Corey Maggette and the NBA's Biggest Losers of the Last Five Seasons

The NBA is just like any other professional sports league in the sense that some players always seem to find themselves on winning teams, while others do the exact opposite. It isn't always a player's fault; sometimes he just happens to get extremely unlucky, always landing on a poor team.

Here is a look at some of the NBA’s current losers, as far as the teams they have been on are concerned.

Note: The winning percentage you will see from each player reflects the team's overall winning percentage while the player was still on the team, whether or not they were injured. Also, I understand that losing is rarely a reflection on a single player, but it is still fun to look at which players always seem to get stuck on losing teams.

5. Corey Maggette

Last Five Seasons

2006-2007: Los Angeles Clippers (40-42)

2007-2008: Los Angeles Clippers (23-59)

2008-2009: Golden State Warriors (29-53)

2009-2010: Golden State Warriors (26-56)

2010-2011: Milwaukee Bucks (35-47)

Maggette has appeared in the playoffs just once in his 12 NBA seasons. He was a part of the 2005-2006 Los Angeles Clippers squad that made the Western Conference semifinals before losing in seven games to the Phoenix Suns. Maggette did start just two of the Clippers’ 12 postseason games that year.

After being dealt to the Charlotte Bobcats this week, it looks a lot like Maggette will be enjoying another losing season yet again. Through 12 years in the league, he has a lifetime winning percentage of just .375.

4. David Lee

Last Five Seasons

2006-2007: New York Knicks (33-49)

2007-2008: New York Knicks (23-59)

2008-2009: New York Knicks (32-50)

2009-2010: New York Knicks (29-53)

2010- 2011: Golden State Warriors (36-46)

David Lee has been in the league for six years now and has never come close to sniffing the postseason.

In fact, the Warriors’ 36-46 record this past season is the best record a David Lee team has ever had.

Lee went through an awful five-year stretch in New York and never experienced more than 33 wins in one season. Who knows, it's quite possible at this point that Lee could go his entire career without ever experiencing the playoffs.

On top of that, he has an atrocious career winning percentage of .358.

3. Al Jefferson

Last Five Seasons

2006-2007: Boston Celtics (24-58)

2007-2008: Minnesota Timberwolves (22-60)

2008-2009: Minnesota Timberwolves (24-58)

2009-2010: Minnesota Timberwolves (15-67)

2010-2011: Utah Jazz 39-43

Al Jefferson became a full-time starter in the 2006-2007 season, his last year with the Celtics. Since becoming a starter, he has never made the playoffs, winning more than 24 games in a season just once.

During this time, Jefferson’s winning percentage is a woeful .326.

2. Yi Jianlian

Last Four Seasons

2007-2008: Milwaukee Bucks (26-56)

2008-2009: New Jersey Nets (34-48)

2009-2010: New Jersey Nets (12-70)

2010-2011: Washington Wizards (23-59)

Yi has only been in the league for four seasons now, but is already starting to develop a losing persona.

His rookie season with the Milwaukee Bucks, Yi went through a miserable 26-56 campaign. He then cried his way out of Milwaukee and landed with the Nets.

In his second season with the Nets, he went through one of the worst seasons by a team in NBA history, watching New Jersey go just 12-70.

In three of Yi’s four seasons, his teams have won 26 games or fewer. His career winning percentage at this point is a staggering .290.

1. Sebastian Telfair

Last Five Seasons

2006-2007: Boston Celtics (24-58)

2007-2008: Minnesota Timberwolves (22-60)

2008-2009: Minnesota Timberwolves (24-58)

2009-2010: Los Angeles Clippers (19-63)

2010-2011: Minnesota Timberwolves (17-65)

Telfair was once one of the most highly sought after talents coming straight from high school to the pros.

Not only has he never delivered what most expected from him, but he has bounced around from team to team, playing for five different organizations in his seven-year career. Telfair has never played in a playoff game either. His winning percentage is .289 so far for his underachieving career.