Greatest Team in Your Lifetime

Yes, tragic story indeed. :(

BTW, my Cavs had the #1 overall pick that year and selected Center Brad Daugherty.


Not to hijack this thread any further (GREAT topic, HD MM :up) , but that Cavs draft of 1986 has to be considered one of the best in league history.

IIRC, besides Daugherty, the Cavs got Ron Harper and Mark Price in the same draft. :eek:

As I'm sure you know, in the NBA it's hard enough to get one quality guy in the draft.............never mind three!
 
The BIG RED MACHINE!
76 Reds
Loaded with future hall of famers
Went 7-0 in the post season. Only team in history to do that since divisional playoffs started..
:...the 1975-76 Cincinnati Reds was the best team ever!!!

In 1982, Bill James ranked an aging Ken Griffey Sr as the third best right fielder in the American league and remarked, "It's hard to believe, but when he was in his prime, he was no better than the seventh best everyday player on his team"

Some people don't have much sense of history. Back around 1990, I listened to a Minnesota Twins player being interviewed on the Red Sox radio network and he said, "I had the good fortune of breaking in on one of the greatest teans of all time. We had guys like Kirby Pucket, Gary Gaetti, Tom Brunansky, Ken Herbek...". At least three of those four would not have started on any of the half dozen best teams on the 1970s!
 
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Not to hijack this thread any further (GREAT topic, HD MM :up) , but that Cavs draft of 1986 has to be considered one of the best in league history.

IIRC, besides Daugherty, the Cavs got Ron Harper and Mark Price in the same draft. :eek:

As I'm sure you know, in the NBA it's hard enough to get one quality guy in the draft.............never mind three!

You're right. That draft was the building blocks to some very good Cavs teams in the late 80's, early 90's. Unfortunately though, we always ran into Michael Jordan and the Bulls who knocked us out of the playoffs on four separate occasions. The first and most notable happened in 1989. The Cavs were actually favored and were a perfect 6-0 against the Bulls in the regular season. The Cavs were considered one of the best teams that season. The Bulls took us to 5 games in the best of 5 series. The buzzer beater shot by Jordan has become known as "The Shot" and was one of the most dramatic sports endings in modern history. In retrospect, it also symbolized the beginning of a dynasty in Jordan's Bulls.

Recalling the play that lead up to "The Shot"....

Jordan hit a jumper with six seconds left to give the Bulls their first lead at 99-98. Following a Cleveland timeout, Craig Ehlo inbounded the ball, received a return pass, and scored on a driving layup to retake the lead with 3 seconds left, 100-99. Chicago then called a timeout.

Jordan was guarded by Craig Ehlo. To get open, Michael Jordan pushed off Ehlo, clearing the way for him to receive the inbound pass. Jim Durham, calling the game on the Bulls' Radio Network, narrates what happened next:

The inbounds pass comes in to Jordan. Here's Michael at the foul line, the shot on Ehlo...good! The Bulls win! They win! They beat Cleveland Cavaliers! Michael Jordan hits at the foul line! 101-100! 20,273 in stunned silence here in the Coliseum. Michael Jordan with 44 points in a game hit the shot over Craig Ehlo. What tremendous heroics we have had in Game 5. From both teams, what a spectacular series this has been. In my days in the NBA, 16 years, greatest series I've ever seen. Superman was Superman and no one is going to talk about that missed free throw in Game 4 now!

Thus was the beginning of many woeful Cleveland sports moments for me throughout my childhood. :(
 
You're right. That draft was the building blocks to some very good Cavs teams in the late 80's, early 90's. Unfortunately though, we always ran into Michael Jordan and the Bulls who knocked us out of the playoffs on four separate occasions. The first and most notable happened in 1989. The Cavs were actually favored and were a perfect 6-0 against the Bulls in the regular season. The Cavs were considered one of the best teams that season. The Bulls took us to 5 games in the best of 5 series. The buzzer beater shot by Jordan has become known as "The Shot" and was one of the most dramatic sports endings in modern history. In retrospect, it also symbolized the beginning of a dynasty in Jordan's Bulls.

Recalling the play that lead up to "The Shot"....

Jordan hit a jumper with six seconds left to give the Bulls their first lead at 99-98. Following a Cleveland timeout, Craig Ehlo inbounded the ball, received a return pass, and scored on a driving layup to retake the lead with 3 seconds left, 100-99. Chicago then called a timeout.

Jordan was guarded by Craig Ehlo. To get open, Michael Jordan pushed off Ehlo, clearing the way for him to receive the inbound pass. Jim Durham, calling the game on the Bulls' Radio Network, narrates what happened next:



Thus was the beginning of many woeful Cleveland sports moments for me throughout my childhood. :(

IF I am not mistaken...wasn't the 'beginning of the string of bad luck', the Brian Sipe interception in the end zone by Mike Davis on a freezing day in Cleveland Stadium...you know the one...RED RIGHT 88.....;)
 
IF I am not mistaken...wasn't the 'beginning of the string of bad luck', the Brian Sipe interception in the end zone by Mike Davis on a freezing day in Cleveland Stadium...you know the one...RED RIGHT 88.....;)

Yes, but technically I wasn't born until that August, so as for me personally, I wasn't effected.
 
The BIG RED MACHINE!

76 Reds
Loaded with future hall of famers
Went 7-0 in the post season. Only team in history to do that since divisional playoffs started.

:up+1,000,000

Sorry HD, but the 1975-76 Cincinnati Reds was the best team ever!!!...:D

Yes the BIG RED MACHINE was the best!

Pete Rose
Joe Morgan
Tony Perez
Johnny Bench
George Foster
Caesar Geronimo
Ken Griffey Sr.
Dave Concepcion

Best Starting 8 EVER!!!! (In my lifetime that is)
 
Based on teams I am a fan of...

1957 Lions - Rebuilding ever since.

1968 Tigers - Masters of the late inning comebacks, and overcame a 3-1 game deficit in the WS.

1989 Pistons - The Motor City Bad Boys - Still the best defensive team I've ever seen.

!997 Red Wings - Brought the Stanley Cup back to Detroit.

I'd also throw in the MICHIGAN football and basketball champions, as well as MSU's two basketball champions.
 
It was the 1976 Reds sweep of the Yankees that prompted Reggie to declare, "I'm the straw that stirs the drink."
 
The best of the teams I root for......in MY lifetime:


1986 Celtics- see above

2004 Red Sox- they get the nod over the '07 version for finally breaking the curse! :D

1997 Jets- The Jets went 12-4 and went to the AFCCG in Denver and led 10-0 in the third quarter. The Broncos scored 23 unanswered points and then repeated as Super Bowl champs after defeating Atlanta. IMO, the Jets would have also beat the Falcons.

NOTE: I wasn't around for Super Bowl III


1972 Bruins- I was only 1 years old, but it qualifies. :) What a GREAT offensive team this Bruins team was. Of course, led by the incomparable Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito.

This was the Bruins last Stanley Cup

Could THIS be the Bruins year???!!! :) :up


1987 Providence College Friars- Went to the Final Four under Rick Pitino. PC was a #6 seed.
 
Yes the BIG RED MACHINE was the best!

Pete Rose
Joe Morgan
Tony Perez
Johnny Bench
George Foster
Caesar Geronimo
Ken Griffey Sr.
Dave Concepcion

Best Starting 8 EVER!!!! (In my lifetime that is)

I have to disagree with you.

Omar Moreno
Tim Foli
Rennie Stennett
Ed Ott
Bill Madlock
"Scrap Iron" Phil Garner
Dave 'Cobra' Parker
Willie Stargell
Bert Blyleven
John Candelaria
Jim Rooker
Kent Tekulve

Best team in the '70s.
 

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