11-02-2011, 03:37 PM
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Great Thread. My vote: 1998-99 Detroit Pistons. It wasn't so much that they were the worst record-wise, or that they were notably/historically putrid, but they represented the complete dearth of interesting and dynamic players/teams in the NBA during the entire latter half of the 90's and early 2000's...just so generic and vanilla that no one, even the most die-hard 'Stones fan like myself, could ever get excited about them. I mean, they were desparately grasping to try to surround their one player - Grant Hill - with a cast that included a year-from-retirement-Joe Dumars (who already had one foot in the front office at that point), a still-learning Lindsey Hunter and Stackhouse, and then a hilariously overmatched collection of journeymen even the most die-hard NBA fan would have trouble recognizing, including Bison Dele (nee Brian Williams, RIP), Corey Beck, Jud Buechler, Steve Henson, Don "The Chief" Reid, and Mikki Moore...but then, to top it all off, they collected this nucleus of guys-that-you-primarily-remember-from-college that were totally non-descript pros including Christian Laettner, Eric Montross, Loy Vaught, and Charles O'Bannon. Oh, and that year we joined the "draft a high school kid" craze by taking Korleone Young...
The best part was that the team tried desperately to market to fans by forcing Jerome "Junkyard Dog" Williams down your throat as the team's de facto mascot, including "JYD" merchandise and a special, $20 seat section called "the Junkyard", which was even in effect for the playoffs!!!! I actually attended a Pistons-Hawks first-round playoff game for a $20-spot I had in my pocket and sat in the Junkyard. That was as depressing and moribund of a playoff game, in any sport, that I've ever been to. There was more energy in the Oakland County Morgue than there was in the Palace that night.
But I offer that as the Pistons' official selection for the all-crap team, because I distinctly remember playing NBA Live games on the PS1 using that team, and trying desperately to make it semi-interesting by trying to win the 3-point title with Bison Dele...spoiler: I came about 75 3's short of the leader that season....
Last edited by pietasterp; 11-02-2011 at 03:51 PM.
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