The Los Angeles Lakers have faced plenty of criticism for their 2020 NBA Championship, mostly coming from LeBron Jamesā haters. Theyāre perhaps the only team that gets blamed for winning.
Some fans donāt believe the bubble championship should count, and theyāve constantly discredited it for some of the performances weāve 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. Thatās 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
āI felt like that was the best version of me to that point, so I donāt understand what people mean,ā Lillard said. āI feel like that was hard to win because people were fresh. You got people talking about mental health, we stuck on a resort, I didnāt 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. (ā¦) Why doesnāt it count? Nobody else won it. Everybody had the same opportunity. Why didnāt they win it?ā
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, itās all about beating whoeverās in front of you, regardless of the conditions, and itās not like the Lakers had an edge over their rivals of any sort.
