The Los Angeles Lakers have faced plenty of criticism for their 2020 NBA Championship, mostly coming from LeBron Jamesâ haters. Theyâre perhaps the only team that gets blamed for winning.
Some fans donât believe the bubble championship should count, and theyâve constantly discredited it for some of the performances weâve seen. T.J. Warren looked like the second coming of Michael Jordan, for crying out loud.
Whatever the case, they still were the best team in the bubble, and they proved it by beating every rival they faced en route to that ring. Thatâs why Damian Lillard believes it was actually a tougher ring to win because everybody was so locked in.
Damian Lillard Disagrees With Bubble Ring Criticism
âI felt like that was the best version of me to that point, so I donât understand what people mean,â Lillard said. âI feel like that was hard to win because people were fresh. You got people talking about mental health, we stuck on a resort, I didnât deal with all that. Based on how my body felt, we will never see a more fresh version of the opposition than we did at the time. (âŠ) Why doesnât it count? Nobody else won it. Everybody had the same opportunity. Why didnât they win it?â
Some NBA players reportedly struggled with solitude and mental health issues in the bubble, but others made the most of their time in a luxury resort and were in the best shape of their careers.
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At the end of the day, itâs all about beating whoeverâs in front of you, regardless of the conditions, and itâs not like the Lakers had an edge over their rivals of any sort.
