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Multiple teams that were hoping to, and some expecting to, push for playoff berths this year have already found themselves dwindling at the bottom of the standings with alarm bells ringing throughout the entire franchise, however.
The Washington Wizards have seen their worst start in quite some time, falling to a 1-7 start after losing at home to OKC while Cleveland have gone from four time reigning Eastern Conference Champions to firing head coach Ty Lue after only six games of his first LeBron-less season. Today we take a look at the teams with the worst start to an NBA season in the history of the NBA.
#3. Philadelphia 76ers - 2014/15
The future didn't always look so bright for the Philadelphia 76ers, before the hopeful times of duo Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, and the 76ers did some serious tanking.
An 0-17 start is not one any fan will hope for, even if it is going to land you a future All-Star in the draft. But that it what happened to the 2014/15 76ers, failing to win a game from October 29th till the 3rd of December. The 76ers were decimated by the competition, only reaching 100 points four times in this 17 game losing streak while allowing over 100 points 12 times.
The lowest point of the season came at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks in the name of a 53 point loss where they could only muster 29% from the field. The streak would eventually come to an end in Minnesota where the 76ers were able to overcome a young Timberwolves side by eight points.
The 76ers ending up finishing this devastating season with another 10 game losing streak and a 18-64 record.
#2. New Jersey Nets - 2009/10
In the last few seasons of the New Jersey Nets in the NBA, they were fairly horrible. The 2009/10 season saw them start terribly, with an 18 game losing streak that topped the previous record holders, the 1988-89 Miami Heat.
After the 16th loss of the streak against Sacramento, the Nets fired head coach Lawrence Frank with the assistant coach stepping in for two games, which were lost, before hiring Kiki Vandeweghe, who won his first game as head coach against the Charlotte Bobcats to keep the record at only 18 losses.
The Nets became just the fifth team in NBA history to lose 70 games in a single season, ending the season with a record of just 12 wins and 70 losses, winning five of their last 12 games to end the season.
#1. Philadelphia 76ers - 2015/16
The 76ers weren't happy enough with second place on this list, so the year after, the same team went and lost 18 games in a row at the beginning of the season to tie the record holders.
While fans were being told to "trust the process", the 76ers didn't seem to be getting any better, even with the hyped up draft picks of Jahill Okafor and Joel Embiid, who looked like great prospects but were riddled with injury issues.
The 18 game streak stayed at just that when the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the Los Angeles Lakers who were going through their own rebuild after the retirement announcement of Kobe Bryant.
The 76ers joined the 70 loss club this season, ending with a 10-72 record, amassing four losing streaks of 12 games or over throughout the season.
