What is the worst and craziest year in NBA history?

The worst year in NBA history was 1996- 1997.

The so-called poor performance means that the team is hopeless in the playoffs, deliberately playing with a bad record, and has a better chance to win the top draft and improve the team's strength by draft.

1995-96 season, the Spurs won 59-23 in the regular season and stopped in the Western Conference semifinals in the playoffs. In the following 96-97 season, the Spurs suffered serious injuries. David robinson was reimbursed for his back injury, and Elliot, the main small forward, missed most of the games this season.

Therefore, the Spurs only won 20 games this season, but they won the No.1 pick Duncan in the 1997 draft as "compensation". With the stone Buddha Duncan, four gold championship trophies followed.

Extended data

1995-96 season, the Spurs won the first place in the Midwest Division for the second consecutive year with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses. In March this year, the team achieved a perfect record of 16, which tied the best one-month record in NBA history created by the Los Angeles Lakers at 197 1-72. In the second round of the playoffs, the Spurs were eliminated after six games against Utah Jazz.

1996-97 season, the spurs were full of wounded soldiers. Last season, four of the team's top six players missed most of the games due to injuries, and david robinson only played six times in the whole season. The team recorded the biggest decline in the number of wins in NBA history, from 59 to only 20, and missed the playoffs for the first time since david robinson joined.

Head coach bob hill was fired after a start of 3 wins 15 losses, while former general manager gregg popovich who succeeded him only scored 17 wins and 47 losses in his first season as NBA head coach. 1997 may 18, the spurs won the NBA draft again, and the team chose tim duncan, the leading star from Wake Forest University.

During the 1997-98 season, after david robinson returned from injury and tim duncan joined us, the Spurs once again achieved the biggest victory in a single season in NBA history, winning 56 games and entering the second round of the playoffs. Duncan undoubtedly won the Best Rookie Award.

Duncan sprained his ankle in the second game against Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals. After overtime, the Jazz won by 109 106. The Spurs finally lost the series with 1-4.

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