Olympics of losing: The longest sub-.500 streaks in NBA history

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The Over and Back Podcast explores four of the longest sub .500 streaks in NBA history including the Sacramento Kings, Detroit Pistons & Minnesota Timberwolves.

Part 1 of Over and Back’s exploration of the longest sub .500 streaks. In this episode, we’ll explore four of the longest sub .500 streaks in NBA history.

Teams covered in this episode include:

Sacramento Kings (2007-2021): The current run of futility in Sacramento, the DeMarcus Cousins era, George Karl, drafting Marvin Bagley instead of Luka Doncic and Trae Young & more!

Sacramento Kings (1984-1998): Yep, a double dose of Sacramento Kings suckage! In this segment, we cover the move to Sacramento, Pervis Ellison, the tragic death of Ricky Berry, acquiring Mitch Richmond, a lot of boring Kings teams and finally, Chris Webber coming to town.

Detroit Pistons (1957-1970): Dave DeBusschere a 24-year old player-coach… what could go wrong?! Drafting Dave Bing, the franchise’s move to Detroit, trading George Yardley & more!

Minnesota Timberwolves (2006-2017): A wild ride with many different eras including the trade of Kevin Garnett, the emergence of Kevin Love, the Jimmy Butler era & more!

In each segment, we’ll discuss: the history each franchise has with losing, how they got to this point, the number of times they made the playoffs during the streak, major franchise events, the bright spots and best players during the streak, the number of coaching changes as well as the best and worst season of the streak.

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