Most Forgettable NBA Champions of All Time

Before we get into a discussion dealing with the five most forgettable NBA champions of all-time, let's get something out of the way beforehand.

I am not discrediting any of these teams. Winning a championship is the most difficult achievement to pull off in sports and all five of these teams proved that they were the best team during the year they won it. This is purely a satirical piece, with absolutely no disrespect being made towards any of these teams.

When we describe a champion as forgettable, we speak of them either having a season that wasn't all that memorable, being involved in a Finals series that wasn't all that interesting or just having a roster composed of players with names that don't exactly pop out at you.

Like I said, it's no disrespect. It's merely appreciation to these teams winning their championships and pointing out the less than entertaining manner they won them in.

5. 1978 Washington Bullets

Not exactly forgettable, but not truly memorable, either, the 1978 Washington Bullets were the only basketball team in the D.C. area to take home a title.

My, how the mighty have fallen. Tough to believe that the mess known as the Washington Wizards used to have some dignity and actually win some big games from time to time.

Take those 1978 Washington Bullets, for instance. Led by Elvin Hayes 20 points and 13 boards and Wes Unseld's eight points and 12 rebounds per game, the Bullets managed a hearty 44-38 regular season record before moving on to the postseason.

They'd defeat the Atlanta Hawks 2-0 in the first round, 4-2 against the San Antonio Spurs and 4-2 against the Philadelphia 76ers before an eventual match-up with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Washington would go to defeat the Sonics in seven games. The Finals itself was actually pretty interesting. The first five games of the series were decided by a combined 21 points and the Bullets actually came back from a 3-2 deficit with a 117-82 win in game 6 and a 105-99 victory in game 7 to take the series.

Even with the Finals victory, the 1978 Bullets weren't a memorable team. Not even guys like Bob Dandridge and Mitch Kupchak could make the team worth noting to the NBA world today.

4. 1975 Golden State Warriors

It was a long time ago, but, believe it or not, the Golden State Warriors actually won an NBA championship.

The 1970's were an odd time for the NBA. The ABA and the NBA were merging, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell retired and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had yet to join Magic Johnson in Los Angeles. A number of teams you didn't really notice before had begun to win games at points you usually didn't see them at.

After witnessing the Boston Celtics win title after title in the 1960's, it should have come as a relief to see a team like the Warriors take a championship.

Let's see how memorable this 1974-'75 Warriors team was. Can anybody name me a player on this team besides Rick Barry, who led the way in scoring with 31 points per game? Perhaps you've heard of Jamaal Wilkes, the second leading scorer and rebounder? How about the always recognizable Butch Beard? Maybe Clifford Ray, the team's leading rebounder, rings a bell?

Nobody remembers the role players on a championship team that went 48-34 in the regular season?

Didn't think so. The Warriors were one player from having a completely forgettable roster, yet they managed to find a way to secure their first and only championship. They defeated the Seattle Sonics in the semifinals 4-2 before going on to defeat the Chicago Bulls 4-3 in the conference finals.

They were faced with a challenge playing against the heavily favored Washington Bullets, but prevailed by way of a sweep.

A monumental upset, yet you've probably never heard of it until right now.

3. 1995 Houston Rockets

Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets were extremely greedy.

When Michael Jordan retired and left basketball for a year-and-a-half, there were two years for another team not named the Chicago Bulls to actually win a title. Jordan had led the Bulls to three consecutive titles in 1991, '92 and '93 and would have probably kept winning titles had he not decided to give up to underachieve in minor league basketball.

Olajuwon and the Rockets won the 1994 title in a drag out series against the New York Knicks that went the full seven games. They recorded a 58-24 record, defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, Charles Barkley's Phoenix Suns and Karl Malone's Utah Jazz to get to that point. They made it took easy, too, with the Suns accounting for three of the Rockets five losses in the conference playoffs.

Nobody expected the Rockets to make it back to the Finals in 1995. They played above-average basketball all year and finished with a 47-35 record, good enough for a sixth seed. However, they would go on to defeat the Karl Malone-led Jazz, the Phoenix Suns and the David Robinson-led San Antonio Spurs to get to the Finals.

They'd meet up with the Orlando Magic. The team match-up was decent, but the prospect of viewing Hakeem Olajwuon face off with Shaquille O'Neal had us salivating. Olajwuon's post work versing O'Neal's brute strength would surely be remembered for decades, right?

It might have, had it lasted more than four games. The Rockets swept the Magic with ease, and the only memory we have of the 1995 Finals was Nick Anderson earning his moniker 'Nick the Brick'.

Olajuwon averaged 33 points per game in the playoffs, but these Finals became largely forgettable once Michael Jordan arrived back on the scene and began yet another three-peat.

2. 2007 San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs couldn't have received a greater gift than playing the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.

The Spurs finished the regular season with a 58-24 record and had beaten their three Western conference playoff opponents 12-4. They started off with a 4-1 defeat of Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets, which they followed up with a controversial 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Suns. The controversy was caused after Spurs forward Robert Horry checked Suns point guard Steve Nash into the announcer's table, spurring a minor altercation.

Key Suns players in Amar'e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw got off the bench to defend Nash during the fight. According to NBA rules, no member of a bench is allowed to get off the bench during any part of the game. As a result, Stoudemire and Diaw were suspended one game apiece. With the altercation taking place in game 4 and the series being tied, the Spurs were gifted entrance to the conference finals.

The conference finals was hardly worth noting as the Spurs bested Deron Williams and the Utah Jazz in five games.

It's bewildering to think that the Spurs toughest competition of their 2007 championship run was their semifinals victory over a Suns team that ended up playing a crucial game without two significant players.

The 2007 Finals were a joke. The Spurs were set to take on a Cavaliers team with only one player even worth mentioning. The Cavs finished the year with a 50-32 record before defeating the Washington Wizards in a sweep, taking out the New Jersey Nets in six games and effectively putting an end to the Detroit Pistons reign at the top of the East with a 4-2 series victory.

The Cavs had no answer for the well-balanced and well-coached Spurs. San Antonio swept the Cavaliers with an 83-82 road victory in game 4 to put an end to it. Cleveland scored 82 points or less in three of the games.

Television ratings reflected just how awful the series was. The ratings for these Finals were down 27 percent from the previous year's Finals which featured the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.

1. 1979 Seattle Supersonics

Quite possibly the most forgettable team to ever win an NBA championship, the Seattle SuperSonics won the 1979 title and nobody is quite sure how they did so.

There weren't many stars on this squad. Gus Williams led the way in scoring averaging a mere 19 points, while future Boston Celtics point guard Dennis Johnson chipped in 16 points per game. Jack Sikma would be the only player on the team to average a stat-line that could be considered robust. The center averaged 16 points and 12 boards per game.

The only other name you may know of is Paul Silas, the infamous head coach of the 7-59 Charlotte Bobcats. Silas didn't have much of an effect on this team, either, as he only chipped in six points and seven boards per game.

The Sonics were your average run-of-the-mill contender. They finished the season 52-30, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 in the semifinals and then the Phoenix Suns 4-3 in the conference finals. They'd end their title run with a 4-1 triumph over the defending champion Washington Bullets.

The 1979 championship was the only title the Seattle franchise won. They'd return only one other time in 1996, but could very well see the team back this year. They're not Seattle anymore, but it's still the same franchise whether you like it or not.

Chances are that the 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder will be worth remembering if they do end up winning a title.