The Deep 3 Podcast - Reacting To B/R's List Of The Most Successful NBA Teams Of All Time | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: January 7, 2026

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Bleacher Report did a ranking where they ranked the top 30 teams. I said top 30. That's every single team in the league. They ranked every single team in the NBA based on their historic success. I'm going to show you two NBA teams. You guess who ranked higher in this list. So again, based on from the start of the franchise till now, who has more success overall? Hornets versus Timberwolves.

Start of the franchise. I'm guessing the Timberwolves. The wolves have to be higher. The hornets. No motion. Yeah. The hornets have done nothing. They've done nothing.

And now, listen, Timberwolves haven't done a whole lot either. But back to a conference finals. Back to back conference finals. They went to a conference finals in 04. Yeah. You have an MVP on the, uh, in like franchise history as well. The best player for the Hornets is Kimba Walker. Who are the three best players for the Hornets?

Let's extend a little bit. It is. You could say Kemba. Yeah. So it's Kemba Walker. Is it Grandma Ma. Okay. Yes.

Ew. Larry Johnson. and isn't that the pelicans oh because they moved I thought they started over there the hornets became the pelicans this Hornets is a startup franchise right

expansion this is the Bobcats yes this is the Bobcats they don't have anybody no yes this is the Bobcats either way we're going with the Timber

because I don't want to sit here and discuss Charlotte Hornets history so I'll go with the wolves I'm going to say that the wolves are higher What do you think the wolves are? 23. They're 29 and the Hornets are 30.

We're having to do the contest right now. Because the two least successful teams. That's actually pretty surprising. I thought the Grizzlies would have been like around here. Grizzes are 28. Okay. Okay. Grizzas are right above.

Talking about how the clippers hired than the Timberwolves? The Clippers have a lot of success. They had a lot of time like the 60s and stuff. They had like MVP and stuff. Oh, like San Diego. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So it's the entire history. Okay. You don't care about all that. The Hornets have no MVP's. Has anyone ever made an all-N-N-B-A-first scene for the Hornets? I doubt it.

Probably not. Probably not. That's crazy. Horns are dead last in the league. Next up, Raptors versus Jazz. Ooh, this is hard. This is interesting. The Raptors are younger.

They won a championship. They have a championship. The Jazz have longer stretches of being an actual good team. Yeah. I don't think that they would weigh the one championship much. like so much heavier than the like that's a long lifespan that's a very important we don't know how we're how they're going to weigh these things i me personally i would weigh the tornell raptors higher but they may respect the utah jas more all right i'm going to i'm going to go against you i'm

going with the jazz the jaz are 19 wow raptors are 22 they're lower yeah yeah makes sense makes sense longer stitches the dominance yep jazz have many eras of basketball that's okay crazy stretch to use dominions. For these two teams? No, they had multiple times of moderate success. That's what they had. It's a dominance of your Utah Jazz fan.

Next up, Brooklyn Nets versus Los Angeles Clippers. Both Little Brother teams. Oh, yeah, that's for sure the Clippers. At least, no. You don't think so? No. I think it's the Nets.

The Nets have at least, the Nets have made it to the finals. I completely forgot about the only. Clippers have not done that. I'm going with the Nets here. The Nets are one spot higher at 25. Damn. One spot.

Ew. Both bottom six teams in the association. Yeah. It's okay. Makes sense. So I hate these guys. Makes sense. Next up, Atlanta Hawks versus Dallas Maveridge.

This is a Mavericks. I'm not even blinking twice. What? Are we talking about right now? Yeah. Like, Dev MVP, went to multiple finals. Never seen one before. And it's honestly crazy because the Mavericks prior to like to Mark Cuban were such a joke

of a franchise that they really got everything in like a short amount of time for a franchise sake and they just laughed y'all so i'm gonna go with the maps incorrect it is the hawks by three y'all don't know about bob pettits y'all don't know about the first goats this is a whole history of the sport

in the 50s they were them in st louis though but whatever still the same organization buddy you guys have accolades it's not Atlanta you guys have one of the goats it's not a three-time MVP Bob pettit means nothing to me I actually don't know if his 3Bs, I met that up.

Yeah, no, this is me, nothing to me. This is crazy. This is off. This is the first wrong one for them. You think so? Yeah. You want to see the write-up of what the justification was? Yeah, like, I don't have any, like, there can't, there isn't, this is not correct at all.

They're weighing entirely too much based on the past. Well, it's the whole thing is, though. It's the entire franchise, I guess. Based on historical success. Yeah, but I think like it, it is, it is fair to do it like that, but also there's a. I think within this historical success. You have to look at the individual success, too, about some of these players. I don't know what's on the screen.

I know. Just be sure. But, yeah, I'm looking at the MVP's that Dirk Nuitky has. They even went to three finals over the last, I don't know. All right. So, Atlanta Hawkshire are 14. And here what it says. Best team was in 1986, 87.

So I forgot they also had that. Top five in win shares is Bob Pitt, Dominique Wilkins, Cliff Hogan, Lou Hudson, and Al Horford. Chalk this one up, at least in large part, to longevity. Younger NBA fans, maybe think of the Hawks as a mediocre team. Maybe. The 2014-15 team with Jeff Tee,

Kyle Cover, Millsap and Horford won 60 games, played beat for basketball, yada, yada, Dominic Wilkins' lead squads in the 80s, never got past the second round. Ditto for Mukyu Blaylock and Matumbo in the 90s. But this history goes all the way back

to 1949, 1950. They've been the Tri-City Blackhawks and the Milwaukee Hawks. As the St. Louis Hawks, they won a championship in 58, made three other finals appearances. I will say one,

the one thing that we'll push back on this write-off of this write-up is they say younger NBA fans and then proceeded to show mid for four straight decades and went back into the 1980s and we're like yeah

the young people they don't know about the hogs brother that's 40 years ago that's crazy and here's the write-up for the Dallas team like Denver the Dallas Maverick Spot this list is heavily influenced by their single

championship but their resume certainly goes beyond that especially after the last two decades and change So yeah, it's the last two decades Since 2000 is when they have their entire history Like Donovan said I guess But even still you have

You have three finals appearances Exactly You have an MVP You have more regular season wins Well the Hawks also have three final appearances Do you have a title? Oh four they have four because they have a title too 1959

Come on man This is not true Next one Yeah I disagree with that Detroit Pistons versus Oklahoma City Thunder It's probably to Detroit Yeah, I'm going to Detroit. Long history there.

Yeah, long history. Multiple championships. Yeah, this time. The Pistons are at nine. Where are you? I'm putting the Thunder at 13. Thunder at 8th. What are we talking about here?

Even in Seattle? The Seattle Supersonics count. The Seattle Supersonics had eras. They had the 90s. They also won with Jack Sigma. They had multiple areas of making finals. Then they won in 2025, plus the 2011 team. They had four eras of making finals.

How many finals have they won? Two. how many finds a Detroit one three three it's multiple areas it's that's a long history I understand that but the I can I'm trying to

I get it yeah the way I don't like it because I feel like what they're doing is essentially just counting as opposed to like actually weighing out certain success is over others because if you're the Pistons and you have success in the 80s and like the

very start of the 90s and you go to three straight finals, you win back to back championships. Then even the Pistons in, in like the mid-2000s who only get one title, they're winning 50 plus games for like six or seven straight years. They're making the conference finals mad years in a row. Like they were dominating the East of Congress. Well, that same could be said for the 90s team. They just lost to Jordan, right? And the 79 team won a championship. They were good for a while too, I think, in Seattle in the early 80s. And then now we have the 2011 team made a finals. There's four areas of legit finals teams when even but even the um like even the the the business team of the of the mid 2000s

they they get to the they win the finals in 04 they get back there in 05 they get to the conference championship again in in 07 those teams in the in the 90s for the for the supersonics you get to the finals once yeah right and like even the the jazz who like no shout like you have stocked in it and malone all right cool but you can't really even beat them so like that's why I do think that the Pistons should be above them. And we also can't forget the 20-25 team just won one of the best defenses of all time, one of the better regular season teams of all time. Like, they want 68 games and won the finals with an MVP.

Like, that weighs a lot. That could put the cap on it, I guess. Is that, is there any of the bad boy individual Pistons teams have a better resume than that one Thunder team? I don't know, but that might be the most impressive championship of them all. There's an MVP-68 wins. Yeah. Yeah, that's okay. So, I mean, that being close when you think about, people forget about the 79 team, obviously,

because nobody in our era knows about Jack Sigma when the championship in the 1979 Yeah, I just I wouldn't do it But okay I wouldn't do it

Next up Knicks versus rockets The rocket should be higher I think How much higher Maybe like The Knicks have a lot of history Oh my God, you're right

They both have two championships Yes The Knicks championships Are in the 70s 70s count all the same for this list. And the earth, yes, I don't.

There's just so much losing that happened. There's like, there's a 20 year span where like losing happens for the Knicks. So I don't, I don't know how they're going to wait. Yeah. I think considering that the championships

are the same amount, I'm looking at individual accolates to, the Rockets have more MVP caliber players just revolving through the door. Two? Yeah. How many do the Knicks have for the last 20 years? About that too, but they're both in the 70s

they played together. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you have Pat and then you have Willis Reed, you have Clyde. I was thinking Clyde and Willis Reed. You know what? I'm going with the Rockets. Based on what they're saying,

I guess we'll go with the Knicks. The Knicks are two spots higher than number 10. The Rockets are 12. I hate this. I mean, most of the Rockets, it's really concentrated in those few years,

those two years they won in championships. I can understand the Knicks having more longevity and probably more iterations of good teams just because they're so old. And that's, that's what I'm saying.

That's why I really, I'm really not rocking with this list right now. Yeah, no. Because the old teams have an advantage. That's whatever. I mean, it's what it is. They have a lot of good opportunities when you have 60 years of history. I guess so, whatever, man. Kings versus Bucks.

Oh, this is nasty right here. You can't get the Kings won in the 50s? I don't know about it. Fuck. Probably. You're asking me about 50s, 60s, 70s, Kings of basketball? I'm not telling you anything. Tiny archer ball was a problem.

Oh. Kansas City Royals Nice hope you have fun with that I think I think I'm gonna go I think I should lean with the Kings I think I'm going with the Kings Y'all are just blind guessing

The bucks are 12 spots higher Shit Literally we are My bad Kareem They have Kareem and Yonnas Of course it's the bucks I'm unfamiliar with King's history Y' got so many wrong

You just assume the Kings were here Because they had to have had Some accolade you forgot about It's the bucks I mean the bucks Were also Bums for so long like they have like all these other teams and see this is well

this is the issue is because the bucks also have these like blips in between just years of just desolate basketball and that counts for 11 well they have three the greatest players of all time and Kareem Oscar and Yannis

they're giving everybody the nod for longevity and Kareem played in the 70s that's a lot of longevity and then he he leaves and they're buns for a long time and then Janus comes in, does his thing, and now we have that. This Janus year is pretty long

though. It's been eight years of really good basketball. That's a pretty significant era compared to the Kings. I get it. They made the finals once. They made the conference finals another time. I think in terms of, well, we're talking about 11, not like four. Having an eight year stretch of MVP level basketball, second best player in the world, sometimes best player in the world, and it culminates in a championship

and two MVPs, that's a good era. And again, we're comparing him to the modern kings here. Miami Heat. Versus Cleveland Cavaliers, which LeBron home ranks higher. Miami does. Does it? Well, it's a young franchise. It is a young franchise.

A young franchise. But they've done a lot of winning in that young time. Yeah. And it's not like the Cavs were winning in those old days. I mean, shout out Mark Price. Shout out Larry Nance. They weren't racking on championships. Yeah.

We should go with the heat. It should be Miami. Correct to Miami heat of number seven. Yeah. That's so high for a young franchise. About time. That's something makes sense here. They've done so much and so little time compared to everybody.

else in the league it's crazy yeah like they went to the finals what just five years ago they have six total trips of finals i think no five years ago three years ago yeah forget about that one yeah 20 20 23 i forget about that one in the three bronze years the four brown years oh yeah four bronze years yeah seven championship appearances that's and what is their expansion team is the late 90s 85 oh it was 85 i think what i think was the 90s okay either way that's not a long time to have seven championships this is ridiculous seven championship appearances let's skip the cast To live the cast. 2016 happened.

Got you to 15. Phoenix Suns versus Denver Nuggets. I'm gonna go with the Nuggets here. I think off the strength of Yokic alone, if you like put up this Yolkich era where you have three MvPs, a title, and a conference finals appearance on top of that, I'm gonna go with Denver.

Yeah, I think I pretty constantly go with Denver. This is so much. He's done. The amount of like just dominating that Yokech has done is it lapsed so many other franchises in just this like this era alone. I'm going to go with Denver here. I also feel like Denver probably has a stronger era post. Yeah, pre-2002 as well. It is the Phoenix Suns at 16.

They have some eras. They were winning. They had Charles Barkley. They had Tom Chambers making conference championships in the late 80s. They have a lot of longevity themselves as well. But you have the 80s, you have the 80s nuggets, you have the mid-2000s, or, I guess, you say 80s nuggets. Like, that's not as good as a team that is mentioned for the Sons.

No, but I'm just in terms. They're teams. Yeah, I'm just saying, like, teams that were, like, fairly, fairly notable teams. Yeah. The, the Mello team made a conference finals. And then you get all of your rings and accolades right now. Yeah. So it's like, you still have.

Let you say that all your rings and accolades. MVP's. Yeah, yeah. The MVP that he's stacking up. Steve Nash has the same Or he has two, not three He, the Sons have their championship appearance

That is true They don't make a, I mean Yeah, they don't make the finals But 2021 they do So, you know, there's more longevity With the Sons But you have the ring In 20203 with the Nuggets

It's kind of the big difference Okay Charles Barkley Finches as the MVP And I have the same Mvips As the Nuggets Yeah, we're giving We're giving participation trophies out

Warriors versus the 76ers This is tough This is tough This should be like Two Top 5 matches They're very high up Oh man, I might lean towards Both have longevity

The Sixers Because the longevity is insane for this team The longevity for the Warriors is also insane They've been around for a long time Yeah They have been They pass willed If they if they give this to

Regardless of who they pick I'm gonna be upset Because I do think Really I feel like I know the answer obviously I feel like it's pretty easy I think I'm going with with the Warriors and I think that this specific area should be exactly that's the answer the Warriors are oh wait no oops the Warriors are five and the sixes are four okay I would also think that the modern Warriors is so dominant that I put some above them but yeah I would think so to be considering all the MVPs that they have the different eras of champions of just continuously minus like the mid 2000s or whatever they haven't had a finals appearance in 20s. years. The Sixers.

The Sixers. And you have that. Even like just rings wise, the warriors have lap them in the last 10 years in terms of overall rings. Another team that has a benefit of longevity. The 76ers joined the BAA

in 1949 as the Syracuse Nationals. By 1955, the already had a championship behind Dolph Shays. Just over a decade later they won another. This time in Philadelphia with Chamberlain. And the pattern continues when Julius Irvin and Moses Malone got a ring in the early 1980s. You know what this is?

ABA athletes. And what I'm realizing, they are not counting lows against you. As long as long as you have like any, any, any peak up, like they're not, they're not going to skew for like if you, if you were truly a bad franchise. I think that's okay for the thing is the most team success.

Like, I don't, I think it's okay to do that. Everybody has their lows, you know? And I don't think the sixers are one of the most low-point franchises in the league. Honestly, the Warriors had lower lows in the six years. The Warriors' lows were a goddamn horrible. And I told you, either way, I would be upset. Yeah. So I probably would lean the Warriors, but I'm also 26 years old and didn't care about the

1949 Dolph Shea's team. Sorry. Last one. Bulls, actually the second last one. Bulls versus Spurs. Going, two really high teams. Two of the most successful franchises of modern history. I'm more with the spurs

Because I think overall I think that yeah They're pre Bro You have you have one less ring But you have more More arrows Yeah more errors

Yeah more years of being good It is easily aspers They're number three And the Bulls are six Listen that bulls success Is only for like 10 years Real narrow to the Jordan years Yeah

After that After that Yeah This got to go man This is crazy Number six is crazy This really is crazy This really is crazy

This is like if somebody had the Browns And got six rings for them And then they just went back to be in the Browns Yeah, and nothing else matters, okay So it's basically the Chiefs too Number three spurs Gotta be high Fares, yeah

I think you guys know who the last few teams are Celtics versus Lakers Who gets number one? I'm gonna go with the Lakers Yeah, wait Where you think police report went Knowing what we know about their list I think they probably went with the Lakers

More MVP's on that team You think you went towards the player's success, the most amount of legends? Tell on, tell on, Tom on, Tom, on. No, we can't, we can't, we have to go with the Celtics. Why? There, listen, these guys are going back to the 1850s. Apparently they're bringing in everything. We have to go with the Celtics, especially considering that they were winning at the expense of the Lakers.

Who has more championships? Celtics by one. Yeah, they got one up. We're going with the Celtics. The Celtics are number two, Lakers are one. Wow. What? Yeah, this is a curse.

Yeah. Yeah, no. Doesn't make sense. Yeah. They told me the Hawks were good because it's something that happened in 1949 and the Celtics out here winning eight straight titles

and now it doesn't matter. Why? Oh, wait, no. You're right. The graphic was wrong. Thank goodness. The Celtics are one. Thank goodness.

Okay. I mislabel the vaccine. The Celtics are one. The Lakers are two. Oh, he did. Oh, my gosh, man. And I'm sure it's right for exactly what you'd say.

They want more ring. That's an easy way to qualify it. They're beating up on them for a lot of these years. brother free guy have to call down i almost wish you didn't saw that i just like decided i was gonna be back over nothing no it this actually would have been pretty frustrated wildly inconsistent well boston southlakes you are the number one team according to bleach report and team success over the course of NBA history and donovan is very happy otherwise he would lost his mind