One of the peculiarities that they will have las NBA ends From this edition is that neither franchise has ever won the ring. In the case of the Thunder, they achieved one with another name. They were the Seattle Supersonics and occurred in 1979when they surpassed another franchise no longer existing: the Washington Bullets.
In addition to the PACERS AND THE Thunderthere are other eleven franchises that have not won the ring. One of them are the Sunswho reached two NBA finalsbut in both they fell: first in 1976 against the Boston Celtics And then against the Chicago Bulls in 1993.
The same goes for jazzanother team that like the Suns reached two finals, but did not reach success. Both in 1997 and 1998 they were surpassed by the Chicago Bulls by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. The Magic appeared in the 89/90 season And they came to the finals quickly: five years later. Before the Rockets they had nothing to do (4-0) and against the Lakers in 2009 they did not have anything to do (4-1).
Dennis Rodman, next to Michael Jordan / EFE
Before being from Brooklyn, the Nets were from New Jersey since 1977. In that state it was when they reached two consecutive NBA finals without success: 4-0 against the Lakers and 4-2 against the Spurs. It was not enough with the presence of two great stars like Jason Kidd y Vince Carter.
After analyzing several franchises that had no luck in the finalsthose that have not even reached the final round appear. One of them is Charlotte Hornets, which since his return (he was inactive between 2002 and 2004), He has not even won a playoff series.
Jason Kidd, en los Brooklyn Nets / Archive
Same case of Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzliesalthough the latter did reach some conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs in 2013. Instead, Los Angels have only reached eight conference semifinals, as in 2020.
The Timberwolves, another on the list
Although they are one of the best NBA teams, The Timberwolves have never reached the finals. They were close this year, but the occasion was not given either. Even so, reaching the conference finals has been the best result in its history, So Minnesota has one of the best projects since its existence.
The last franchise that appeared in the NBA has not been lucky so far. This is the case of New Orleans Pelicansthat have practically not had an impact so far in the playoffs of the American League. In these finals, one of the names will be removed from the list.
