Worst start to ever make the playoffs?

[BlackBerry]

Let's first make it before assuming we will make it. Lakers have a better chance @ the playoffs over us.

[DHK]

Let's first make it before assuming we will make it. Lakers have a better chance @ the playoffs over us.

I'm not sure about that...
Houston is not falling off anytime soon. Lakers will have to play almost .750-.800 ball the rest of the way to surpass them. Utah is likely the team they should be striving to catch.
Lakers still have two games vs OKC remaining and against the Heat, thsoe are almost sure losses for them.
Dallas is trailing right behind them and like LAL, they're playing like a team on a mission. They're finally getting it together. I think they want to shave badly.

whereas..
the Bucks are dysfunctional outside of having some very promising big men in Henson/Sanders
And Philly is within striking distance from us

[Ku-Bar]

Boogie on the bench saying to himself "I'd rather break both my legs for life rather than watch this BS"

Being what it was ... ?

Without Vince and even making the playoffs? IMO, "legendary" ala Doug Wilson (in the best EVER possible way) for those that even slightly understand the ref...

[ciueli]

Keep in mind that it's harder to make the playoffs with a bad record now that it's a 30 team league. There have been 16 playoff teams since 1984, but back then it was only a 24 team league.

[The_Hater]

If the raps do come back to make the playoffs, would there be a team that started worse than 4-19 (e.g. more than 15 games below .500) and did the same in NBA history?

The 1996-97 Suns started the season 0-13 and rallied to make the playoffs at 40-42. That's generally considered the worst start to make the playoffs.

[DHK]

same league as Celtics making the playoffs despite being 23-36 at one point.limping towards a berth with a 36-46 record.
I suppose if the Raptors make the playoff, it will be the worst start in history to manage to make the playoffs.
Still pretty far behind.

[bape_lovers]

our 01-02 team played the hardest in all the years of raptor ball...they played every game liked our last...I remember I was nearly dancing when we made the playoffs and when Antonio Davis made that speech

[Waylon Mercy]

If the raps do come back to make the playoffs, would there be a team that started worse than 4-19 (e.g. more than 15 games below .500) and did the same in NBA history?

The 1996-97 Suns started the season 0-13 and rallied to make the playoffs at 40-42. That's generally considered the worst start to make the playoffs.

Ya I remember BC referencing it quite a bit earlier in the season this year