Which NBA team has been the most disappointing of the last decade?

The rebuild never ends for some of these franchises; for others it should never have started.

1. 1
   Brooklyn Nets

   Assembled three superstars and never reached a conference finals with them.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Chicago Bulls

   Six championships in the 1990s and no playoff series won since 2015.
   1000pts
3. 3
   Charlotte Hornets

   No playoff series win since the franchise returned under the Hornets name.
   943pts
4. 4
   Orlando Magic

   A decade of rebuilding after the Dwight Howard era ended.
   771pts
5. 5
   San Antonio Spurs

   Went from the model franchise to a long stretch outside the playoffs.
   692pts
6. 6
   Indiana Pacers

   Perennially competitive, rarely dangerous, until the roster turned over.
   600pts
7. 7
   Portland Trail Blazers

   One conference finals with Damian Lillard, then a teardown.
   491pts
8. 8
   Sacramento Kings

   Held the longest playoff drought in the league before finally breaking it in 2023.
   360pts
9. 9
   Atlanta Hawks

   A surprise 2021 conference finals run that the team never built on.
   360pts
10. 10
    Washington Wizards

    Repeated play-in appearances and repeated rebuilds without a contender.
    360pts
11. 11
    Detroit Pistons

    A 2004 champion that spent most of the decade at the bottom of the East.
    360pts
12. 12
    Philadelphia 76ers

    The Process produced stars and a long run of second-round exits.
    360pts
13. 13
    Minnesota Timberwolves

    Decades of lottery picks before the roster finally held together.
    200pts
14. 14
    Houston Rockets

    The most prolific offence of its era, undone in the playoffs every year.
    200pts