Are the current Oklahoma City Thunder of KD and Russell Westbrook going to suffer the same fate as the early 2000s Kings of Chris Webber and Mike Bibby?

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Let's start with a couple of basics: from the 2000-01 NBA season through the 2004-05 season, the Sacramento Kings won 50 games every year. They never won an NBA title -- 2002 was the closest year, and quite honestly, Tim Donaghy might have screwed them in Game 6 of the Western Conference Fi…