With teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Philadelphia 76ers among the best teams in the league the season, we could see some of the longest current NBA championship droughts snap in 2024. To honor the potential for history, here are the longest active title droughts.
Length of drought: 72 seasons (1950-51)
What happened since last championship: McDonald’s began franchising locations (1953)
Length of drought: 65 seasons (1957-58)
What happened since last championship: The Post Office introduced zip codes (1963)
Length of drought: 50 seasons (1972-73)
What happened since last championship: The first personal computer was released to the public (1974)
Length of drought: 46 seasons (1976-77)
What happened since last championship: The first Garfield comic strip was published (1978)
Length of drought: 45 seasons (1977-78)
What happened since last championship: The three-point line was tested and adopted (1979)
Length of drought: 44 seasons (1978-79)
What happened since last championship: MTV launched (1981)
Length of drought: 40 seasons (1982-83)
What happened since last championship: LeBron James was born (1984)
Length of drought: 28 seasons (1994-95)
What happened since last championship: The first Harry Potter book was published (1997)
Length of drought: 25 seasons (1997-98)
What happened since last championship: The entire life cycle of Napster (1999)
Length of drought: 19 seasons (2003-04)
What happened since last championship: The iPhone was released (2007)
