Here’s why Tom Brady joining the Buccaneers is like Michael Jordan going to the Timberwolves
You would think a championship would be enough to avoid the title of being the worst team in sports history.
In the case of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it isn’t.
The Bucs currently own the worst winning percentage in North American sports at .387, first reported by Forbes Magazine. Their 267-424-1 record puts them behind the San Diego Padres, Arizona Coyotes and the Minnesota Timberwolves, all of which occupy that bottom spot in their respective leagues.
To put that into context, only one other franchise — the Timberwolves — in the four major North American sports has a winning percentage below .400. The Bucs, however, began play in 1976, roughly 12 years before Timberwolves were a team.
So what does this all mean? Well think of it like this: Tom Brady, arguably the greatest quarter back of all time, just joined the team that has struggled to do the very thing he does best: win. Since his first start in 2001, Brady has won a little more than 77 percent of his regular season games. The Bucs, conversely, posted a winning percentage of .421 during that time.
Put differently, Brady’s move is essentially like Michael Jordan signing with the Timberwolves, Willie Mays spending his last few years with the Padres or Wayne Gretzky joining the Coyotes (hopefully it would go better than his brief coaching stint with the team).
It’s not all bad news though. Despite currently having the NFL’s second-longest playoff drought (thank you Cleveland Browns), the Bucs still won a Super Bowl in 2002. Plus, they now have Brady. If there’s anyone who can turn the franchise around, it will be him.
This story was originally published April 1, 2020 at 2:40 PM.
