5 NBA Teams That SHOULD'VE Been A Dynasty 

Don't forget the 2003-2004 Detroit Pistons that could've been such a rootable dynasty with their synergy 🏆

Mid 00s Phoenix Suns. Amare's injury in 06 and the crucial game suspension of Amare and Diaw in the playoff series vs the Spurs in 07 derailed 2 potential championships for the Steve Nash lead Suns Team.

I am surprised you didn’t mention the Orlando Magic during the Shaq and Penny era

The Blazers big man “curse” all started with Bill Walton.

For me from this list, it's either the Cavs or the Raptors could've been a dynasty. This is why I kept saying this regarding Toronto: "I don't think they'll win a championship if DeMar was there instead of Kawhi but I still they could've been a dynasty had Kawhi stayed."

Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were a very strong big three. The 2008 NBA Finals and 2010 NBA Finals were great matches.

I remember the stress fracture I had on both my knees and being so mad at the army doctor because he told me I couldn’t do shit. Little did I know I could’ve become another Walton and had to retire early. Props to the doc!!

As a Raptors fan, I’ll always be left wondering what could’ve been had Kawhi stayed.

People DEFINITELY remember Jeff Hornacek

Hopefully the 00s kings should be an honorably mention. They had everything!!!! But got robbed and also didn’t perform in the clutch

The Pacers in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 season were really good. They came close to beating the big 3 in Miama

Also the early 2000’s Blazers were super duper talented & big. Just big ballers. Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith, Sabonis, Damon Stoudamire, Bonzi Wells & a plethora of other ballers. They had the Lakers on the ropes before blowing a huge lead. Had they won that Western Conference Finals against the Lakers, they could have been a dynasty

It’s crazy how blazers medical staff has been incompetent for decades now, they did the same thing with GP2 when he was injured and they basically just gave him a ketorolac shot and said ‘you’ll be fine dw’

You really gonna bring up Greg Ostertag and Bryon Russell, but not Jeff Hornacek, who was a near 50-40-90 3rd option for them?

11:38 The late 90s Jazz did have Jeff Hornacek who we should not forget was an All-Star and was the leading scorer for a 53 win Suns team before he was the center piece of the package the Suns sent to Philly for Charles Barkley.

Minimum dynasty criteria: win 2 titles, appear in the finals 3 times, and be a playoff contender for 4 seasons within that timeframe to be considered a dynasty.

I always thought Kawhi should've stayed in Toronto because that was the best team that could have led him to multiple titles, but he chose to go home to L.A. instead!!!

Don't forget in 2016 okc blew a 3-1 lead against gsw with kd and westbrook

Andy Hoops never misses. Greatest shooter in NBA RU-vidr history.

Ik Kawhi regrets leaving Toronto so much lmfao

Keep doing your thing Andy I look forward to saturdays for your new vids

07-10 lakers, three straight finals appearances, and back-to-back championships. The team could’ve continued to contend had it not been for the CP3 deal being vetoed.

You cant mention Ostertag and Russell right after Malone and Stockton. Jeff Hornacek was a deadly shooter who averaged 40% for his 3pt career. The supporting cast of Utah was decent, they just got denied by the Bulls.

Great video Andy! When I came around to watching NBA basketball in the late 2000's, I had already seen the superteams: Boston, Miami Heat etc. It was quiet the turn

Raptors built an amazing team, they had the 2nd best record in the nba the year Kawhi left. Kawhi could have rested while we let FVV & OG develop. Plus we get to keep Danny Green who ended up as a starter for the Lakers. What a shame!

Great video as always Andy!!

I'm sad for Utah. They should have won at least 1 title. Seattle was also solid with Kemp and Payton

Looking back at that Boston big 3 even tho they won a championship they definitely underachieved, they were the only team in the nba for about 3-4 years with 3 legit all stars and then eventually Rondo becoming one smh.

The Jazz had Jeff Hornacek that pushed them to getting to the Finals with his outside shooting. There biggest issue was at small forward until Byron Russell showed up big until the 1996 playoffs and pushed them to the finals the next 2 years.

He forgot to mention Jeff Hornaceck on the Jazz' team. He was probably the third best player after Malone and Stockton.

It’s crazy to think how long blazers’ medical team has got away with it for such a long period.

Bad Boys Pistons. Before they went back to back in 89-90, they lost in the conference finals in 87 thanks to the "steal by Bird". Then when they made the finals in '88, they lost by 1 point in game 6 which would have won the title, but Isiah sprained his ankle and would never recover in game 7. They should have won 4 straight titles.

Penny and Shaq Orlando Magic. They were extremely dominant during the season. Everyone was predicting them to win a title, but were upset by the Houston Rockets and only got one Finals appearance.

Lob City, run n gun suns, 2000s Kings, 90s cavs. Just depends what you consider a dynasty.

Stockton to Malone deserve all due respect, amazing duo! They pioneered the pick and roll

I’d say both Boston Celtics teams under Danny Ainge should be dynasties I mean the current Celtics could’ve won in 2019 if not for a certain someone disappearing, and in 2022 they came within 2 games of the chip

Came back here after news broke out that the Raptors have fired Nick Nurse after 5 seasons. Anyone else present here? Had Kawhi stayed like it was supposed to be, I think Nurse kept his job without any doubt and still fight for the title instead of a Playoff spot.

I still think if the Detroit Pistons drafted Carmelo Anthony in 2003 they would have won more championships

The Malice pacers could’ve been a dynasty if they stayed together even after Reggie retired

Notification gang😎🤟🏾 what up Andy!

Now I see why the Blazers of today forced GP II to take painkillers during an injury because they have been doing this bs to some of their former players since the 1970s.

Without even watching a second of this video, I am predicting that the Orlando of the 90s with Shaq & Penny are among the 5.

Love this content

Everyone like to talk about the thunder, but Okc was to cheap and didn’t want to pay harden or Seattle and people for get the Seattle part just focus on harder

Honorable mention should've the heat of 2019 to 2022. If they would've added super star to pair with Jimmy butler they could've gone on a few more runs and even win a title, especially with a little more luck on their side

Even had Kawhi not betrayed Toronto too, injuries would have short circuited their dynasty

The mid 2000s Pistons are prolly the only team that should’ve formed a dynasty that’s not mentioned. Then there are teams like the mid 90s Rockets, the late 2010s Lakers, the early 80s 76ers and the early 70s Knicks that might be up for consideration

It's crazy the Thunder did the same thing that Golden State did, drafted 3 future first ballot hofers but the difference is GS wasn't afraid to spend and you see what it got them.

The 70's Blazers medical staff still active to this day? Walton's story sounds eerie similar to Gary Payton II

YEAH THE HEAT 😁😄great video but I could think of a pretty well known one Lol

mid-2010s Cavs could've definitely been a dynasty if A) KD didn't join the Warriors and B) Kyrie stayed

Here are some other ones: 1. 1970's NJ Nets: They could have had Kareem, and they blew it. 2. 1970's Phoenix Suns: The Curse of the Coin Flip. 2. 1970's Atlanta Hawks: In 1971, the Hawks foolishly drafted someone in the ABA hardship draft, taking away their 1972 first-round pick. They would have picked before Milwaukee, and they could have had Julius Erving. If they didn't draft Tom Payne, and took Erving in 72, maybe they could have kept him, and they could have put together a powerhouse. 3. 1980's and 90's Rockets: In Hakeem's autobiography, he talks about how the Rockets almost traded Ralph Sampson to Portland for Clyde Drexler and the #2 pick in the 1984 draft. Imagine Hakeem, Clyde, and MJ for 15 years. Scary! 4. 1990's and 2000's Magic: First, they let Shaq go in 96. Then, in 2000, they could have had Grant Hill, Tim Duncan, and T-Mac on the same team (they also could have had Ben Wallace with them if the Pistons take C John Amaechi for Hill in the trade instead,). 5. 2010's Blazers: If Roy and Oden didn't get hurt (sigh).

The 76ers with Dr J only got passed both the Lakers and Celtics one year (1983). Every other time the 76ers faced one of them they would get passed one and not the other or get past neither

2009-10 Lakers Kobe-Pau nearly became a dynasty

2000s Pistons deserve a mention.

I'd say that Lakers team from earlier in the decade was the first Super Team, they added a slightly past prime Karl Malone and Gary Peyton to a team that had capped a 3-pete and was already a dynasty.

You can also include the Houston rockets in the 90s where they won 2 chips in 1994 and 1995. But in 1996 vs the sonics also in 1997 the rockers traded Kenny smith, casell and horry to the phoenix suns for Barkley which would create a big 3 but the team was aging and had injuries

the first thing that came to mind for this video were the late 70s and 80s 76ers teams with 5 hall of famers all (mostly) in their primes, dr j, moses malone, mo cheeks, bobby jones, and a young charles barkley at the end. they were a lot better than people remember them for in the 80s, which is seen by most as just "the lakers and the celtics" but before the pistons came around, every year the celtics didn't make the finals in the 80s the 76ers did

That Raptors just got lucky. I don't have to say much.

It should include ..1967 76ers..late 60s Lakers with Wilt Elgin and West and . 1983 76ers

Kind of surprised the 97 suns weren't on here, that team had several great players on it and could never seem to get ahead. Almost feels similiar to the Utah Jazz in that era too.

Lol wonder how the Thunder would've looked if they loved Russ instead of Harden and had him, KD and Ibaka for a balanced team with all kinds of shooting and good defense from Serge.

The blazers could have been on this list 3 times. The first being '77, the second being the early 90's drexler lead blazers. Had they got Sabonis when they were sabonis to, suddenly you have one of the best centers of all time playing alongside drexler BOTH IN THEIR PRIME. There's no way even mj's bulls compete with that. The third time being the roy/oden/aldridge injury teams. Blazers are freaking cursed, man. Also I HEAVILY resent referring to okc as a homegrown team when they were practically gifted a contender.

I think that one dynasty that could've been is most certainly the Houston rockets in the 80s, in two ways. No. 1 They got to the finals with Olajuwon and Sampson knocking off the showtime Lakers, so if Samspon doesnt get injured they would probably go on to win a few even before the Jordan retirement. No. 2 They got offered a package of Drexler and a first round pick in th '84 draft for Sampson. That picked turned out to be #2 overall, so they could've paired up a sophmore Drexler with #1 pick Olajuwon and #2 pick (the Blazers picked Bowie but since the Rockets took Olajuwon they probably would've picked Jordan), so they could've had Drexler Jordan and Olajuwon for about 10-15 years

Definitely gotta pick the Orlando Magic from the 90's. If they'd kept Shaq they could've won multiple championships. Especially with Jordan retiring in 98. The Lakers and Spurs were juggernauts but neither of them have perfect Finals records.

The teams I consider dynasties the teams that won at least 3 championships with the same core

2012 OKC Thunder 🕊️

“Remember, The Mailman doesn’t deliver on Sundays.”

0’4 pistons if they don’t draft Darko

I like Andy Hoops. His opinions are always based in facts. I respect that. 👊🏿

The 2010's Thunder for sure. After James Harden left, they were still a contender. When Kevin Durant left in 2016, everything changed.

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Honorable mentions to the 76ers from 1980-1983 made 3 finals and 4 conference finals 2003-2008 Pistons made 2 finals and 6 straight conference finals (criminally underrated fact) And the 1962-1969 Lakers made 6 finals in 8 years but never won due to Bill Russell existing

The 2019 Raptors easily having dynasty potential really adds to the legend of Kawhi Leonard..put any player on his shoes and i'm sure 99% of them aint gonna have any 2nd thoughts of leaving Toronto anytime soon and yet this dude Kawhi just bolted asap like they were 1st round exits 😅

I made a hypothesis on if Shaq stayed in Orlando. If Shaq stayed, the Magic dynasty would have been 6 titles from 2000-03 and from 2009-10.

I will repeat it until the day I die that Kawhi should’ve signed a 1and1 in Toronto to run it back one more time before leaving for LA. And you know he realized that in game 7 in the bubble when he was sitting in the Clippers bench with that pissed off look on his face. You could see what he was thinking.

Blazers - oden aldridge roy dame Bulls - rose butler deng boozer noah gordon korver thomas Wolves - wiggins kat lavine rubio Suns - stoudemire nash johnson marion

If Bill Walton stayed healthy he would have been the GOAT. No question.

I think the technical definition of a dynasty is 3 chips in 4 years. But I feel it should be a little looser than that. Like the early 2000s spurs should count (they one 3 in five years and obviously 5 in total). But I'd throw teams that go back to back if say they made it to the title game 3 or 4 times. At least for basketball.

I don’t think Raptors fans were mad at Kawhi for leaving. After two decades of being irrelevant, dude came to Toronto and in one year he led the team to their first and only Championship.

The 2009 Orlando Magic

Considering they squeaked past Philly I don’t see them as a dynasty especially considering how injury prone Kawhi was and still is till today. You can’t have a dynasty with an injury prone player..that never happened and never will.

Kawhi winning a title in Toronto was a bit of a welcome surprise for everyone, including Kawhi himself. It was just a consequence of KD & Klay Thompson's ACL injuries that gave them a real chance of winning the title. So Kawhi wasn't looking to build a "dynasty" there whatsoever.

1995 Orlando Magic’s Shaq & Penny

The 76ers in the 80s with Dr. J, Andrew Toney, Maurice Cheeks are going to the Finals in 1982, after that, they added the current MVP Moses Malone, then becoming the best team in the league and won only one Championship.

The suns should be on here too. Steve nash deserves the recognition in my opinion. As a potential dynasty even though they didn't make the finals.

Knowing what we know now, if that thunder team had stayed together could they have been a formidable force? You had a young Westbrook, a young Harden who hadn’t quite come into his own yet, and one of the best players in the game in KD. They could’ve been one of the best teams assembled. But that trade worked for everybody. Harden became a superstar in Houston and Westbrook and Durant became a great duo.

The 01-02 King's had a great starting 5 and great bench. They had 3 times to make a run but failed. 01-02= rigged refs 02-03= Mavs 03-04= Wolves I'm glad where the King's are now.. 🎉😊

All right this is a very interesting video But yeah definitely the 03-04 Detroit Pistons could’ve easily been a dynasty , I mean they made 6 consecutive eastern conference finals appearances

if you need two fo the best players on the court to get injured to win, i dont think you can be considered a potential dynasty

The 2004 Pistons, 2012 Knicks, 97 Heat. All these teams were stack with great players.

If the boston celtics had not formed their superteam, We may have seen lebron vs kobe in the finals. Kobe may have won 6th championship. Lebron may not have joined the Miami Heat. A lot of what ifs, it is what it is.

If len bias hadn't that tragic end the celtics would have even bigger dynasty!!

The late 80s Detroit Pistons could have been a dynasty.

I may be biased because de Celtics are my second favourite team but in my book they were a dinasty 2 finals in 3 years and they probably win it in 2009 if kg doesnt get injured

Early 2000's Sacramento Kings?? T.hey had an amazing team. Chris Webber, Vlade, Doug Christie, Peja(severely underrated) and Mike Bibby. Definitely should've been a dynasty, but we're robbed at the Western Conference Finals. Damn shame. Such an incredible team.

sacramento kings if they didnt lost vlade in free agency and that they never trade for miller and just waited for c webb to get healthy again. And that game 6 werent rigged i think that would be a dynasty

The Cavs went to the NBA Finals four times in a row. Should’ve won in 2015 and could’ve won in 2017, if KD didn’t punk out and sign with GSW.

Fun fact, Astros went from Disaster to Dynasty, after the Astros lost the World Series, they didn’t make the playoffs until 10 years later, suffering many 100 loss seasons

We'll never really know if the Celtics would've repeated with a healthy KG. Lets keep in mind the Lakers swept the Celtics in the regular season that year and KG played both games as they were before his injury.