What is the greatest NBA roster that never made a deep playoff run due to bad injury luck / off court issues with the players?
Made this post due to stumbling upon the B-Roy, Oden, Aldridge squad of 2010-2011. Really felt like that squad was just "It" but the injury curse really just derailed what could've been a really good 3-4 year championship window. It's really sad to think about how many teams probably fall under this.
You can probably count as well the KD, Kyrie, Harden Brooklyn Nets on this too. Feels like that team was one of the most insanely cracked roster to never make an NBA final.
Unsure about any squad from below the 2010's tho. Like, Dwight's Magic probably could've made another deep playoff run assuming he never got hurt. The Celtics squad before KG went down (forgot which year was it).
Oh and maybe to put an example of a great ass squad that had off court issues - the Malice in the Palace Pacers were really favored to win that year no? Unsure about other squads like that one since the incident was just a one-of thing.