Tuesday Top ten (Aug 25)

Today the top ten list take a look at the best professional teams in the last 20 years not to win a title. If a team won one year and lost the next(the 08-09-wings and pens) I did not have them on the list.


1) 2007 Pats- They have won some super bowls in the last decade but have not done so with Moss, Walker, and most of their players now so at 18-1 they need to be on the list, I still don't know how my Giants beat them, but I am glad they did.

2) 1998 Jazz- You could go with either Jazz team that lost to the Bulls in the finals. They were a very good team, they just ran in to a common problem for teams on this list, Michael Jordan.

3) 1993 Suns- See above, the Suns had the best record in the league that year, and sir charles was still in his prime, but Jordan and co were just better and won in 6.

4) 1990 Bills- This is another one that I am happy they lost, but in Super Bowl 25, thanks to a 47 yard fg missed by Scott Norwood, the Giants beat the Bills 20-19. The Bills were however a great team, with hall of famers like Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and Bruce Smith, plus Andre Reed, who was a very good underrated wide out, and C. Bennett who was a very good linebacker for them in those early 90's years. Who knows maybe they would have won some more if they didn't have that heart break.

5) 2004 Lakers- The only reason I put them on the list is because they added Malone and Payton and everyone thought the title was already theirs, and there was no reason to play the season. They did have some injuries and guys were not 100% all year, but that is life. They still have plenty of talent to win, but my Pistons got them in the easiest 5 games NBA finals ever.

6) 92 Sonics- Remember Shawn Kept before the drugs, and Gary Payton when he was actually the glove. Mercy Hersy Hawkins, and the rest of the Sonics were a very good team. But again, they ran in to some guy named Jordan.

7) 91-95 Knicks- Really take your pick, the first few years in was loosing to Jordan in the eastern conferees finals, and then they lost to the Rockets in the NBA finals in 7, when they were up 3-2 going back to H-town. Ewing is great, and should be remember as such, but they had plenty of other talented players, they just couldn't beat the Bulls, and when Jordan did leave, the dream was too much for them.

8) 91 Blazers- Cydle, Porter, kearsey, the great kevin Duckworth, a rookie Cliff Robinson, it was a good Blazer team, but again, this guy named Jordan played for the Bulls, and before that, they lost to the Pistons in the finals as well.

9) 2000 Kings- the Kings had some great teams with Webber, Bibby, Hedo, Peja and they should be giving credit. They never even got to the finals witch will hurt them in history being remembered as a good team, but they had some great years there, and if it wasn't for some very good Laker teams they would have gotten to the finals and beaten any team the east had in those years, since the Nets were terrible.

10) 1999 Blazers- Really the same that was said for the Kings can be said for the Blazers in those years. A lot of people remember the big lead the Blazers had in Staples in game 7 in the 4th when the Lakers came back and won, caped off by the Kobe to Shaq alley-opp that has been shown about 1,000 times, but the Blazers were a good team, and they had a nice mix of talented young players and good veterans. The Blazers had some tough years for awhile after this little run, and it is good to see them becoming a contender again, they have a very nice team again. The funny thing is, their 09-10 team will once again have to run in to the Lakers, who are better on paper, and every one's pick, right now, to win another title.


Let me know your list. I only went back 20 years because since I am only 26, I wanted to pick teams I have seen play, and that I remember. I'm right, you're wrong.