, many cool lineups have taken to the floor - they have gathered the top best teams among clubs and national teams.
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The National Basketball Association Tournament is the most prestigious club competition.
The best basketball players in the world strive to join the clubs from the American event to prove their level against the background of the same monsters. The most legendary basketball rosters are from there, so the top will consist of NBA teams.
Chicago Bulls
- 6 finals, 6 victories
- The greatest composition: 1995/96
Many people consider the composition of the Bulls the greatest team in the history of the game - unsurpassed 72 victories in the regular season, the first of three consecutive consecutive NBA titles and Michael Jordan soaring on the floor confirm the correctness of this opinion. Now the club is far from its former heights, but the success of the Chicagoans in the 90s made an entire generation of fans fall in love with basketball.
Golden State Warriors
- 12 Finals, 7 Wins
- Greatest Roster: 2016/17
The 2016/17 Warriors team is the most powerful superstar concentration in NBA history.
Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green gathered in San Francisco at the same time. These monsters won 67 matches in the regular season, and ended the final series with a single loss and 16 wins.
Boston Celtics
- 22 finals, 17 wins
- Greatest roster: 1985/86
The Celtics dominated the NBA in the 1980s, with the 1985/86 season being especially bright. The club from Boston scored 67 victories in the regular season, and lost only three times in the playoffs, destroying league rivals. Among the stars of that line-up are Larry Bird, Bill Walton, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale.
Los Angeles Lakers
- 32 finals, 17 wins
- Greatest squad: 1971/72
even after the longest periods of calm.
In season-1971/72 The Lakers took the league by storm thanks to the great performance of a powerful roster that included future NBA Hall of Famers. Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, Jim McMillian and Happy Hairston are the main names of that success.
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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has held the World Championships more or less every four years since 1950, and the sport is also featured in the Summer Olympics.
These are the most prestigious competitions of national teams - we are talking about the main successes of the national teams.
Argentina
- 1 Olympic win; 1 World Cup win
- Greatest roster: 2004
The Argentina men's basketball team is one of the most successful teams in the South American region, having won two significant titles on the international stage. The 2004 roster is the only team to stop the U.S. national team on its path to Olympic gold since NBA players started being allowed into the Olympics.
USSR
- 2 Olympic victories, 3 world championship victories
- Greatest squad: 1988
The Soviet Union won the second Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988 after a triumph in 1972.
This is a memorable victory, because the USSR national team will cease to exist by the next Olympics. Lithuanian stars Sarunas Marciulionis, Arvydas Sabonis and Rimas Kurtinatis shone in that team.
Yugoslavia
- 1 Olympic win, 5 World Cup wins
- Greatest Squad: 1988
Despite losing the 1988 Olympic final, that Yugoslav squad is remembered for its sprinkling of talented players, including Dražen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč and Dino Raja. In subsequent years, the national team rocked the European arena, and in 1990 became the world champion.
USA
- 16 Olympic wins, 5 World Cup wins
- Greatest squad: 1992
The American national team is by far the most successful in world basketball.
Players from the NBA have been allowed to participate in the Olympic tournament only since 1992, and since then the Americans have lost the gold of the Games just once. The most successful tournament for them took place just in 1992.
The squad was full of superstars: Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Clyde Drexler and Patrick Ewing, all of whom then came to the Olympic tournament in Barcelona. The team's dominance was so total that the coach did not take a single timeout for the entire tournament, and the opponents asked the American basketball players for autographs.
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Basketball
Author: Andrei Rabinovich
Basic positions of players in the basketball team
Basketball is a team sport in which everything depends on the unique abilities of each of the team members.
And while the players on today's basketball teams are multifunctional and can substitute for each other to a greater or lesser extent, each of them has a role to play.
In this article, we'll talk about the five traditional roles in basketball without which no game will take place. Why know this? To understand how the team is initially built and, accordingly, how the game itself works.
Knowing your position in the team, you will be able to successfully lead your team to victory! For fans, this knowledge will help to better analyze the course of the game and assess the complexity of each movement on the field.
So, here are the roles that will be discussed:
- point guard
- Attacking defender
- small forward
- Power forward
- Center
The point guard is usually the shortest player on the team, but has highly developed ball handling skills and a high basketball IQ.
Such players are usually responsible for dribbling the ball around the field. They are behind the fact that the attack was built taking into account the weaknesses and strengths of the enemy. It is no coincidence that the point guard is often referred to as the outfield general or coach on the court.
On defense, these players are responsible for holding back the other team's point guard, and their ability to analyze, predict, and disrupt the opponent's strategy is critical to the outcome of the game. Therefore, it is important that the rest of the team listens to the point guard's recommendations, and that he himself is good at communicating with others.
Attacker is the position of a player interchangeable with the point guard role as their roles are similar. However, unlike the point guard, who focuses more on building up the attack, the offensive player's goal is to score from anywhere on the court. Because of this, many offensive tactics are centered around defender throws.
This position is more focused on the offensive, and such a player implements defensive tactics around the weakest member of the opposing team. Attackers may also assist the point guard in ball play if the point guard is heavily guarded.
The small forward is the most versatile player on the team both offensively and defensively. This is due to the fact that they are usually slightly smaller than the power forward and center in height and build, but have the accuracy, ball control and basketball IQ of defensemen.
These players usually play near the edges of the three-point arc, as there is relative freedom of movement and a shot can be made from there. Small forwards usually block the best player on the opposing team because they have the ability to reach and block the shot, they have the weight to push the opponent away, and they are endowed with the speed and agility of the defenders.
The power forward is usually the second tallest player on the team and plays near the free throw circle.
