The Best Ever Teams

Sustained Excellence in Professional Sports - what does this mean? How about Best Winning Percentage, Most Playoff Appearances, and Most League Titles? Without further ago, The Best Ever

Basketball (NBA/ABA) - 1947 to present: Lakers (1949)

• won/loss

1. Lakers (.620) over 63 years
2. Celtics (.595) over 65 years
3. Spurs (.584) over 44 years

• playoffs

1. Lakers (58)
2. Celtics (49)
3. Sizers (46) over 62 years

• titles

1. Celtics (17)
2. Lakers (16)
3. Bulls (6) over 45 years

source: http://www.basketball-reference.com/

Football (NFL/AFL) - 1920 to present: Cowboys (1960)

• won/loss

1. Bears (.578) over 91 years
2. Cowboys (.576) over 51 years
3. Dolphins (.572) over 45 years

• playoffs

1. Cowboys (30)
2. Giants (30) over 86 years
3. Browns (28) over 65 years

• titles (Super Bowl + League Champion)

1. Packers (13)
2. Bears (9)
3. Browns (8)

• Super Bowl Titles

1. Steelers (6) over 78 years
2. Cowboys (5)
3. 49ers (5) over 65 years

source: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/

Baseball (AL/NL) - 1876 to present: Yankees (1901)

• won/loss

1. Yankees (.568) over 110 years
2. Giants (.538) over 128 years
3. Dodgers (.524) over 127 years

• playoffs

1. Yankees (40)
2. Dodgers (22)
3. Cardinals (22) over 130 years

• titles

1. Yankees (27)
2. Cardinals (11)
3. Athletics (9) over 110 years

source: http://www.baseball-reference.com/

What's this Base Ball thingy?

Heard there was a sporting event in St Louis that might have been interesting...

NBA Finals 2011

As would be expected, I'm, at most, mildly interested in the NBA Finals this year. Really expected the C's and Lakes to square off. Ah well, maybe next year.

But, I can still root for the sub-plots - the Mo-Heat-Oh's fail to live up to the astronomical expectations they set for themselves. The (likely) repeat of the 'fall-short-and-blame-it-on-others' LeBron. (Really - 46 minutes and 8 points??) The sun-setting of a really good PG Jason Kidd. Top 5? Maybe. Here's the list.

Magic Johnson
Oscar Robertson
Bob Cousy
John Stockton
Isaiah Thomas (OW!)

Where does he fit? Top 10 for sure, edging out Steve Nash, Gary Payton, Walt Frazier, and (likely) Deron Williams, Chris Paul, and Derrick Rose.

Can I swap out Isaiah for J-Kidd? I sure could right now. If Mavs win it this year, done and done!

Ciao.

(I promise to post more often)