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Heard that this morning and was surprised.  Spurs are 1st with 17 straight followed by the Hawks who after clinching a spot over the weekend have made the playoffs 7 straight seasons (the Lakers were second, but their streak of 8 ended this year).
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Saw some stat last week that Tim Duncan, alone, has more 50 win seasons than 26 NBA teams have in their team histories. 


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wow. hawks are the model for consistent mediocrity then. sucks for them. in their defense,  this is also thanks to a consistently weak eastern conference.

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Saw some stat last week that Tim Duncan, alone, has more 50 win seasons than 26 NBA teams have in their team histories.

For the completist:


https://twitter.com/BWB76/status/451202640601313280/photo/1

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Saw some stat last week that Tim Duncan, alone, has more 50 win seasons than 26 NBA teams have in their team histories.

For the completist:


https://twitter.com/BWB76/status/451202640601313280/photo/1

That stat is mind-blowing.


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Saw some stat last week that Tim Duncan, alone, has more 50 win seasons than 26 NBA teams have in their team histories.
Wow, that is incredible.

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Congrats, Hawks are the definition of a treadmill team. Look for them to blow it up soon and tank it out just like we are doing.

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Congrats, Hawks are the definition of a treadmill team. Look for them to blow it up soon and tank it out just like we are doing.

This is nothing about you, really, but the entire concept of a treadmill team has been the most annoying conceit of the 2014 NBA fanbase. Far and away, as far as I'm concerned.
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Congrats, Hawks are the definition of a treadmill team. Look for them to blow it up soon and tank it out just like we are doing.
well they have in many respects done that already.  I mean Al Horford is the only guy on the team that has been on all 7 of the playoff teams (though he is hurt right now obviously).  Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, and Mike Bibby joined Al as the starting 5 in the playoffs.  This year if Horford was playing he would be joined by Teague, Korver, Carroll, and Millsap.  They basically blew the crap up and started over around Horford. 
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The thread title is a little misleading. Australia's Perth Wildcats hold the longest playoff streak in basketball. 28 straight seasons in the playoffs starting in 1987 and still counting.

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The thread title is a little misleading. Australia's Perth Wildcats hold the longest playoff streak in basketball. 28 straight seasons in the playoffs starting in 1987 and still counting.
except that I posted this in the "Around the NBA" thread, not the other basketball forum.  Thread location does matter.
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The thread title is a little misleading. Australia's Perth Wildcats hold the longest playoff streak in basketball. 28 straight seasons in the playoffs starting in 1987 and still counting.
except that I posted this in the "Around the NBA" thread, not the other basketball forum.  Thread location does matter.

Except you wrote 'basketball' not 'NBA', and the forum name doesn't show up on the Latest Forum Topics list.

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Congrats, Hawks are the definition of a treadmill team. Look for them to blow it up soon and tank it out just like we are doing.

This is nothing about you, really, but the entire concept of a treadmill team has been the most annoying conceit of the 2014 NBA fanbase. Far and away, as far as I'm concerned.


I can't fault you for finding the concept annoying, but it seem a fair assessment of where the Hawks have been over most of the past decade, doesn't it?

They peaked as a second round team and never really got better.  With Horford suffering so many injuries the past few years, it really seems like they're going to have to tear things down a bit before they can get significantly better.  Atlanta isn't a free agent definition by any stretch of the imagination, and they have a largely apathetic fanbase.

The Hawks should be commended for a long run of relatively competitive seasons, but they haven't really been a truly exciting team during that timeframe, except for some Josh Smith dunks and Joe Johnson game winners (in the regular season).


I'd love it if the NBA were structured in such a way that a team run like the Hawks couldn't be said to be getting in their own way.  But it's kind of true.
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The thread title is a little misleading. Australia's Perth Wildcats hold the longest playoff streak in basketball. 28 straight seasons in the playoffs starting in 1987 and still counting.
except that I posted this in the "Around the NBA" thread, not the other basketball forum.  Thread location does matter.

Except you wrote 'basketball' not 'NBA', and the forum name doesn't show up on the Latest Forum Topics list.
well sure, but once you go to the thread it is right at the top of the page.  Not my fault you failed to pay attention to the entirety of the situation.
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Congrats, Hawks are the definition of a treadmill team. Look for them to blow it up soon and tank it out just like we are doing.

This is nothing about you, really, but the entire concept of a treadmill team has been the most annoying conceit of the 2014 NBA fanbase. Far and away, as far as I'm concerned.


I can't fault you for finding the concept annoying, but it seem a fair assessment of where the Hawks have been over most of the past decade, doesn't it?

They peaked as a second round team and never really got better.  With Horford suffering so many injuries the past few years, it really seems like they're going to have to tear things down a bit before they can get significantly better.  Atlanta isn't a free agent definition by any stretch of the imagination, and they have a largely apathetic fanbase.

The Hawks should be commended for a long run of relatively competitive seasons, but they haven't really been a truly exciting team during that timeframe, except for some Josh Smith dunks and Joe Johnson game winners (in the regular season).


I'd love it if the NBA were structured in such a way that a team run like the Hawks couldn't be said to be getting in their own way.  But it's kind of true.

Sure, but you almost never hear the phrase brought out unless it's an example of why the team should blow it up and bottom out -- to 'avoid being a treadmill team.' It's never brought up around a team like the Rockets, who had a solid string of 50 win teams while building around, variously, Yao Ming, T-Mac, Free Throws, James Harden, and Dwight Howard, even though they're just as much of a 'treadmill of mediocrity' team as the Hawks or Milwaukee.
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