The Washington Wizards will finish with fewer than 50 wins for the 47th consecutive season
In an 82 game season, if a team loses 33 games or more, their best possible record would be 49-33. The Wizards actually suffered their 33rd loss of the season on January 22nd against the Nuggets, I just noticed no one has posted about this since then.
For reference if you’re a football fan – a 50 win season in the NBA is about a 61% winning percentage. The NFL equivalent of this would be a team basically finishing 10-7 (59% winning percentage) or worse for 47 straight seasons.
And no, if you’re wondering, none of the John Wall-led Wizards teams won 50 games. Their best season was a 49-33 finish in 2017. In fact, they were 49-32 with one game to go and lost the season finale to the Goran Dragic/James Johnson Heat by 8. Neither John Wall or Bradley Beal played