Eight years sure is a long time out of the playoffs...
Well, you’re right.
In fact, only 10 of the 30 teams in the NBA have ever had a streak that long in their franchise history. Only six teams have had a longer drought.
Guess how many teams won a championship after a drought that long?
Exactly one.
But if that news isn’t bad enough... that team was the Mavericks and after missing the playoffs 10 straight times from 1991-2000 the Mavericks actually went to the playoffs 11 straight years before winning the NBA Finals in 2011.