Underrated_user20 | Minneapolis Lakers

401 | 3 hours ago

Probably the Celtics or Lakers missing the playoffs for 20 straight years or something

gurkank5830 | Lakers

108 | 3 hours ago

More like 10 years. That’s the equivalent

aturdnamedvert | Celtics

57 | 3 hours ago

If we didn’t pull that off in the 90s/early 2000s already, we got close.

d4videnk0 | Lakers

28 | 3 hours ago

Pitino era was a dark age for you people.

aturdnamedvert | Celtics

11 | 3 hours ago

Yes. Fuck Rick Pitino.

EnduringChasm

-7 | 3 hours ago

He was robbed of Len Bias, rip

aturdnamedvert | Celtics

19 | 3 hours ago

Bias died like more than a decade before Pitino was hired lol wut

EnduringChasm

5 | 2 hours ago

It was that or admit he fumbled Chauncey Billups

EnduringChasm

-8 | 2 hours ago

I was born in the 90’s give me grace foo 😂

jknuts1377 | Celtics

8 | 2 hours ago

Trading Chauncey Billups and Joe Johnson halfway through their rookie years certainly didn’t help.

TheDeflatables

36 | 3 hours ago

Italy won the World Cup in ‘06

Since then they’ve won 1 match at a World Cup and missed the last 2 and the upcoming one.

Imagine after the Lakers won the Bubble ring they proceeded to win 1 playoff series for the next 20 years (including missing 12 years in a row).

SloshaPacana

11 | 3 hours ago

A world cup is every 4 years.. you can win an NBA ring every year

xluke08 | Rockets

15 | 3 hours ago

Unless you’re the Kings

Ferbtastic | Heat

1 | 18 minutes ago

Durant getting savage on his burner.

jkwah | Celtics

8 | 3 hours ago

Italy did win Euro 2020 though. Counts for something.

TheDeflatables

4 | 3 hours ago

As an Englishman, don’t remind me

Manthan10 | Pacers

2 | an hour ago

In season tournament

EnduringChasm

1 | 3 hours ago

They only have good keepers

fisheggsoup | Jazz

1 | 2 hours ago

That’d be glorious.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

9 | 2 hours ago

No its not. Italy missing WC once is terrible already. 3x in a row its completely unprecedented, not just for Italy, but for all major nations combined.

10 years without playoffs in the nba happen quite often, its way more luck based

HungryMalloc

1 | 6 minutes ago

Yes. Before the start of the drought in 2018 Italy qualified for every single World Cup since 1934, apart from the one in Sweden 1958. Germany qualified every single time when they tried to qualify (not the case 1930, Uruguay was too far away) and were allowed to enter (not the case 1950). Argentina only didn’t qualify in 1970; in 34 and 38 they withdrew, in 1950 they didn’t try to qualify. Brazil qualified and participated every single time.

Italy missing the world cup three times in a row is unprecedented. That are more missed qualifications than of all top four nations combined since 1954.

xShockmaster

5 | an hour ago

Nah. 20 is accurate. This is insane

tlj2494 | Celtics

3 | an hour ago

Not to be that guy but maybe 12? That’s literally the same time frame

EnduringChasm

2 | 3 hours ago

So the period before LeBron signed 😆

dbzmah | Mavericks

1 | an hour ago

12 if we’re equating it to time span.

dahabit | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

Wouldn’t it be 12 year?

Pure_Context_2741

7 | 3 hours ago

Thinking teams is wrong since players are so mobile now.

This would be more like if a top 5 guy like Luka Doncic missed the playoffs for 3 straight seasons while 100% healthy.

NatureTrailToHell3D | Supersonics

6 | an hour ago

A better comparison is in the NFL: the Cowboys

moby323 | 76ers

222 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I would say it would be almost as weird as the Spurs not getting a top-4 draft pick.

kuhzada | Spurs

29 | 3 hours ago

Lmao this got a laugh out of me, well played

IeatKfcAllDay

6 | 3 hours ago

With a 5% chance (the spurs special)

RaynbowZFTW

1 | 43 minutes ago

Joel embiid becoming the iron man

jjkm7 | Raptors

1 | 22 minutes ago

Lmao

Eastern_Antelope_832

197 | 3 hours ago

Team USA, with NBA players, not winning an international gold in 2002, 2004, or 2006.

amazing_wanderr

25 | 3 hours ago

This is the best comparison really.

WaltJay | Lakers

17 | 3 hours ago

That’d be more like Brazil, Spain, or Argentina not making it.

Italy is (on paper) good and should make the World Cup every time but haven’t been favorites in a long time.

HemaG33 | Lakers

8 | an hour ago

Yes, but this isn’t about winning, it’s about not making it in the first place

gurkank5830 | Lakers

8 | 3 hours ago

True

RoadTo30k

-5 | 3 hours ago

This isn’t the same at all. USA is legitimately favorites every time. Italy hasn’t really been all that great in a while outside of a Euro win.

I’d say the closest thing to what’s going on with Italy will be GSW when curry retires and they become a below average team fighting for draft picks

Vicentesteb | Timberwolves

10 | 3 hours ago

Italy went on the longest unbeaten international streak of all time (Argentina beat this 2 years after) and failed to qualify for the WC. They were a good team in general.

RoadTo30k

-2 | 3 hours ago

If you look at that streak it’s against a lot of very easy teams. If you’re talking about the streak in 2018 they only beat the Netherlands and tied Spain and England.

IeatKfcAllDay

7 | 3 hours ago

We are comparing team USA not winning gold to Italy not even QUALIFYING to the World Cup. Italy is right up there with most World Cup titles btw. So yeah this is probably the best comparison

RoadTo30k

0 | 2 hours ago

Italy is nowhere close to what they’ve been in the past 8 years unfortunately. Like not sure why everyone thinks this is the same team from the past. It’s been almost a decade and they produced nothing outside of one Euro. Even Italians themselves recognize this and the focus on soccer is sadly shifting away from its popularity for a multitude of reasons in Italy.

IeatKfcAllDay

5 | 2 hours ago

Bro even if they aren’t what they once were their talent is still good enough to QUALIFY for the World Cup and the World Cup is EXPANDED now. Theres really no excuses to be losing to minnow European teams. Like this team is still more talented than at least 80% of European teams

RoadTo30k

0 | an hour ago

But are they? They haven’t really been challenged and just lost out to Bosnia. To add insult to injury his World Cup has the largest amount of teams and they failed to qualify. Italian soccer is sadly a shell of its former self

IeatKfcAllDay

1 | an hour ago

Yes on paper they certainly are which is yes why not qualifying is a huge deal. This is a team with world class players like Donnarumma, barella, bastoni and a whole squad of solid players.

fisheggsoup | Jazz

2 | 2 hours ago

But even that’s short-sighted because franchises/dynasties always rise and fall. The Warriors spent more time as a laughingstock than a contender prior to Curry so it’d just be a return to the Golden State of old.

How about the Yankees failing to make the playoffs for two decades?

RoadTo30k

1 | an hour ago

But it’s not short sided. Italy really hasn’t been a threat and even the euro they won it went to PKs on the last two games. Those technically are ties in the world of soccer.

madlabdog

2 | 2 hours ago

I don’t think that is still comparable because they still made it to the semis in 2004 and 2006. There is a big difference in failing to qualify vs not winning gold.

Wemban_yams_it

8 | an hour ago

Not for the US there isn’t. US wins the gold more than they don’t, so it’s shocking if they lose at all.

LittleTension8765 | Lakers

1 | 9 minutes ago

Ehhh 2002 and 2006 aren’t really that relevant. It would be similar to missing 2004,08, and 12

ha_x5

0 | 2 hours ago

Perfect one

Childoftheway

51 | 3 hours ago

I would say it’s the Knicks run of mediocrity. You’d think that with their big market and exciting city that they’d be able to put together a championship now and then.

HokageEzio | Knicks

24 | 3 hours ago

Mediocre is generous

OutlandishnessShot87

17 | 3 hours ago

Italy has much more historic success than the Knicks

RaynbowZFTW

4 | 42 minutes ago

The Knicks are more comparable to England, great time in the 70s, iffy to good ever since but right now both looking good

fisheggsoup | Jazz

8 | 2 hours ago

But historically the Knicks really haven’t been all that great. They have two titles but even those were 50 years ago.

Ok_Possible_5702

7 | 3 hours ago

that’s the best comparison I have seen so far.

chewytime

1 | an hour ago

Naw. Closer comparison would be England.

trentyz | Nuggets

2 | an hour ago

Yup it’s this. The Knicks haven’t been relevant since the late 90s

2008and1 | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

I came to say the Knicks.

Ok-Transportation141

49 | 3 hours ago

Chicago Bulls post Jordan

SnooChipmunks469 | Knicks

35 | 3 hours ago

They weren’t really good pre Jordan. Italy is a historic powerhouse.

kennyloftor

-26 | 3 hours ago

italy have 4 world cup wins in 90 years

the bulls won 6 in 8 years, and have existed for 60 years

which one is a powerhouse?

Happy1066

28 | 3 hours ago

You’re comparing a tournament held every year to another one held every four year ?

kennyloftor

-16 | 3 hours ago

that’s what the question is asking us to do ?

MusclyArmPaperboy | Raptors

15 | 3 hours ago

6 in 60 tournaments vs 4 in 22

SnooChipmunks469 | Knicks

8 | 3 hours ago

On top of that, the Bulls have 11 Conference Finals appearances in 60 years compared to 7 semifinals appearances in 22 tournaments for Italy. It also doesn’t account for Italy being a two time Euros winner and a two time runner up.

kennyloftor

1 | 3 hours ago

it also doesn’t account for italy not even qualifying for the last 3 world cups

SnooChipmunks469 | Knicks

6 | 2 hours ago

That’s why it would be more like the Lakers or Celtics missing the playoffs for extended time periods.

kennyloftor

-2 | 2 hours ago

i don’t have italy being the lakers or celtics

maybe the bulls

SnooChipmunks469 | Knicks

6 | 3 hours ago

The 6 in 8 would be working against Chicago no? They really only have one period of a lot of success while Italy have won major trophies in five different decades.

amazing_wanderr

2 | 3 hours ago

Italy won the Euros in the meantime though

Ok-Transportation141

6 | 3 hours ago

Bulls had a 6-2 record in the 2009 preseason. Checkmate.

amazing_wanderr

0 | 3 hours ago

Eh?

Kobe_stan_ | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah well the Bulls had the MVP in the league for a hot minute too in the post Jordan era.

amazing_wanderr

4 | 3 hours ago

Euros is a major trophy, it’s not that far behind the World Cup

Kobe_stan_ | Lakers

3 | 3 hours ago

Agreed. It’s not a perfect comp.

amazing_wanderr

1 | 3 hours ago

yeah, comparing it to the USA Basketball team missing x competition would make more sense.

Kobe_stan_ | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah. I was trying to think of an example in the NBA that’s already happened. USA Basketball is the easy comp but that’s not really NBA, even though it’s been all NBA players for some time now.

legend023 | Pelicans

20 | 3 hours ago

Warriors missing the playoffs for 15 years after Steph’s retirement

asonkidd

12 | 3 hours ago

I mean how is that different from their life pre Steph. They’re no different from the Bulls. They had a dynastic run with an ATG and were laughing stocks otherwise.

legend023 | Pelicans

7 | 3 hours ago

They had DMC, the We Believe team, and won a few championship with Barry and Wilt. Their history wasn’t great but there’s been far worse teams around

pitifullittleman | Warriors

2 | 3 hours ago

I think the Warriors missed the playoffs from1995-2006 or so then managed to squeak in winning 42 games and upset the Mavericks, then failed to make the playoffs again until like 2013. I think people forget how the Warriors were terrible so consistently for so long, and there was tons of drama too. Like the coach got choked by Sprewell, just all sorts of nonsense beyond that high water mark. Complete dysfunction. We had some terrible draft misses too. The Warriors were the Kings of that era.

In the NBA it’s actually impressive to be consistently this bad, as literally more than half the teams make the playoffs. Like teams made the playoffs went into rebuilding mode and made the playoffs again during that long drought, I remember just tuning out and watching other teams until the “We Believe” year/years.

liteshadow4 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

I guess at least we had a couple championships pre Curry

pitifullittleman | Warriors

4 | 3 hours ago

Yeah in the 1950s in a different city, and in that one year in the 1970s when Rick Berry managed barely make it through a season without pissing off his team.

Then it was the run TMC years where they were entertaining and made the playoffs then 91-92 when they won 55 but lost in the first round, then 93-94 when they won 50, then a really really long drought, then “We Believe” which was one 8th seed appearance and one series win. Then until 2013 or so when the Curry teams started making the playoffs.

Say Curry retires in 2030, it might not be until the 2040s that we make the playoffs again if our franchise history repeats.

liteshadow4 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah but the Bulls genuinely have nothing pre Jordan

pitifullittleman | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

The Bulls were terrible before and after Jordan…however they did have that brief resurgence with Tibbs coaching and D. Rose. Then they made the playoffs one time with DeRozen/LaVine/Vuv.

So yeah they were a “stories franchise” in the 90s and never built off that really.

Akipella | Warriors

-2 | 3 hours ago

Lol

Don’t worry we have the next Ohtani

Then again, him and Trout together couldn’t make the Playoffs either…this sport is a team game too

darkravenn12

3 | 3 hours ago

I mean, if you had the equivalent of Trout + Ohtani in the NBA, it would be genuinely impossible to miss the playoffs

Akipella | Warriors

2 | 3 hours ago

Well, basketball is 5 on the court at any given time after all. And even without that factor, individual impact in basketball will always be MUCH higher than in baseball for obvious reasons. Even pitchers can only pitch so often for example.

pitifullittleman | Warriors

2 | 3 hours ago

The Angels were cursed. I remember every single year they looked great on paper, but we’re never really very good. Baseball is way less superstar dependent than basketball. Like Ohtani is a MVP batter and a near Cy Young level pitcher but that’s still just a fraction of the total innings and at bats for the team as a whole.

Meanwhile a superstar NBA player that plays 36 minutes a game is affecting outcomes way more directly. Because he is one of five players playing at any given moment, what he does directly influenced what opponents do and how his teammates play and he is just playing a bigger role on the team and involved in more action than any one baseball player.

Akipella | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Yep you put exactly into words what I wanted to say with this comment

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1s9wg6c/comment/odriqp5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

pitifullittleman | Warriors

2 | 3 hours ago

I stopped watching baseball regularly due to being an A’s fan, but Ohtani more than any other player in recent memory is must watch player. He is incredible. However one of the reasons I like the NBA better is you just get more out of watching the truly incredible players. Like instead of having to wait all this time to get to see Ohtani for one at bat or one inning pitcher most of the game you are watching Curry fly around the court and hit super difficult shots.

The NFL has QBs and some RBs who are so good they completely change the game and are captivating to watch on an official level. Baseball is so different.

Akipella | Warriors

2 | 2 hours ago

I stopped watching baseball regularly due to being an A’s fan

I’m an O’s fan…we’re lucky we didn’t go down that path. We got saved by our rebuild working out just in time. But there was a long span we were a perennial 50 wins

pitifullittleman | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

It has less to do with the A’s sucking. That’s okay. It’s more to do with the ownership of the team not wanting to stay in Oakland and making the entirely uncreative solution to move to Vegas all while just tanking interest in the team and not even trying to be competitive.

If they were bad, but at least trying their best and even if they had to move, but we’re moving somewhere that wasn’t Vegas I would probably be a fan still.

Akipella | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

Yeah this whole trend of the Vegas obsession must be so annoying to the teams’ fanbases that get swept up by it.

I guess the A’s will always be your team at heart (though of course no longer nowadays)- but would you ever consider following the Giants someday? Or are they like that team you could never imagine yourself becoming a fan of…I guess I get it tbh…

It’s just not the same no matter what.

pitifullittleman | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

Honestly Oakland was easy to get in and out of was well connected to public transport and was absolutely fine. Teams being obsessed with brand new arenas and state or the art everything and getting tax payers to pay for it is also annoying.

Also the Oakland City Council and the local NIMBYism in that area is also annoying. The Giants “territory” is also an annoying concept in general. It left the A’s stuck on the East Bay with absolutely no real options. For some reason Vegas, an overwhelming tourist trap of a city is determined to be some sort of cash cow. Why? Can that city really support a NBA/NFL/MLB/NHL team? It’s not that big of a city. What about San Antonio or Charlotte? A place where people will actually be able to form a hometown connection…like what clearly existed in Oakland.

It would be cool if they stayed in Sacramento, but I don’t think Sacramento wants them or can support them/is willing to put in the money to build an arena.

I feel like we are one recession away from Vegas imploding.

Akipella | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

Yeah the obsession with building all the way out in the desert gambling town with no proper resources to support its rapid growth is kind of sad. They desperately pushed to get a hockey team, a football team, a baseball team, and soon a basketball team as well…but the fans don’t even seem to be invested on the level of other sports cities outside of the Golden Knights who were their first. Largely because the following two have been shamelessly siphoned off from Oakland.

There’s no actual long term vision. Let’s be honest - it’s just a cash grab. And it always will be.

wilkinsk | Celtics

1 | 23 minutes ago

Ohtanis contract is back loaded for tax reasons.

Heaven forbid something happens to him and you’re stuck with that shit until it’s up. No buy outs, no trades.

That’s just a haters dream though, lmao, 95% chance nothing happens.

captain_ahabb | Lakers

14 | 3 hours ago

Yankees not winning a WS since 2009

DinoSpumoniOfficial | Bucks

6 | 2 hours ago

Ah yes the NBA Yankees.

Wyden_long | Suns

3 | 2 hours ago

Is nowhere safe?

captain_ahabb | Lakers

4 | 2 hours ago

First base was safe for Mookie Betts when Gerrit Cole didn’t cover it

Wyden_long | Suns

1 | 2 hours ago

We weren’t going to win that series no matter what.

FormalMembership6286 | Knicks

15 | 3 hours ago

Probably the Lakers/Celtics missing the playoffs for 14 years in a row. You’d think it’s crazy for franchises of their caliber and prestige to go over a decade without a playoff appearance. Same thing is happening with Italy now. They’re four-time world champions, even won a Euro recently, and they still can’t qualify for the World Cup proper.

ThadtheYankee159 | Timberwolves

4 | 2 hours ago

They also just expanded the World Cup to 48. They had more opportunities to make it and still couldn’t get in

kahyuen | Warriors

12 | 3 hours ago

No real NBA equivalent. It’s more like if Spain’s national basketball team missed the Olympics three times in a row.

jak_d_ripr

5 | 3 hours ago

Lakers going a decade without winning a championship, Lakers missing the playoffs for over a decade, Lakers going a decade without signing a big name free agent, Spurs missing out on a generational big man in the draft, Wizards winning 50 games in a season.

Just a few off the top of my head.

SloshaPacana

7 | 3 hours ago

There’s no equivalent, NBA teams are way different and not comparable to national football teams and even top franchises in the NBA go through droughts but top national teams almost never do in football because they consistently produce great players

TheRaiderKing | LAL

4 | 3 hours ago

No active equivalent rn, but it’d basically be like if The Lakers or Celtics win the championship and then miss the playoffs for 20 years while winning the NBA cup a couple times giving false hope (like Italy and the Euros).

Steridire | Knicks

1 | 9 minutes ago

The Euros NBA cup comparison is hilarious lol

DirtySlutMuffin | Celtics

3 | 3 hours ago

The 1993-2006 Boston Celtics

diagonal-rib

3 | an hour ago

What about USA basketball not qualifying for the Olympics, just once.

JuicyMargMan

2 | 3 hours ago

This is like the pistons winning it all and then losing in the play in 10 times in a row

judah249 | Suns

3 | 3 hours ago

Detroit pistons not getting a home playoff win since 2008

RotundCorgi

2 | 33 minutes ago

The Celtics never making the playoffs for Rick Pitino’s entire tenure as their head coach. What a miserable, frustrating stretch that was. 97’-01’.

internallylinked | Hawks

1 | 3 hours ago

There’s only one right answer

TMac never winning a playoff series as the best player

GregEgg4President | Wizards

1 | 3 hours ago

The best player… on the Rockets?

internallylinked | Hawks

1 | 3 hours ago

Rockets and Magic

He played all of 31 minutes in Spurs run in ²⁰¹²⁄₁₃

_mdz | Hawks

1 | 3 hours ago

Hawks, Heat, and Bulls all not in the play-in tournament

Mindsetsandreps | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

Italy won the Euros though. So it would be like a team winning the NBA cup but missing the playoffs.

SloshaPacana

17 | 3 hours ago

Comparing the Euros to NBA Cup is just hilarious

Mindsetsandreps | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Okay well there isn’t a secondary tournament for club basketball in the US so it’s a dumb exercise

AlbusCorax

0 | 3 hours ago

Some might argue that winning euros is harder than winning worlds. It’s certainly not NBA Cup in comparison.

Rrypl | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

Lol it’s absolutely not harder

Mindsetsandreps | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

The prestige of the World Cup is greater though

fisheggsoup | Jazz

1 | 2 hours ago

The NBA Cup is a joke of an exhibition; wild comparison.

mismo1313

1 | 3 hours ago

The heat not making the playoffs for 12 yrs in a row

Kobe_stan_ | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

How about the Bulls being a joke for most of the last 28 years since Jordan left? Their stint with Rose is like when Italy won the Euro cup during the World Cup drought.

jayhawktexan1

1 | 3 hours ago

Closest U.S. based sports equivalent I can think of would be Alabama not making the CFP for 12 years. International soccer relies on homegrown talent, youth coaching, and a few players with family ties to the country while not being born in or having lived in the country. NBA has a draft that distributes talent from all countries.

L_E_F_T_ | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

The Lakers in the 2010s until 2020

grzyb_ek

1 | 2 hours ago

Not playing in three countries (in a row) which violate basic civil rights is a strong statement and big achievement.

Slowlyva_2

1 | an hour ago

Lakers with Old Kobe between 2013 - 2016. 2016 - 2019 the Brandon Ingram Lakers. LeBron was part of that 2018-2019 year. 0 playoffs for the Lakers all those years. It was bad basketball. Especially Kobe’s Last year.

VanGrants

1 | an hour ago

an “MVP” missing the conference finals every year lmfao

UnlikelyCancel3411

1 | an hour ago

Not sure nba but maybe missing a 35 yard field goal to go to the superbowl? Btw its been a mystery how incredibly bad they have been scoring goals these last past years great players all around cant score to save their lives tho🤷‍♂️

ballaedd24

1 | an hour ago

20-21 Warriors times 3. Steph was in and out with injuries and they missed the playoffs after losing in the play-in. Poole, Wiggins and Draymond had an okay season.

Both teams have good players, but some major weak spots. Both teams have a generational talent on their team - Curry and Donnarumma. Both teams are past their prime with no real path forward for success, but damn it, they’ll try. Both teams coached by former players.

Let’s be clear, Italy has missed the world cup three times, but they won the Euro in 2021 (COVID cancelled Euro 2020). So I imagine the NBA equivalent would be winning the In-Season Tournament? But the Euros are so much more important than the In-Season Tournament.

riped_plums123 | Celtics

1 | an hour ago

Lakers Kobe transition into misery before LeBron is pretty bad

Stephen2014 | Rockets

1 | 36 minutes ago

What the Lakers did at the end of the Kobe years until they lucked out on LeBron

Coldsnowyandmisty

1 | 33 minutes ago

I aint ever heard of the “big 3” in international soccer. Argentina has always been one of the big ones too. So no idea how you create big anything without including them.

In recent decades, you can also add Spain and France as pretty big ones too.

Majestic-Lie2690 | Timberwolves

1 | 26 minutes ago

The wolves only getting to the conference finals the last two years

2nd_Inf_Sgt | Celtics

1 | 23 minutes ago

NBA equivalent is SGA not shooting a free throw in a game.

bchhun | Warriors

1 | 19 minutes ago

The bulls have not been relevant since Jordan … does that count?

LittleTension8765 | Lakers

1 | 10 minutes ago

Basically the Chicago Bulls after Jordan left

michaelpinkwayne | Wizards

1 | 8 minutes ago

Whatever Chicagos been doing for the past 30 years

What is the NBA equivalent of Italy missing the World Cup 3x in a row?