What will the legacy of The Bubble be?

[Hersh]

the hardest chip in history...

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

How the fukk is the only nba season played in a bubble not remembered?

some of y’all dudes need help

They move the goal posts and change the narrative every day.

Lebron and the Lakers were gonna spare everyone and voted to cancel the season, but people cried thinking it would be easy. Yet here we are.

 

[Cladyclad]

Winning without homecourt is certainly impressive, in a vacuum, but I certainly wouldn't say that's heavier to where it outweighs the Lakers' run of opponents. At the end of the day, a championship is a championship, and whatever course it took to get there shouldn't be minimized, but with that said, let's not act like they had to go through hellfire to win this season; they had an extremely fortunate run where they never played a team who was even remotely in the same state of health or had similar talent.

Regardless of it being difficult or not - the league is a fraternity, so of course, the overwhelming majority of players will say it's difficult, if only for the fact they don't want to be seen as that hating ass nxgga who goes against their peers. They're not going to say some shyt that will fukk their money and future career options up.

How is any player saying the bubble is easy gonna to affect their money? Lol

this is nothing like any of these dudes experienced.

 

[FreedMind]

i want to hear what players who played in it have to say over some dumb fukking weirdo coli posters with agendas.

Vulgar.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

How is any player saying the bubble is easy gonna to affect their money? Lol

this is nothing like any of these dudes experienced.

We're at the highest decree of team building, where players have more governance over where they play and who they play alongside in NBA history (particularly as it concerns stars), so you best believe that the perception of a player dictates the opportunities they get. You're not going to be perceived fondly by your peers if you're a hating ass nxgga that goes against the scope of the league.

 

[Kimo_bud]

The pressure wasn’t there as there were no fans. U playin in a gym. Not in front of 20000 fans. Salute to the lakers the greatest franchise but Lebron shouldn’t be gettin all the credit as he is known to choke in the usual settings.

 

[Mars]

"Longest season" is a half-truth.

They only played 60-odd games; had a 3-4 month break; played eight games (most of which weren't competitive due to teams adjusting and the playoff picture already decided), and then went straight into the playoffs. A lot less physical strain than having to play 82-games and then straight into the postseason.

A lot of what he's saying is a generic dramatization of what actually happened.

A team like Miami benefitted from playing in the Bubble conditions as there was a lesser likelihood they beat Bucks having to travel to Milwaukee and taking 2-3 games off them on their home floor (no other team in the league benefitted from home-court quite as the Bucks did), as well as taking 2-3 games off the Celtics on their home floor. A team like the Lakers benefitted from having a 3-4 month break with their aging roster; not having to endure the war of attrition that comes with a full regular season and then straight into the playoffs. On top of the fact they had arguably the easiest run of opponents they could've had (missing out on playing the Clippers and Bucks, who were their biggest threats), and they didn't have to come up against another superstar, like Steph or KD, which have literally been the only obstacles to Bron over the last half a decade.

I agree that the higher-seeded teams had to overcome not having a real home-court advantage....However, the Lakers were in the same position being the #1 seed in the West. LA lost the opening round games to Portland and Houston, but they overcame it like the champions they are.

I don't believe the 3-4 month layoff benefited the Lakers at all...They were playing their best basketball of the season coming off wins over the Bucks & Clippers, both statement games by Lebron...LA was peaking at the right moment......If anything, playing in the bubble made a veteran team like the Lakers more vulnerable due to the dense schedule (playing every other day)...AD had no time to rest his nagging injuries....Coach Vogel had to manage Lebron's minutes...Lebron played more than 40 minutes in only 4 out of 21 playoff games. That benefits the opposition, especially younger teams like Portland, Denver, and Miami.....Had this been a normal regular season Lebron/AD would've played more minutes during the playoffs/finals.

Steph and KD are no longer on the same team. So that obstacle no longer exists...Sure LA didn't have to face Giannis and Leonard, but that's their fault for not stepping up during the playoffs...Giannis has a history of coming up short during the playoffs.

 

[L&HH]

If the bubble was such an easy road to the Finals why didn't the Clippers make it out the second round? Why didn't the back to back MVP on a 60+ win team make it out the second round? (hell they look like they played better when he was hurt) Why did Houston have to scratch and claw for 7 games to beat an old ass Chris Paul led OKC team? Why did the Clippers need 6 games to beat a Mavs team that Porzingis got hurt in and ejected from a game from?

 

[NYC Rebel]

Why do folks play this pretend to speak for 10 years from now game?

 

[Reggie]

This will be remembered as the year of Kobe passing unfortunately but also the year of the Lakers finally getting back to champion status after a decade of being irrelevant. Bron gets his due i hope for leading another franchise to a title and this will be known as the year that even coronavirus couldn't stop the leagues from starting or finishing their seasons.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

100% legit.

Ask any player/coach whether the bubble made things easier. It's only people outside the bubble who seem to think they're having fun at Disneyworld and playing ball on the side.

 

[knickscrusaderm]

At the end of the day, a championship is a championship, and whatever course it took to get there shouldn't be minimized, but with that said, let's not act like they had to go through hellfire to win this season; they had an extremely fortunate run where they never played a team who was even remotely in the same state of health or had similar talent.

With this logic are we invalidating the Warriors 2015 ring? Every starting PG they faced was injured and in the finals their oppositions 2 all star players were injured.

 

[mbewane]

Job very well done by everyone involved. It was taken for granted after a couple weeks but there was no virus outbreak, and really nothing except isolated incidents to report, everything ran smoothly mostly and the biggest proof of that is that everybody just focused on the games. NBA set up what they had to set up and most players delivered on the court. I had my doubts before the bubble but the organizational skills and the professionalism of damn near everyone involved made this whole experiment in an unprecedented environment a resounding success.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

With this logic are we invalidating the Warriors 2015 ring? Every starting PG they faced was injured and in the finals their oppositions 2 all star players were injured.

How the hell are you trying to spin this around to the validity of the Warriors 2015 championship, when that was quite literally the biggest talking point of that postseason run, and yet that logic isn't applied to the Lakers 2020 championship? Especially considering you were one of the biggest proponents of that narrative.

And point to where exactly I said or insinuated that I'm invalidating the Lakers championship?

 

[Family Lives Matter]

6th hardest championship ever behind Kobe's