In the 2022-23 season, the Denver Nuggets won the first championship in team history. Since joining the NBA in 1976, after losing the first championship in 47 years, and officially out of the list of teams that have not won a championship in NBA history, there are still 10 teams out of 30 teams who have not won the championship, some are quite competitive, and some are still in the rebuilding period; Some are surprising, others are expected, let's see which ten teams it is!
Charlotte Wasp
The Charlotte Hornets, originally named the Charlotte Hornets, moved home to New Orleans in 2002, from the New Orleans Hornets to the Charlotte Bobcats, and later agreed with Tom Benson, then owner of the New Orleans Hornets, the Hornets were renamed the Pelicans, and the Bobcats returned to their original team name, the Hornets.
Despite the constant change of team names, the fate of this team always seems to be missing the championship.
Since its establishment in 1988, the number of playoffs has been counted by ten fingers on both hands; The best result was only in the second round of the East, and the last time he broke through the first round was in 2001-02, and he only made the playoffs three times in the last 21 seasons, two of which were swept out by the Magic and Heat.
It's no wonder that the current boss Jordan, after the end of this season, announced that most of the equity will be sold to the management team led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, that is, no longer playing, Boss Joe won six championships when he was a player, should not have thought that it was so difficult to win the championship!
Indiana Pacers
Founded in 1967, the Pacers have won three championships in the ABA. After joining the NBA in 1976, he missed the championship, and the closest was the 1999-2000 season.
At that time, led by Reggie Miller, Rick Schmitz from the Netherlands as a deputy, all the way to the Finals to meet the young and energetic Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant and O'Neal were only 21 and 28 years old, respectively, while Reggie Miller and Rick Schmitz were both nearly 34 years old, and the Pacers and the first NBA championship in team history were lost.
In the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, the Pacers also had good strength, but unfortunately lost to the "Bad Boy Army" Detroit Pistons for two consecutive years, and the 2004-05 season also broke out in the history of the "Auburn Hill Brawl", the complete Pacers, due to suspension, run-in and other factors, stopped in the second round, and Reggie Miller also announced his retirement after the season.
In 2010, the Pacers selected Paul George with the tenth pick, although in the 2013-14 season, 56-26 Eastern Conference first place, but unfortunately born at the wrong time, the Heat's "LCD connection" at that time, really irresistible, many times lost to the Heat in the playoffs, difficult to break through the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Pacers have not been in great shape in recent seasons, having not advanced to the second round of the playoffs since the 2013-14 season, and this season, with the addition of Teris Haliburton, they have successfully connected teams, including Buddy Hield, Miles Turner and others, all of which have played well. However, when Teris Haliburton missed the game due to injury, the Pacers were like a leaderless dragon and could not maintain a good performance, and the Pacers have missed the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, and may be a long way from the first championship in team history.
Brooklyn Nets
The Nets are arguably the most active of the 10 teams. In 2013, the Nets formed a super luxurious lineup, traded Paul Pierce, Garnett, etc., with the original team of Delong Williams, Joe Johnson and Brooke Lopez, the huge Big Five lineup, so that the Nets' championship call soared.
Unfortunately, the years urge people to age, although these stars are all temporary choices, but when they came to the Nets, they were at the end of their careers, and there must be a gap between their skills and peaks, and the youngest Brooke López was reimbursed due to injury season, and finally entered the playoffs with 44-38 and sixth in the East.
In the first round of the playoffs, they met the Toronto Raptors and narrowly advanced to the second round by one point in the best-of-seven battle, but the second round met the Miami Heat, which was in full swing at the time, stopped 1-4 in the second round, and the super team was disbanded.
The timeline comes to 2021, and the Nets traded Harden, Irving, and Durant in a four-way trade with the Cavaliers, Rockets and Pacers, once again pulling the call for a championship to the top.
Unfortunately, in the second round of the season's champion - the Milwaukee Bucks, the key seventh game, KD's killer three-point step on the line, overtime Nets exhausted, the final four-point deficit defeated the Bucks, the season ended the Big Three also disbanded on the spot.
As for the Nets' closest to a championship, it dates back to the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, when the Nets were led by a triple-double maker Kidd and reached the Finals twice, but unfortunately lost once to the Los Angeles Lakers and the other to the San Antonio Spurs, missing out on the first championship in team history.
Orlando Magic
When it comes to the Orlando Magic, I have to mention the two centers who dominated the league at that time, O'Neal and Howard, who not only carried the Magic's signboard after entering the league, but also led the Magic to the Finals.
In the 1994-95 season, O'Neal and Anfini Hardaway led the way with the Magic, knocking out the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, and Indiana Pacers to the championship game to meet the Houston Rockets.
Although the defending Rockets stumbled along the way, only finishing sixth seeded in the West in the regular season, the first two rounds were the opponents who took the lead and staged a comeback, and after defeating Western Conference leader San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, they made it all the way to the Finals.
Finals veteran Olajuwon taught O'Neal a hard lesson, sweeping the Magic 4-0 to complete a streak and become the lowest-seeded team in history to win the championship.
O'Neal moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 and later reached a three-game winning streak with the Lakers.
In the 2004-05 season, Howard came to the Magic, and the team began to rebuild with him as the core. The 2008-09 season finally came to fruition, and it was the closest the Magic came to a first-time championship in franchise history.
Howard led the Magic all the way to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers led by the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics and LeBron James. In the Finals strong encounter with the Lakers who lost last season, the Lakers won the Magic 4-1, Kobe won the first FMVP of his career, proving that the Lakers chose him correctly, and this season has become the closest the Magic have come to a championship in recent years.
The following year, although the Magic swept their opponents out of the first two rounds, they changed colors when they met the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the series fell behind 0-3 and was eliminated 2-4.
In 2019, Howard joined the Lakers for the second time (the first time in 2012), when the Lakers defeated the Heat 4-2 in the Finals, and Howard also won his first career championship ring. Coincidentally, O'Neal and Howard both led the Magic to the Finals and won championships with the Lakers after the Magic lost.
In the past eleven seasons, the Magic have only made the playoffs twice, and both of them are packed for summer vacation in the first round. However, it can be expected that the young Magic at this stage is full of talent, and at the end of this season, it also played a good game, rookie King Paul Bankero, Wagner Bros. file, Markle Fultz, Wendell Carter Jr. and other players run-in, seems to begin to have a chemical reaction, people look forward to what kind of results will be played next season, although it is still far from the championship, but for the four teams in the East that have not yet won the championship, the editor is most looking forward to the next performance of the Magic, we wait and see.