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Divisions are now meaningless in the NBA, with the three-division format. By conference, last appearance in the NBA Finals listed:

EASTERN                   WESTERN
 1. Atlanta (1961)        1. Sacramento1(1951)
 2. Milwaukee (1974)      2. Los Angeles Clippers (never)
 3. Washington (1979)     3. Denver (never)
 4. Toronto (never)       4. Golden State (1975)
 5. Chicago (1998)        5. Minneaota (never)
 6. New York (1999)       6. New Orleans (never)
 7. Indiana (2000)        7. Porland (1992)
 8. Philadelphia (2001)   8. Phoenix (1993)
 9. New Jersey (2003)     9. Memphis (never)
10. Detroit (2005)       10. Houston (1995)
11. Charlotte (never)    11. Seattle (1996)
12. Miami (2006)         12. Utah (1998)
13. Cleveland (2007)     13. Dallas (2006)
14. Boston (2008)        14. San Antonio (2007)
15. Orlando (2009)       15. Los Angeles Lakers (2009)2
1 - Sacramento (formerly the Kansas City Kings, if you're wondering why) is my team.  They're always at the top of the list.
2 - The Lakers are always at the bottom. They don't need to win anything ever again.

And the "Who do I want to win it?" list:

 1. Sacramento (1951)1
 2. Atlanta (1958)
 3. Phoenix (never)
 4. Indiana (never)
 5. New Jersey (never)
 6. Denver (never)
 7. Cleveland (never)
 8. Los Angeles Clippers (never)
 9. Milwaukee (1971)
10. New York (1973)
11. Utah (never)
12. Golden State (1975)
13. Portland (1977)
14. Washington (1978)
15. Seattle (1979)
16. Dallas (never)
17. Philadelphia (1983)
18. Minnesota (never)
19. Orlando (never)
20. New Orleans (never)
21. Toronto (never)
22. Memphis (never)
23. Houston (1995)
24. Chicago (1998)
25. Detroit (2004)
26. Charlotte (never)
27. Miami (2006)
28. San Antonio (2007)
29. Boston (2008)
30. Los Angeles Lakers (2009)2