Biggest Drop in wins?

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    I think the Cavs are going to lose a crazy amount of games compared to last season. What is the biggest drop off ever? I know the Celtics and Spurs are up there for wins, but what about loses? Internet geeks, I challenge you!
     
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    Without doing a ton of research, I'd say that it's the Spurs, who were 59-23 in '96 before going 20-62 after the Admiral got injured in '97, leading to the 36-win jump in '98. I'd be willing to bet that 39 games is the biggest drop-off ever.

    EDIT: Forgot about the Bulls post Jordan/Pippen/Jackson. Win % dropped from .756 in '98 to .260 in '99, even a bigger drop than the Spurs.
     
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    The 1996-97 Spurs had the steepest one-year decline in NBA history, going from 59 wins to only 20 . . .

    (On the bright side, that miserable year won them the right to draft Tim Duncan)
     
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    And thus began the era of tanking.
     
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    Didn't the Bulls go from like 62 wins to 13 wins?
     
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    Yeah but that was in a shortened season. Adjusted for 82 games they won ~21 games.
     
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    The Cavs are in such a shitty spot now. some good sized contracts and not one single player that I would consider worth building around. Most of their team is absolute shit. Once Jamison and Williams are off the books they will be a little closer to rebuilding, but any way you look at it, they need to get lucky with their picks in the future cause they are devoid of talent.
     
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    That team is in a world of hurt. Time to shed salaries and start rebuilding.
     
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    That's why I think they'd be willing to unload Varejao. He's a good player, but the kind of player that you need on a good team, not on a crappy team. I wonder if they'd do Joel for Varejao straight up.
    They'd probably jump at Joel + Andre for Mo Williams + Varejao, and many people would be happy to see a more Roy-compatible PG, but I think I'd balk at that trade, because Miller is so much better than Williams.
     
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    OK. My bad. I thought the question was simply the largest dropoff in the number of wins from one season to another.
     
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    62 - 21 = 41.
    59 - 20 = 39.
     
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    The question was 62-13.


    I never denied this. Just being accurate.
     
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    This was why I went to win% differential in the first reply. Bulls .756 in '98, .260 in '99--decrease of .496. Spurs .720 in '96, .244 in '97--decrease of .476. And to bring it back to Cleveland, if they win 20 or fewer games, their win% decrease would be the biggest ever. I think they'll miss the playoffs, but I don't think they'll be that bad.
     
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    Well for what it is worth, this is what basketball-reference said about the 2011 Cavs:

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=6812
     
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    I think the Cavs are going to lose, but part of me wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see them still finish at around .500. On the other hand would andybody be shocked if the Raptors won something like 18 or 20?
     
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    I just don't think that the Cavs are looking to save a few bucks like NOH are. They want to try and make a winner again from what I gather, so from that perspective, they don't want joel, they want some package that includes a piece of shit contract along with talent or high picks. this is just my assumption.
     
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