Currently, 10 of the 30 teams have yet to win an NBA championship. Some of those teams have come awfully close to winning one, such as the Pacers, who forced a Game 7 in last season’s NBA Finals.
The Timberwolves are still looking for their first title. They have reached the conference finals each of the last two years, but never the NBA Finals in franchise history. Neil Paine of ESPN believes they are the second-most likely of the 10 ringless squads to win one by 2031.
Chances of winning a ring by 2031
On Thursday, Paine posted an article where he ranked the ringless NBA teams by their chances to win their first title by 2031.