The Jets Are Not The Worst Team In The 4 Major Sports

[TuscanyTile2]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39164850/pistons-fall-jazz-25th-straight-loss-hear-chants-sell-team

Pistons suffer 25th straight loss, hear chants of 'sell the team'

ETROIT -- Kelly Olynyk scored 25 points and the short-handed Utah Jazz beat Detroit 119-111 on Thursday night for the Pistons' 25th straight loss, one short of the NBA single-season record.

The 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers share the record at 26. The 76ers hold the overall mark at 28, a skid that started in the 2014-15 season and carried over into 2015-16.

"I want to be careful with my words, because this one hurts more than most of them," first-year coach Monty Williams said. "A team that played last night got [50] points off turnovers and rebounds. It is unbelievably hard to understand how we can get outworked in those categories."

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The Pistons fell to 2-26, with the crowd chanting "Sell the team! Sell the team!" at the end in a loud statement to owner Tom Gores and his Platinum Equity firm. Detroit will be back in action Saturday night in Brooklyn.

"We're not 2-26 bad -- no way are we that bad," said Cade Cunningham, who led Detroit with 28 points and 10 assists. "I think we can turn this around. We can play a much better brand of basketball."

Utah played without four of its top seven scorers -- Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson, Keyonte George and Talen Horton-Tucker -- on the second night of a back-to-back after losing at Cleveland on Wednesday.

"That's a really, really good team win for us," Jazz coach Will Hardy said. "That's a hard game to play -- second night of a back-to-back on the road with a bunch of guys out."

Collin Sexton added 19 points for the Jazz Utah, and Ochai Agbaji had 18. Jaden Ivey scored 24 points for Detroit, and Marvin Bagley III had 22, but no one else had more than eight.

Utah led 90-88 going into the fourth quarter and took advantage of Detroit's poor shooting to make it 100-93 with 7:40 to play.

The Pistons missed their first six 3-point attempts of the fourth, but Bojan Bogdanovic hit one to make it 104-100 with 4:40 left. Olynyk's 3-pointer against his former team put the Jazz up seven and Sexton's tip-in made it 115-106 with 1:37 to play.

"Rebounding is something we've emphasized all season, and it is definitely part of our identity on the offensive side of the ball," Hardy said after his team finished with 15 offensive rebounds.

Sexton added two free throws to make it an 11-point game.

The Pistons were 1-for-10 on 3s in the fourth quarter.

"We had a chance to win it down the stretch, and we just weren't solid enough," Cunningham said. "This is history no one wants to be a part of."

 

[GangGreened]

Yes, they are.

[slimjasi]

I have watched them maybe 3 times this year - they are impossibly bad! 
 

[OilfieldJet]

Jeffrey Dahmer is not the worst mass murderer of all time.

[BurnleyJet]

[Larz]

[Jimmy 2 Times]

7 minutes ago, OilfieldJet said:

Jeffrey Dahmer is not the worst mass murderer of all time.

I laughed.  
 

Sorry Milwaukee. 

[Barry McCockinner]

[dbatesman]

Feeling a lot better now

[Jetsfan80]

So we’re maybe better than the Detroit Pistons?

And meanwhile their fans chant “sell the team” while Woody’s shills show up to every home game without complaint?

Yeah, totally makes me feel better.  

[Matt39]

[BigRy56]

At least the Pistons don't have a wrinkly 40 year old achilles weighing down any prospects of them being good for the next decade.....

[Bronx]

Congratulations NY Jets!

[Biggs]

How did Woody screw this up?

[Arsis]

We're worse

[FootballLove]

Jets and Giants are locked into a heated battle for the Crown. Worst Team In Gotham Award (WTIGA), to be given annually (or anally, as the case may be) by the NY Post. Go Jets! We got this!!!

[bonkertons]

People actually think we're a contender for "worst team in all of sports"?  I get you guys love your downer sh*t but ffs....c'mon.  

[GangGreened]

1 minute ago, bonkertons said:

People actually think we're a contender for "worst team in all of sports"?  I get you guys love your downer sh*t but ffs....c'mon.  

They have the longest playoff drought of any team in the 4 major sports. So yes, it’s pretty accurate.

[Plen T]

They are worse than Detroit Detroit has young talent and direction 

[bonkertons]

15 minutes ago, GangGreened said:

They have the longest playoff drought of any team in the 4 major sports. So yes, it’s pretty accurate.

Even if you wanted to play the "playoff drought" card(which this thread clearly isn't about, considering the OP is about a current losing streak), we're still ahead of the Sabres.  Two 1st overall picks, two 2nd overalls as well.  In a sport where it's much easier to make the playoffs.  

 

Even still, the Mets are far and away a worse franchise than the Jets.  No one can convince me otherwise.  No salary cap, consistently field "pay to win" teams and consistently fall on their face.  But yes, a 5-9 team is the worst team in sports.  Woe is me.  

[bitonti]

This debate tactic is called what about ism and it was invented by the Soviets 

Bringing up the pistons doesn't actually make the Jets any better 

 

[BigRy56]

12 minutes ago, Plen T said:

They are worse than Detroit Detroit has young talent and direction 

Spot on. The NY Jets do not have ONE GOOD PLAYER THAT'S YOUNG. I can't even read it out loud. How does that even happen? Unbelievable

[JustInFudge]

ummmm, 100% they are, not even a question.

The Jets make you question the legitimacy of the NFL being "professional" Football. 

 

[Beerfish]

They've made the playoffs i think 3 times since the jets last made the playoffs.

[southparkcpa]

1 hour ago, bonkertons said:

People actually think we're a contender for "worst team in all of sports"?  I get you guys love your downer sh*t but ffs....c'mon.  

We are amongst one of the worst over the last 10 years.

[JetPotato]

2 hours ago, bonkertons said:

People actually think we're a contender for "worst team in all of sports"?  I get you guys love your downer sh*t but ffs....c'mon.  

Name 1 team in the 4 major sports that has a longer playoff absence right now than the New York Jets. We'll wait.

[Lupz27]

2 hours ago, Biggs said:

How did Woody screw this up?

Let’s be real.  After seeing the way Woody acted opening night with that stupid chain I’m not sure I want to see him ever enjoy success it will be embarrassing.

[TuscanyTile2]

43 minutes ago, Lupz27 said:

Let’s be real.  After seeing the way Woody acted opening night with that stupid chain I’m not sure I want to see him ever enjoy success it will be embarrassing.

Agreed.  He's a "turn your stomach" kind of a person.  I can't blame BB for wanting to run away from him (and to compete against him).

[Green Ghost]

25 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

Agreed.  He's a "turn your stomach" kind of a person.  I can't blame BB for wanting to run away from him (and to compete against him).

And yet you stayed around and continue to root for a team owned by a man who “turns your stomach”. Have you no shame?

[PS17]

[oatmeal]

One of most enjoyable moments in sports for me is that Finals where the pistons completely dog walked that Lakers team with the 5 Hall of famers starting 

Loved Ben Wallace, Big Shot, Sheed, Tyshawn and Rip

[TuscanyTile2]

2 minutes ago, oatmeal said:

One of most enjoyable moments in sports for me is that Finals where the pistons completely dog walked that Lakers team with the 5 Hall of famers starting 

Loved Ben Wallace, Big Shot, Sheed, Tyshawn and Rip

I remember that series.  I enjoyed it as well.  Chauncy Billups was another.

I don't really watch the NBA now though.

[Arsis]

Have to be bottom 5.