We Finally Know the Truth About the NBA Bubble (You Were Wrong)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We Finally Know the Truth About the NBA Bubble (You Were Wrong)
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All I remember from the bubble was TJ Warren just randomly turning into Micheal Jordan 😂😂😂
Mans was a 99 overall for a postseason 😂
real asl
I was wong
My korean brother over here.
No I’m Wong.
Nothing is wong
Pelinka breaking up this team should’ve gotten him fired 🤦🏾♂️ would’ve had a GREAT chance to win another
It wasn’t Palinka 😂 yall have a man’s meat so far down your throat your nose is touching bruh.. wake up 😂
Wasn’t it rumored he did it so lebron wouldn’t overtake Kobe’s legacy
@@crazydumb1861, Nope. LeDiddy James and Glass Man requested Westbrook to join the team. Westbrook was making 40+, the only way to get him was to trade KCP, and Kuzma, so the salaries would match. LeDiddy fans aren’t that bright, lmfao.
@@VictoriesAtTheMarathon bro just say you hate the guy lol
@@VictoriesAtTheMarathonLeFreakOffs and Street Clothes
The pure hooping was absolutely insane. These boys just came out and was hooping, it looked like the clippers would actually break their curse but we know what happened there. Miami was a great story to watch.lots of great moments came from those games
I’d say 95% of people that say the bubble championship has an asterisk is simply because the Lakers and Lebron won it. You opened with the clip of skip and touched on it yourself. A lot of players opened up about how difficult it was mentally to be stuck there during the playoffs. All their routines had to be adjusted and it messed with players. You did a good job explaining how the teams there got there and how their performances weren’t flukes. This is a championship with championship level talent and teams that had a unique venue; that’s it.
"Mentally stuck". No that's horseshit. Being paid many millions to stay at resort in Orlando and covid-proof unlike the rest of the population? That is a dumbass take lebron stans made up
But lebron won it, and I don't like lebron... So, it's a fluke.
Or maybe they simply did not enjoy it? Isn’t it one of the most poorly rated finals series of all time?
@@GS-il5dr It could have had zero viewers and that still doesn’t take away its credibility.
Naw it would be an aztrick regardless 🤷... it wasn't like regular basketball playing real home and away does something for players... I get that they were In the bubble with thier on sort of issues.. but what was missing is the wear and tear of the regular season
Folks was ready to stamp Kawhi top 10 all time if he won the same ring they claim “dOn’T cOuNt” for Lebron
im a mavs fan so that was lukas first super big year. It was fun and i think its aged well for us
“Aight man”
If this was real basketball what happened to all the one hit wonders that did all star performances and then nothing after COVID.
I was wong about you, Sish.
As a Chinese man, I am always wong
Bubble Lakers had a roster filled with old heads. Stuck to their fundamentals, played well and hard on D, it translated well to the bubble situation - mentally and tactically they were better than everyone else.
To me it was peak basketball in terms of no distraction. So the players who play well without distraction flourished. The players who play well under pressure, they flourish but not as much as those who are pickup ball type of players
The 2020 finals are my second favorite finals of this decade so far.
Heat had injuries and still took two superstars to 6 games. That was impressive on their part tbh
@@vulcanraven9701 Herro was injured and who else? I forgot.
@whiteguuy Adebayo shoulder popped and missed two games besides that game. Dragic, who led team in scoring in first 3 rounds barely played in the Finals.
@@vulcanraven9701 Damn that's crazy
@@whiteguuy Herro wasn't injured in 2020. You're thinking about the 2023 NBA Finals.
Clippers losing to the Nuggets. Just as I started watching basketball. Ruined them😭
It’s so funny when they say Bron got time off like EVERYONE didn’t get the same time off😭😭
Let's be honest, if Anthony Davis benefited the most from the bubble. It was because of that break and no distractions that allowed him to play so exceptionally well. And the fact that they were old and that's why people didn't believe in them because they were old. The rest was the best thing that could have happened to them. I'm not saying that they don't deserve the championship but I'm just stating a fact.
you said a whole lotta nothing
You aint stating nothing:
Heat eliminated much older Bucks. Nuggest eliminated much older Clippers and Jazz. Celtic eliminated much older Raptors and Sixers. If bubble helped old teams, why did it NOT HELP these old teams?
He's injury problem, and it seems like that break helped him play better than he's ever played before. Is that clear enough for you?@@3rr1k_
I've always thought the bubble was a valid chip because everybody had the same circumstances to deal with and my takeaway from it is I don't like that the play-in was introduced and kept with it.
At least we got some very entertaining play-in games.
@@thevoicelesswriter true
My fave moment in the Bubble is when Danuel House just bang a women he brought from outside just to get out off the bubble since the rockets aint winning😂😂😂
The bubble play offs were the purest form of ball, no distractions, no glamor, no travel, just pure ball
Nobody came to see “pure ball” this is the NBA and home court advantage means a lot. That’s the entire reason a team will fight for a good seeding. So to work your ass off just to play in an empty stadium where’d you’d otherwise be having home court blows the legitimatmacy for me
@@Dagang276 Nobody is saying otherwise, but at the same time, if you can’t win on equal setting, are you really that good?
@@Capitale_E it’s not about being good. The fact that every other championship team was able to get games at their home court and get that extra needed help swung the momentum of many championships. So to just strip that big component away and put it in the same category of all the other championships is crazy😂
@@Capitale_E that’s like saying a Super Bowl with and without any people in the stadium is equally the same😂 like no it makes a very big difference
@@Dagang276 say that to the Tampa Bay Lightning who had to win in a bubble in Edmonton man Golden State warriors fans are insufferable
I really enjoyed the video. Great, thoughtful analysis. Thanks.
I wasn’t wrong about my nuggets, but I was wrong about the bubble a little bit
Wong is everywhere 😂😂
Jimmy is diff man I hope he gets his ring before he retires
Tbh if he had AD instead of lebron LA gets swept
Thanks so much for this vid cause folks been running with some dumb narratives for years now
HUSSLE AND MOTIVATION 😅😂I didn’t know you could use instrumentals without getting copyrighted 😅😂and I know the title of the song is ‘actually’ Hussle and Motivate
No, I disagree. The bubble has an asterisk because it was poorly handled. I don't care who won. Players skipped going, players got kicked out midway, teams wanted to leave and were unmotivated because the experience was so bad, and Brad Stevens was pacing outside of the arena having a mental breakdown. I would say Lebron is probably correct in saying it was hard won because the mental fatigue and situation was something no teams have dealt with or will probably ever deal with again. But I'm sorry to say it will remain an asterisk for me.
Worst. Argument. Ever.
Some players skip games every season. Some teams are unmotivated every season. By that logic, every season has an asterix
Like Ben simmons@@1vaultdweller
@@1vaultdweller It’s not. If a player skips a playoff game they don’t get barred from the WHOLE playoffs like they did in the bubble. The bubble had an inherently different set of circumstances than any other playoffs - which is the reason it should and does have an asterisk by people with the ability to use logic. 🤣
@@SleepverticalOk let's use some logic. Because of the covid shutdown, every team came into the playoffs fresh and healthy, and being confined to the resort meant no outside distractions. Nothing but pure unfiltered hoops. The bubble showed us who was really dedicated to the sport, and as it turns out, many players aren't.
Putting an asterisk next to it means that you're giving teams a pass for needing things outside of pure skill and chemistry to succeed.
@@Sleepvertical You refer to the vaccine decision. Vaccine. You are trying to give a pass to those who *INTENTIONALLY QUIT ON THEIR TEAMS IN FEAR OF VACCINES*
It's on those players spesifically. They failed to show up. It's their fault
Me & Swish the only ones who never called the bubble a fluke i guess
Wait the bubble was really four years ago 😅😮
This still doesn't make Lebron the GOAT lol
Lakers go back to back without injuries
I *been* Wong!
Till this day i cant understand why you after winning a chip with Lebron at the point averaging 10 assists you go and say "U know what? We need a starting point guarda, Lebron you back playing forward"
?????
Who else is wong
Korean goat
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My brother Chin.
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Peace..
I didn’t wanna make this video…. But
@@mg_10mI miss when he said that bro casually makes great vids w.o even wantint to drop them 😂
@@yadant-m674🤣🤣🤣
I know Dwight is very controversial now, but he was only guy during Lebron’s tenure at the lakers that could give nikola jokic problems on the defensive side of the ball
That's because they had 3 big bodies in Dwight, AD and JaVale that could rotate on him. Also he still played pretty well. He wasn't as good a player back then
What's controversial about him? What he does in the bedroom is his business
Like the Timberwolves this year
@@shepardice3775i promise you he was just as good back then as he is now its just that the lakers had a lineup and a gameplan that was able to make it harder for jokic to go crazy but he still was dropping numbers on them that year too
he didn't give jokic any problems please stop it lol, the lakers were simply the better team and the nuggets were gassed from coming back from down 3-1 twice
some ting wong with the bubble ( didnt want to make this video)
The revisionist history is so funny man. I remember when people were saying the Lakers looked terrible in the bubble and might lose in the first round, that they would suffer the most from not having home court advantage, that the bubble was best for young players, etc.
Completely flipped the narratives around when the Lakers ended up winning lmao
I'll admit that I remember all that but I don't care, f the Lakers
I admit that I still don't give a sh1t about the LA LeBron's, (or is it LeBron's Lakers, you know the 💩💩 trash team I mean) F the Lakers and all their toxic, hating fans. Worst fan base in sports history. Bow to the Celtics little LeFlop Stan's ☘️☘️☘️☘️🏆🏆🏆🏆 5 or more (real rings) than the sh1ttiest team in sports history
I remember the players all wanting to walk out of the bubble and make a political stand but then Bron and Cp3 turned b!tch after getting a phone call from Barack and I lost what tiny bit of respect I had for either of those two PED addicts
Preach. If Miami had won it, the narrative would’ve been completely different 😂
Works both ways cause Bron played an instrumental role in trading for Westbrook blowing up the team and somehow he doesn’t get blamed
Shout-out Jimmy Butler for an amazing performance. I'll never forget how he willed his team to get there and how he battled the rested and improved Lakers
Tbh if Jimmy Butler had AD instead Heat would have probably swept lakers.
@@vulcanraven9701"hot take: if the losing team somehow gained the winning team's 2nd best player, they'd have a much better chance of winning"😂😂stellar analysis
I hate that people put an asterisk like they still won and all the other teams could’ve won but they got beat. And this is coming from a Celtics fan
I feel like the clippers were the only team that could’ve won in the bubble slander free. But the fact it was LeBron makes the slander even more.
The best part is they will not put an asterisk on 2002 or 2004 or Jordan but the second its Labron and a weird season he won they do, it's clear they fell for a storyline and haven't figured it out, imagine repeating propaganda created by skip lol.
Bro it's only because LeBron won it
@@mattmmixes Because the sheep, (fans that follow the media narrative), would have said. "Oh the Clippers won, it's not a real title."
Celtics fan here, and it's not a real title, many teams were devastated by the situation then, it was weird for them, and the lakers were the most focused in getting the ring (mainly to expand LeFlop's fake legacy) That's it. Now it's not LA Lakers no more. It's the LA LeBron's or the LeBron's Lakers.... The Lakers aren't existing any more (thank God)
@@mattmmixesJust look the Bronny show in the draft, the hiring of JJ Redick etc. LeBron's in charge and the🐑🐑 follow. It's the "King" after all. That's why even if they"ll end up again sweeped by the Nuggets in the 1st round of the playoffs, no problem "he gave us a (fake) ring", they'll say 🐑🐑🐑
Sh1ttiest franchise in NBA history with the worst fan base
I think u proved exactly why the Lakers were frauds without realizing. Yes, they were a heavy favorite that yr.... but the concern was always ADs health and a aging bron. So right before the break if u recall, Bron suffered a injury. So what do u think an almost 3 month break does for a team with health and age issues. Especially one that we're favorites? It proved it self the very next yr with what?..... INJURIES😂
And yes to be honest it does only have a asterisk to it and it's not necessarily cuz of lebron but we're talking a injury riddled AD. That's 3 factors. Heavy favs, aging bron, AD. Literally everything had to go right for them, and a 3 month recovery is a huge help. Even tho they were favs... people were literally waiting for an injury from bron or AD to happen, and it did before the break.
They didn’t blow up the team because of injuries, they blew it up because of the contract situation. Some other UA-camr literally went in depth as to why the Lakers not resigning Caruso it messed up the entire payroll.
naw yall bron fans just always think its only you being penalized im 100 percent sure jimmy,giannes, & joel would also be scrutinized especially cause of the way they are now especially giannes🤦🏼♀️
Learn how to write lil man
i have some disagreements with your opinion. You cannot compare 2020 with 2023 because the teams are stractured very differently so you should not compare them because the names of the teams are the same !!!! Also the 5 months suspension made things very different because in the in between time if they play the rest of the regular season there is a possibillity that Davis because he is injury prone he could have got injuried until the time the playoffs started so that could change the outcome and resting 5 months he recovered from any problems he had and he was ready for a final run !!!
I’m Wong???
i’m so wong
Never have I thought the bubble was "flukey". Only reason why people say it was is only because it's LeBron and the Lakers. If the Heat won, people wouldn't put an asterisk next to it and added more hate to LeBron. People forgot that the Lakers were the #1 seed and had the best record in the West before the bubble. That Lakers team was a true championship team in any season
Facts. Ppl just mad Bron won 😂
And the Lakers lost one of their starters, Avery Bradley, who opted out of participating in the bubble. In exchange, the Lakers got JR Smith.
Cool story bro bubble basketball was dog shit
Don't be shy to say it. Just say you hate Lebron and the Lakers.@cookiemonster64
No it’s the opposite. The only reason you count it is because LeBron won . They got 4 months off bro , all the teams weren’t welcome to the bubble , it was only about 8 games played before the playoffs. It was just happy to have a basketball back , in the midst of a wild year of life . Lol ask yourself if the bubble is so valid , how come nobody addresses dame Lillard as an mvp ??
The Bubble will never be respected. No fans being allowed makes it less significant
Literally makes no sense
I like how this gentlemen leaves out the fact that lebron pushed for that laker team breakup, he pushed for westbrook. All they do is make excuses for this guy.
It never fails 🎯🎯🎯
@4:00 quintessential sequence that exemplifies several of the many reasons people can't stand LBJ: Uncalled offensive foul, embarrassingly bad footwork with an uncalled EGREGIOUS travel, then LeBron flexing like he just did something special 😂
Yeah alright alright alright you was right I was *wong*
To me, the bubble is peak basketball, nothing but just straight-hooping
It feels like everyone went off that year. I genuinely cant trust someone who says the bubble doesn't count. Wtf were they watching lmao
same. they're just too anti-Lebron. if the Lakers didn't win that year, there will be no asterisk bullshit
@@DatBoiGloomylmao just like how ben simmons be going off during the preseason😭 shaq wouldve had a 40% from 3 if he was playing in the bubble. Straight ballin isnt nba basketball. Nba much more then just ball
Literally everyone who played in the bubble said that was one of the hardest championship due to the fact that there were no distractions so players were just locked in on basketball which is why we saw a lot of people go off
@@rohangupte3545 why would they admit that their best moment in their career was during the bubble😭 yall believe in fairy tales
NBA players describe it as the hardest championship run ever. That fact that the Lakers and mainly LeBron capitalized on winning, speaks volumes on how mentally focused they were. Plus the Lakers were pacing for 65+ wins, even easily could’ve gone B2B champs if they weren’t injured mid seasons and AD going down first round with Bron’s ankle destroyed by Hill. Easily one of the most unique championship ever. Lakers winning another championship with LeBron and AD again puts that Bubble convo asterisk fully to the grave.
People who try and put an asterisk on it are truly lost. All of the teams were in the same conditions, so how on earth do some people try to reason their way into saying it was easier for the Lakers but it wasn't easier for any of the other teams?
Some of it is definitely Lebron hate. If it was the Lakers who had blown a 3-1 lead in the bubble with Lebron complaining about the bubble on social media, and the Clippers had won, these people would 100% be saying "Lebron was mentally weak" and "the Clippers proved they were the best under more difficult circumstances"
@@ogbmtno you’re just a weirdo who makes things up in his head in defense of your glorious king james. The facts are lebron and the lakers won’t ever win a chip outside of a practice facility.
A bunch of star players were missing who didnt wana participate or were injured. Who did the Lakers face? Blazers who r always no good, a young and developing nuggets team and an injured Miami team? Which NBA players said that was the hardest championship? except lebron himself and dwight i think. That was peak garbage basketbal, idk what you both r on about. The fact that NBA had the lowest finals viewership in history while people sat at home and chose to do anything other that watching that crap says something doesnt it?
bubble was real basketball whether people like it or not, their emotions can't change good basketball
Bubbleball ain’t basketball
Wether you like it or not there were no crowds or travel. And the lakers statically had one of the weaker finals runs in recent times. Google is free
@@0vern9Kwhere are these stats because I can't find them. Just people saying it, but just because people say it doesn't mean it's true.
@@GodsDissapointment google is free look up the easiest championship runs of all time
The blazers were under 500 and dame went down for the series after game 1.
The small ball rockets who were no surprise to small for the lakers with PJ tucker on Anthony Davis… and 6’8 lebron
the rising nuggets who made it PARTLY to the clippers choking blowing a double digit lead in games 5-7 while up 3-1, and a heat team with no dragic there leading scorer. And bam missing 2 games and playing through a shoulder injury. While on a team with prime Anthony Davis yea totally the hardest chip ever . Cant Forget the bubble shenanigans.
The blazers were under 500 and dame went down for the series after game 1.
The small ball rockets who were no surprise to small for the lakers with PJ tucker on Anthony Davis…
the rising nuggets who made it partly to the clippers choking, and a heat team with no dragic there leading scorer. And bam missing 2 games and playing through a shoulder injury. While on a team with prime anthony Davis yea totally the hardest chip ever . Cant Forget the bubble shenanigans.
You can look up easiest paths for championship teams on Google.
I somewhat miss the pure hoops played in the bubble
(Not saying I would like it back)
Pure hoops is a crowd environment, and traveling , which the bubble had neither. Role players were dropping 30+ LeDiddy James & Adisney were healthy. That never happens w/o a 3 month layover.
@@VictoriesAtTheMarathonwhatever helps you sleep better at night kid 😂
@@renkane3086, It’s like you wanna be in bed with LeDiddy, the way you’re defending him 😭😭.
@@VictoriesAtTheMarathon just the term LeDiddy makes everything u say invalid
"They" traded a championship core and a recipe for Westbrook lol. By they you mean Mr. James himself was the one that made that call not the front office. He is the front office lol so has no one to blame but himself. Same reason they drafted his kid.............................I'm sure he had nothing to do with that whatsoever..............................same reson they hired JJ Reddick......................I'm sure he had nothing to do with that either. Ever since he left MIA (the reason he left is because Pat Riley wouldn't do what he wanted) all he has done is completely taken complete control over what teams do and don't do, trade and don't trade, pay and who not to pay.....................some "goat"
Love the Bubble, it was the first season of the NBA I watched
those who say bubble dont count are just sore LeBron haters
It doesn't count because it was missing a lot of stars due to injuries or other reasons.
@@vulcanraven9701Stars get injured. By your logic no title is valid because every season a team is missing a star player. 😂
@@vulcanraven9701you have time to delete this comment 😂😂
@@vulcanraven9701 warriors 2015 counts? Just answer that
@ivblizzard3616 nope. That title shouldn't belong to anyone. Warriors were choking frauds before KD. Cavs were only relevant because Adam Silver gave them a bunch of Lotteries to invent a big 3 there. 2014 is the last REAL title in that decade.
The Bubble had some of the best/fun match ups. We just couldn't go and watch our teams play. Which took much of the excitement away. But CP3s Thunder, Harden and Westbrook in Houston, Luka's performance along with Jamal Murray's performance and Heat/Lakers was what made those playoffs/Finals worth watching.
More worth it then last year's Finals.
@4:45 calling this time Lebrons prime is crazy
The blazers were under 500 and dame went down for the series after game 1.
The small ball rockets who were no surprise to small for the lakers with PJ tucker on Anthony Davis…
the rising nuggets who made it partly to the clippers choking, and a heat team with no dragic there leading scorer. And bam missing 2 games and playing through a shoulder injury. While on a team with prime anthony Davis yea totally the hardest chip ever . Cant Forget the bubble shenanigans.
It's always because Lebron wins something, everything for him gets discredited. It's wild how much hate he's gotten.
He earned it!!!
@4:00 quintessential sequence that exemplifies several of the many reasons people can't stand LBJ: Uncalled offensive foul, embarrassingly bad footwork with an uncalled EGREGIOUS travel, then LeBron flexing like he just did something special 😂
I think Lebron is the best 5v5 player ever. No one has ever been better at the game of TEAM basketball. To his own detriment. A selfish player who also has a good team will beat that. Look at the Warriors. He also lost to the Spurs twice when you run into a team where all the players know 90% of the team game you do. He is the best 5 on 5 player ever, but should’ve been more selfish at times.
The bubble was unnecessary and it shouldnt count. The final four teams that made the conference finals thay year didnt get back to the conference finals the following season.... your point is debunked with respect. 5 month rest off because of covid is why the bubble should have never went down or taken serious
Every time i see russell westbrook in a lakers jersey, there's this physical feeling of pain I get in my stomach. I still cannot believe that trade happened. I remember just chilling on twitter and then seeing the trade and thinking it was a joke. I thought the lakers were getting buddy hield. I remember deluding myself into thinking that maybe it will workout, telling myself russ isnt that bad of a shooter and other guys that were signed on minimums would outperform their contracts. That season is the most pain Ive ever felt watching sports. THE funniest part is im not even a lakers fan so I cant imagine what it was like for a diehard Lakers fan
it was painful to watch that season...i really liked russ before that, but that season made me hate him until now 🤣
As far as I’m concerned, it was an open gym exhibition tournament 😭
imo i dont think the clipper point is fair, the only time they have been healthy was in an environment they didnt want to be in, everything after that was an example of bad luck more than anything
The bubble is overrated finals period 😂😂😂
Bubble never had an asterisk imo, goated times
I have never forgiven solomin hill for injuring lebron
no celtics content is crazy swish cause u still need to make a dedicated celtics video about their dominance or at least talk about them but u really haven't at all for some reason and they are the defending champs lol stop hating
He focused on sucking the Lebronakers.
I never thought the bubble games were fluke. Like some players have said, it might've been harder. You had to really focus.
For all the ones that talked down about it, the bubble was one of the most purest form of hoops we’ve seen in a long time
Go to any open gym and you’ll get the same product
Shii we we’re wong
Great breakdown 👏👏
I always say this, the conditions were the same for EVERY team, why are people trying to discredit the Lakers or Lebron? (Other than just being a pure hater)
Awesome video bro
i was wong 😭
2020 lakers was going against the 3pt spamming program for the nba.. could be why they broke up…
The few things I remembered in the bubble that was interesting was the Suns was told that they had to win every game to make the playoffs. They go and literally won every game and yet they still missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker.
Another was the nuggets going on to be down 3-1 three times and overcoming the odds twice. I don't think that will happen again in a long time. Speaking of Nuggets Jamal Murray was a winner on and off the court during that run.
Lastly, a few more I remember was Lou Williams getting in trouble for getting Popeye's, Jimmy Butler getting Rachel Nichols and the Clippers showing that they were still the Clippers.
This was a banger video Swishout
The whole bubble should have been named "The Adam Silver & Lebron James Covid Invitational Tournament " 😂 IMO bc of the lack of Crowds and the way it all went down it will always be a "asterisk for me" sorry
dawg the jokic and jamal murray shit suggests both 2020 and 2023 seasons were flukey because every other season shows the opposite
I enjoy watching LeBron's(female, cause man are not in love with man, unless you're gay, which is fine by me) stans, all day worshipping Bron etc. I don't care, it gives joy to their meaningless lives. I get it. It's ok. I have a great respect for LeBron James. But the thing I don't like is his Stans/cheergirls,saying he's the Goat. Hey girls, you're in love, you want to make love to him etc. I get it. I have been in love. But truth be told MJ is the Goat. He changed basketball. He has more titles, it was different times. Anyway everyone but LeBron Stans, and the media which guide them, because they don't use their head (it's kinda difficult in our days, I know) says MJ is the Goat. You say, no espn is making a case, the one reporter said this, the other etc. You just follow the narrative, no using your mind at all. Feeling sorry for you 😢
The Lakers success hinges on the health of LBJ and AD... outside of the buble run where they had a 4 month break, they have always been injured. The bubble ring was fake.
I was wong 😔
I don't discredit the Lakers championship because of the Bubble. But I will say they had one of the easiest championships runs. They beat a 35 win Blazers squad who were in the Bottom 5 in defense. A 44(projected to win 49 games) Rockets team whose starting center was PJ Tucker lol. A young Nuggets team who were the best team they beat. And the projected 49 win Heat team who lost Bam and Goran Dragic. It was basically Jimmy Butler with some help from rookie Tyler Herro against 2 Top 5 players(Bron, AD) and the #1 defense in the NBA. Yes the Lakers were the 1st seed but still their best Playoff win is against a young Jokic and Murray Nuggets team who were probably exhausted playing in 2 straight Game 7s coming back down 3-1 twice.
Also, I don't want to hear players saying the environment in the Bubble made it the hardest championship. They were in 5 star hotels in Disney making millions of dollars playing pickup basketball while people outside the Bubble were struggling during the Pandemic. Some people at the wish they could live the luxury during the height of the Pandemic.
Keep in mind: something no one ever talks about anymore:
After the George Floyd and Jacob Blake deaths (R.I.P. 😢), Bucks refused to continue the playoffs and LeBron considered BOYCOTTING the rest of the NBA season to PRESSURE the owner's of all NBA teams to take meaningful political action towards ending police brutality and the disproportionate use of deadly force by cops against Black men and women.
Obama had to intervene and BEG for him to not do it, because it would probably have aggravated the situation even more.
The Clippers needed the rest, Kawhi (whatever reason), and PG (shoulder) were out at the time the league suspended the season. So they were able to get some rest to be able to even play in the bubble. FOH with all those Lakers (really LeBron) haters, talking that asterisk talk and all the Mickey Mouse comments.
Swish!!! I gotta say you always kill it with the background music choices. It’s unique and you always pick songs I feel are underrated
like if youre here before the title gets fixed
If anything the 2021 postseason was fraudulent. The final four teams from the bubble have all made it to the conference championship after the bubble but none of the final four teams from the 2021 postseason haven't even made it past the second round.
Having an asterisk next to your championship is not neccessarily negative. For me, the bubble chip is just about mental toughness over pure basketball. The mentally toughest and most focused teams made the finals that year. It was skill after that.
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You don't have to wonder whether ppl wouls view that chip differently if it had been anybody else. Tom Brady ALSO won his chip with Tampa that same year. And what have you heard from fans regarding that chip? Wow! Tom is unbelievable. Incredible winning another chip. 🥴
I think the damage that the Westbrook trade did to the Lakers is overblown. If AD still hypothetically gets injured in 2022, they're in the same spot they were in in 2021: probably a first round exit with near-0 scoring production off the bench. I guess that's better than missing the playoffs, but their 2023 and 2024 rosters are impossible without the Russ trade because they got Vando and D'lo through moving Russ to Utah. Maybe they would have had a better start to the 2023 season, but it's all hypothetical. LeBron still got injured in 2023 and still missed close to 30 games if I remember correctly in 2022. The only thing the Russ trade unequivocally did was restrict their roster flexibility, but to assume the Russ trade is the issue is to assume that the Lakers would have done better by leaving the roster completely the same (which I disagree with if the goal is to win championships) or they would have made a better deal eventually (which is only hypothetical).
If lebron didn't won that chip and some other superstar they wouldn't say it was a joke.
All that shit about the Clippers being super impacted by the bubble is a bullshit excuse that whole team made up. Shit wasn’t hard when they were up 3-1 and dancing. The Nuggets came back on em tho, and suddenly “we were having a bad time :(“ FOH thats why they the clippers
It was just the Lakers year… Bubble or no Bubble. They were 57-0 in games where they lead going into the 4th. Only team in NBA history to do that. Plus… they also lost HCA in the Bubble and it didn’t hurt them. They were the #1 seed in the West. The only people that downplay the 2020 title are Lebron haters, Laker haters, or both.
LeBron was the one that wanted Russell Westbrook and had a meeting with him and AD at their crib discussing it. Rob Pelinka mistaking accepted LeBron’s request and that slowed down Lakers by a year and half. This was so LeBron could chase for the all time scoring record and use Russ as a scapegoat at the same time. Miami aren’t frauds because they consistently held up their end of the bargain making to 4 ECFs and 2 NBA Finals.
Us LeBron fans been saying this, imo the following 2 years, especially 2021, were the actually fraudulent seasons. The best teams of 2020 were still recovering from injuries that were related to the 2 month offseason