or the LA Clippers prior to Blake Griffin / Chris Paul. "This team is on its way up... no, wait, their cheap owner let all his promising young players go, and

or the LA Clippers prior to Blake Griffin / Chris Paul. "This team is on its way up... no, wait, their cheap owner let all his promising young players go, and brought in only midlevel free agents yet again. Here comes a 27-win season!" These teams can do that because they have so many fans and such a big market that they can sell out even if they're terrible.