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The 128 Greatest Basketball Teams of All Time

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Here's what this is - I took Simple Rating System from Baseball Reference; ELO from FiveThirtyEight and smashed them together, with a bent toward valuing contemporary teams given a constant improvement of basketball as a system.

It ain't bad.  Here are the top 128 teams in professional basketball History. Why 128? Brackets, makes it easy to do a tournament.

Here we go (through 2021)


1. 2017 Golden St Warriors-NBA Champions
2. 1996 Chicago Bulls-NBA Champions
3. 2015 Golden St Warriors-NBA Champions
4. 1997 Chicago Bulls-NBA Champions
5. 1986 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
6. 1992 Chicago Bulls-NBA Champions
7. 2016 San Antonio Spurs
8. 1991 Chicago Bulls-NBA Champions
9. 2016 Golden St Warriors
10. 2014 San Antonio Spurs-NBA Champions
11. 1972 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
12. 1971 Milwaukee Bucks -NBA Champions
13. 2009 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
14. 1998 Chicago Bulls-NBA Champions
15. 1987 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
16. 2009 Cleveland Cavaliers
17. 2008 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
18. 1967 Philadelphia 76ers-NBA Champions
19. 2007 San Antonio Spurs-NBA Champions
20. 1997 Utah Jazz
21. 1972 Milwaukee Bucks
22. 1999 San Antonio Spurs-NBA Champions
23. 2013 Miami Heat-NBA Champions
24. 1983 Philadelphia 76ers-NBA Champions
25. 2002 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
26. 1950 Minneapolis Lakers-NBA Champions
27. 1985 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
28. 2005 San Antonio Spurs-NBA Champions
29. 1989 Detroit Pistons-NBA Champions
30. 2018 Houston Rockets
31. 2000 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
32. 2004 San Antonio Spurs
33. 2012 San Antonio Spurs
34. 2016 Oklahoma City Thunder
35. 1996 Seattle SuperSonics
36. 2013 Oklahoma City Thunder
37. 2010 Orlando Magic
38. 2008 Los Angeles Lakers
39. 1993 Chicago Bulls-NBA Champions
40. 2019 Milwaukee Bucks
41. 2002 Sacramento Kings
42. 2018 Golden St Warriors-NBA Champions
43. 1991 Portland TrailBlazers
44. 1994 Seattle Super Sonics
45. 1960 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
46. 2013 San Antonio Spurs
47. 2011 Miami Heat
48. 2003 San Antonio Spurs-NBA Champions
49. 1962 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
50. 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers-NBA Champions
51. 1984 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
52. 2020 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
53. 2001 San Antonio Spurs
54. 1965 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
55. 1998 Los Angeles Lakers
56. 2005 Phoenix Suns
57. 2019 Toronto Raptors-NBA Champions
58. 1964 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
59. 2012 Miami Heat-NBA Champions
60. 1981 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
61. 1995 Seattle Super Sonics
62. 1992 Portland Trail Blazers
63. 2003 Dallas Mavericks
64. 1980 Los Angeles Lakers
65. 2015 Los Angeles Clippers
66. 1973 Milwaukee Bucks
67. 1981 Philadelphia 76ers
68. 2019 Golden St Warriors
69. 2021 Milwaukee Bucks-NBA Champions
70. 2007 Phoenix Suns
71. 2014 Los Angeles Clippers
72. 1990 Detroit Pistons-NBA Champions
73. 2015 San Antonio Spurs
74. 1981 Milwaukee Bucks
75. 1998 Utah Jazz
76. 2021 Utah Jazz
77. 1980 Boston Celtics
78. 1985 Boston Celtics
79. 1982 Boston Celtics
80. 1973 New York Knicks-NBA Champions
81. 2008 Utah Jazz
82. 1986 Milwaukee Bucks
83. 2006 Dallas Mavericks
84. 2009 Orlando Magic
85. 1974 Milwaukee Bucks
86. 2000 Portland Trail Blazers
87. 2003 Sacramento Kings
88. 2004 Detroit Pistons-NBA Champions
89. 2020 Milwaukee Bucks
90. 1989 Los Angeles Lakers
91. 2007 Dallas Mavericks
92. 1973 Boston Celtics
93. 2021 Phoenix Suns
94. 2020 Toronto Raptors
95. 1991 Los Angeles Lakers
96. 2009 Boston Celtics
97. 2006 San Antonio Spurs
98. 1975 Kentucky Colonels-ABA Champions
99. 1963 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
100. 1973 Los Angeles Lakers
101. 2011 Dallas Mavericks-NBA Champions
102. 2011 Chicago Bulls
103. 1996 Utah Jazz
104. 2002 San Antonio Spurs
105. 2017 San Antonio Spurs
106. 1987 Boston Celtics
107. 2020 Boston Celtics
108. 1959 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
109. 1982 Philadelphia 76ers
110. 1998 Indiana Pacers
111. 1961 Boston Celtics-NBA Champions
112. 1987 Atlanta Hawks
113. 1950 Rochester Royals
114. 1994 New York Knicks
115. 1990 Phoenix Suns
116. 2010 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
117. 1995 Utah Jazz
118. 1988 Detroit Pistons
119. 2014 Oklahoma City Thunder
120. 1990 Los Angeles Lakers
121. 1993 New York Knicks
122. 1989 Phoenix Suns
123. 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder
124. 1982 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
125. 1968 Philadelphia 76ers
126. 2001 Los Angeles Lakers-NBA Champions
127. 1953 Minneapolis Lakers-NBA Champions
128. 1995 San Antonio Spurs

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