Held Hall of Fame superstar Reggie Miller for his entire 18-year career
Acquired star guards LeBron James and Chris Bosh in the 2010 offseason and won 2 titles in 3 years while together
Only NBA team currently in Canada
Housed Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest player of all time, for the majority of his career
Has most team names of any franchise
Have played in two different cities in New York (state)
As of 2014, this team has never, in it's franchise's history, won a playoff game
Housed legendary 5 foot, 7 inch dunking guard Spud Webb for the majority of his career
Team name could mean 'trousers'
Just recently created a 'Big Three' of guard Kyrie Irving and forwards LeBron James and Kevin Love and are now the favorites coming into the 2014-2015 NBA season
Known in the late 1980's and early 1990's as 'Bad Boys' for their rough play
As of 2014, they hold the record for most franchise championship wins (17)
Was the team that guard Scott Skiles played for when he broke the NBA record for assists in a game with 30
compiled the worst record in NBA history, during the 1972-1973 NBA season with 9 wins, 73 losses
won a coin toss to aquire Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the 1969-1970 NBA draft
As of 2014, are the only NBA team to come from the ABA and win a championship
House 2013-2014 NBA MVP Kevin Durant (as of 2014)
franchise nearly set the whole NBA on strike after racial comments from owner Donald Sterling (who no longer owns the team) during the 2013-2014 season
won back-to-back titles with one of the best centers in NBA history, Hakeem 'the Dream' Olajuwon
known by feverish fans as 'Rip City,' especially during their 1977 NBA title
as of 2014, house dynamic 3-point-shooting duo Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, otherwise known as the 'Splash Brothers'
Have housed both Pau Gasol and his Brother Marc Gasol and different times in it's franchise's history
won the 2011 NBA finals against the favored Miami Heat in 6 games
only team in the Pacific division NOT based in California; also played in what is said to be one of the greatest games in NBA history: the triple-overtime game 5 of the 1976 finals
drafted Kevin Garnett out of high school; Garnett was the first to make jumping from high school to the NBA 'work'
When their city was hit by Hurricane Katrina, this team moved to Oklahoma City for the 2005-2006 NBA season
became the first 8-seeded team to defeat a 1-seeded team in the playoffs, stunning the Seattle Supersonics in the 1994 postseason by defeating them in a five-game series
drafted Hall of Fame guard Oscar 'the Big O' Robertson, who, while on their team, became the only player to average a triple-double with 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists
Are in an what is widely considered the greatest rivalry in NBA history with the Boston Celtics; hold record for second-most NBA championships with 16
held arguably the greatest duo in NBA history in John Stockton and Karl Malone, yet never won an NBA championship
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