All championships count, but not all rings are created equal

Also counting The 2020 ring as a legit ring is fine. Just also count all of Bill Russell's rings instead of stating he played against lesser competition.

“Poor Davis, celebrated too hard and injured himself” 😂😂😂

Ah yes, the bubble. Where multimillionaire players had “Freedom” written on the back of their jerseys 😂

I think the whole "hardest championship ever" rant from Lebron stems from the fear of not winning another ring ever again. The guy wants his rings to count for two or three.

Steven Adams response was so grounded... military personnel get mre's and spend years from family not making millions

Why do people ignore that Miami wasn't at full health and strength that Finals?

Steve Adams, legend. Hope he has a great comeback season.

People disregard this ring due to the shortened season, no road games, no back to backs and no hostile crowds. It was an exhibition season.

The Lakers proved that they were the best team with everyone fit and healthy. But what does it say that 19/20, with a 4 month break, that was the only season LeBron and AD have stayed healthy throughout?? I think in a normal season, they would have sustained injuries that would have kept them from the chip.

What is really ignored by the media is Anthony Davis led the lakers not lebron he led the team in scoring rebounds blocks and steals and was the best defender and Miami started 3 rookies because everyone got hurt i never hear this in the media

I had my opinions and counter opinions about the bubble. It no doubt changed the landscape mentally. But LeBron trying to make it socalled hardest, making himself the goat, makes the bubble hard to validate

Lakers got a magical 3pt shooting jump after the season resumed check the stats, also we’d see even worse slander if Jimmy, Giannis won their only ring during the bubble

Playoffs are about a series of home and away games. Makes a major difference when 20,000 fans are screaming against you under extreme pressure. Bubble ring simply don't count regardless of the winners

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personally, i believe every single championship counts. the lakers just came out and played who was in front of them and won. simple as that.

The bubble ring is better than no ring for sure. But it ain’t worth much compared to most rings.

Simply put. It was an exhibition

As a Rockets fan. I remember Westbrook was going crazy before the league shut down. He stopped shooting 3s & bossed the paint and mid range. And as soon as the league resumed he went back to his Westbrick worst 🤦🏻‍♂️

5:27 and this is why Aquaman is one of my favorite players.

As always LeBron created troubles for himself by praising himself. He should have just shut up and celebrate his 4th ring instead of calling this chip run "the hardest one" when it wasn't. Bron would have much less haters if was humble and could shut his mouth up when it's needed

Steven Adams was like “This ain’t sh**, I came from a country where they drop bombs so this ain’t sh** to me”

Do you recall the issues going on in Milwaukee when the players refused to play and the TNT team walled out. They threatened to scrap the CBA if players didn't show up.

I tell people imagine if when the season start late October they went right into the playoffs.. that’s the bubble right there. Playoffs should have been canceled

As a long time Lakers fan, being one since 1996, I don't really count this as a championship. What makes it even more disappointing is this is the one that tied them with Boston for the most all time. Like you stated in your video too many factors were different from other NBA playoffs. This just seemed like the NBA had the tournament as a way to recover loss of revenue but at the end of the day it's a business.

I watched it and bro it looked like a bunch of scrimmages. Looked like they were playing pick games most people tuned out right after their team lost. I'd have done the same if the Lakers went out too can't blame them. Should've put in some bubble fans and removed those zoom fans, just kept reminding of the reality that was the pandemic.

Fans don't disrespect this run cuz LeBron won it, I guess It's cuz of circumstances. Fans would disrespect this ring no matter who would win. If Giannis, Jimmy or Jokic won it the entire media and fans to trash them: that's not real ring, u can win it only in the Bubble. Or imagine Curry winning it, everybody would compare it to 2015 run and would call him fake champion

They played at a fucking RESORT. No travel (which absolutely affects certain games), no home-court advantage, no NOTHING. Some teams weren't even INVITED to play. Like you said, a lot of players just didn't see a point in actually showing effort in it, leading to a bunch of randoms dropping 20, 30, 40 point performances. LeBron saying that it's "one of the most difficult rings ever won" just makes me dislike it even more.

In all honesty, I thought they should have started the playoffs right then and there after some practice games to get everyone up to speed or have the season canceled entirely because of how the NBA handled the COVID situation.

"we're living in a bloody resort" now this is my new favrite way to describe it

8 and a half weeks without family, lol we live in different worlds. Thanks Steven Adams.

The most impressive thing about the bubble wasn’t the highlights or the plays, it was how low the viewership was in covid

How you the least watched finals when everyone is isolated at home most likely nothing to do lmao 😂😅. That shit had me cracking up.

That one right there made Commissioner the greatest of all time. He was super, super ecstatic to drop it for KZfaq cuz of the 18 year drought. The first wave of emotion when everybody saw him crying, that was for all 18 yrs of KZfaq.

Just now watching this. I don’t count the bubble ring. I’ve never seen a season start, stop, and then start again with half the teams. That’s why I don’t count it

it’s easily one of the weakest rings of all time- fitting for a fake-king.

As a Lakers' fan, the only reason why people really dismiss the bubble because they talk about it like it's the most difficult championship ever. Every team played under the same & favorable circumstances. First, everyone had 4 months rest. Secondly, none of the teams traveled while inside the bubble & there were no fans. Another interesting tidbit was that arguably a quarter of the players didn't want to be there. It certainly made for an interesting playoffs though.

Had anyone else's team won it they would be cool with it

im a Lakers fan and although i do believe it should count it just doesn't feel like it carries the same weight if that makes sense. to put it in perspective i was happier this past season games 6 of the first and second round when the lakers beat the grizzlies and warriors in the playoffs then i was when they won the championship in 2020

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The bubble had disadvantages, but I think the hate from it mostly stems from LeBron’s haters, salty Clippers, Bucks, Celtics fans or what have you who never saw their team win that season. COVID or not, I think the majority of things that happened would’ve happen regardless. The Lakers were the number 1 seed, so they were projecting to at least make it to the finals anyways. The Clippers have a horrible history choking, so that would’ve happened too. The other usual suspects at the time, the 76ers, Celtics, Jazz and the Rockets were gonna choke at some point too. The Heat broke out that season and they’ve proven themselves later on that even without the bubble, they can get themselves to the finals. A lotta criticisms of the bubble I think is ppl are using “what-if” scenarios and taking it to heart when it comes to it.

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They were making it seem like they were shipped off to a desert island to play basketball and couldn’t see their families

Lakers deserved to win that bubble championship, but it helps to back up that so ppl don't say it's a fluke, but LA had 6 missed postseasons before this, another after and a 1st Rd exit. Ppl diminish the bubble for many reasons but I do because of this.

Yeah like you said it was a fkn resort man. Most players didn't really wanna play. And the ones who were thinking, like LeBron, saw an easy chip. I don't think LeBron had an issue with the bubble at all. I bet before it started he was rubbing his hands together in a dark closet saying "oh yeah. My will is stronger than everyone playing in this bubble. So I'm going to act like everyone else and complain when really I'm plotting on they soul and another ring😈😈😈😈😈"......😂😂😂😂😂😂 Another reason I can't stand LeBron 😂

The bubble felt like the summer league game. Players had the audacity to actually say it was the hardest ring to win. Imagine that saying something was the most difficult because of circumstance instead of competition.

You wrong. If any other team won it would be the same. This was pushed so he can win a ring.

As A U.S. NAVY Vet, I went on 5 six month deployments. THAT was hard, so to hear LeChina talk about not having his Chef only gives me one more reason to not count this championship.

You can win a championship in a different planet a ring is a ring no matter where it took place.

its disrespectful to everyone whos have had to go on the road to win a tough road game with the bullshit ref calls and the croud noise, and the travel and the time changes and turn around and say its the same as all the other rings.

I respect what others gotta say, but as a Lakers fan that shit counts, idc.

The issue with Jxmmy Highroller’s take is because he only looks at the weakness of Miami but Lebron was talking about the ENTIRETY OF THE BUBBLE, the entire playoffs and not just that one finals series.

It's the Mickey Mouse ring. and in the humble words of Forrest Gump, "that's about all I have to say about that"

8:48 “raise their kids” literally. 😂 This video was in my recommendeds and I have no idea why. I didn’t even understand the title! I don’t follow basketball but I really enjoyed your video! You considered more than one point of view, and your editing is clever! Thank you for educating and entertaining me! 🙏😁

We didn't watch the finals because we were so thoroughly disgusted by being lectured/talked down to by the "god like" millionaires

I HATE THE LAKERS. But to just say that the ring doesn't count is ridiculous. And tbh, even though it sucked that there were zero crowds, I gotta say that it was some of the most exciting games and plays that I had ever seen. It was really fun to watch

The pizza rolls skit had me rolling

To be fair I didn’t even know that the nba resumed until I saw Jimmy butler memes tired and that the lakers won

I will be honest, I didn't watch the bubble season. It was a dark time in my life, my shoe-shiner contracted Covid and I was forced to wear dull shoes. I had no time to watch the NBA as I was crying over my dull shoes. Tough times.

Wait a sec, two things: - so... the RAPTORS had it every bit as good as the Heat, eh? Were the Lakers or Heat not able to play a single playoff or tourney game in their home country, also? Were they defending their title that year, too? - LeBron found '20 so difficult because _nobody cared to watch him.... it starved his hangry ego.

The only reason people hate on the bubble is LeBron James ... justifiably so. Because if he had just accepted it as another championship, no one would have minded, but for some STUPID REASON he went on like how the 2020 Bubble Playoffs were some kind of warzone and he was lucky to be alive; like no one could have comprehended being in his situation. I think even a couple of his peers called him out, too: "Dude, it's a RESORT", but James doubled down. It was the most tone deaf marketing I heard from James since he called himself the Greatest Of All Time on his own show. Man is smug.

"It's all good mate. It's not Syria... We're living in a resort." Steven Adams lmao

Bro you forgot the whole lemon pepper wing and lou Williams breaking protocol.

2 things to say about bubble: basketballwise, and politicowise basketballwise: suspect at times, and no fans i the stands was disheartening, but there were some legitimately entertaining series. Nuggets coming back from two 3-1 deficits and clippers hucksters on TV losing their **** after the collapse was great, we had bubble murray vs. bubble mitchel, bam adebayo looking like young dwight howard... and lakers deserved it. AD legitimately cooked (has never played that well against jokic again), and they were a well-built defensive team with the potential for more chips (which they utterly destroyed in the westbrick trade, which itself was comedy gold... KCP rubbing that second ring in all their faces by now) politicowise: i mean top comment kind of says it: multimillionaires wearing 'freedom' and equality' on their jerseys and pasting the names of real people who got killed by the police on their signature shoes made in an asian sweatshop by some 8 year old kid... like, kind of a kaepernick situation: lot of players hearts' was at least partly in the right place , a lot of them remember at least a little what it's like to grow up poor and black in america (at least when they're not complaining about the lack of a private chef...) but then it just boils down to another big nike ad (if we're being kind). i'd call it something more like war profiteering it was also a real 'panem et circensis' moment for the bigwigs, and not just the NBA execs: as in 'we need a circus show to distract the starving masses from the fact that they're starving'. like, i think at one point the players association pitched the idea of just not playing as a kind of 'protest' after minneapolis (again, multimillionaire going on strike doesn't quite have the same ring to it as that 8-year old asian kid doing it), but, jokes aside, i heard this kind of got serious: didn't obama himself have to call them up at one point to tell them 'put on your equality shorts and keep dancing b*****?' barry and comish kind of reminded me of the fat alien from space jam with that move... you know, the one voiced by danny devito?

The NBA bubble is a business at the end of the day. Everyone had a fair chance to get a ring, if it was a small market, people would complain. Big markets, lots would complain, the point is, it was a fair tournament, the Lakers just faced what the competition was in front of them, and they won. Simple as that.

8:42 you are my only source for professional sports sports

Even if you do count it it’s still the most easiest ring of all time no fans no traveling no home-court advantage not to mention they already travel and stay in hotels half of the season so it’s not like there’s something uncommon occurring they go on road trips for at least 2 to 3 weeks so an extended road trip is basically all it was

The last clip genuinely made me smile 😂😂

I consider it legit, but LeBron has to shut his mouth about it already...

I did not know summer league rings were a thing. Geez we really are a participation trophy generation.

Before the shutdown, I think Raps were also 2nd in the east, post-Kawhi. Siakam and Lowry were All-Stars and Nurse was coaching. At some after the ASG and before shutdown (Last game was Raptors-Jazz), Siakam injured his shoulder and played like ass in the Bubble, and Toronto still took Boston to 7 and almost won that series after sweeping the Nets. People don't respect their championship either, but they were hooping until the pandemic and still had a decent playoff run defending their title.

that clip with steven adams man…🤣 bron always makes it so hard to root for him

The 13th anniversary of The Bubble

It's the same in soccer/football. Most fans in Europe don't consider the bubble championship Liverpool won in the Premier League as a legitimate trophy, so Liverpool fans are often mocked for it. And guess what? LeBron is a minority owner of Liverpool.

The "chef" part made me feel envious (of the wealthy in general) as well as laugh out in exasperation at how nonchalant he delivered that line. God damn are we poor or what?

It counts but I don’t think it’s wrong to put a footnote/asterisk next to it to show that it’s a season under extraordinary circumstances

The infection rate was not impressive. I worked outside, clearing up homeless encampments, and didn't get Covid. I also didn't get it despite being around my mom who tested positive after a week of being sick and me thinking she just had a cold.

3:11 I think you mean hypotheticals but yes, another great video!

You just know Laker fans would’ve been the first ones to point out it’s a Mickey Mouse ring if it was a rival team that won it

Everyone hate because there team didn't win it especially since the clippers choked and didn't make the Wcf

"We're living in a bloody resort" lol. lebron doing so much with that 2020 was a difficult championship shit. Like bro you dont have to defend yourself so much you are multiple time champion

In my opinion an NBA championship is an NBA championsip (wanted to write a ring is a ring but the NBA started giving them for the Cucumber's Cup), they still needed to win it themselves even if the rivals didn't put in their full effort the winning team is not to blame, obviously some rings are easier than others but I think they still hold the same value, only reason to not count a championship is if they doped or cheated their way to it.

the reason why i don't acknowledge that lakers' ring, is cause it was way too obvious the finals were rigged just because kobe died. i noticed that the lakers were getting free fouls almost every second, and the refs weren't giving the heat the same amount of fouls the lakers were getting. the bucks were hot that season, and it still doesn't make sense how they didn't get to the finals

I am still waiting to see Lebron make a bucket without (1) traveling, or (2) committing an offensive foul.

I dismiss bubble because conditions are not the same. Your regular season doesnt even matter because you have no home-court advantage, no fans, some of the players didnt wanted to show up, some didnt wanted to try or where affected by conditions etc. Its not the same as other seasons. LeBron had an easier time, had 4 months to relax, then be all fit and healthy and watch AD(real MVP btw) carrying him there. And then talk how he won it in most difficult way even though he had most easiest time. I mean, as an avid fan of football(European, not American handegg) you can say that for CL who was played on neutral court after 1/8 Finals. Instead of 2 games(one at home and one away), they had 1 game at neutral court in Portugal. But nobody dismisses Bayern Munich because they stomped their 1/8 Finals opponents, in 1/4 they dismantled one of the best teams in Europe with Messi there 8-2(for football that is an insane score) and Finals in CL was always played 1 game at neutral court. So, nobody can doubt who was the best team out there that year. For Lakers you can doubt. Would they have won it if it was no 4 months rest? They would have home court advantage but would they have won it if they had to travel? Had fans there? Maybe. But that conditions would forever leave doubt there.

8weeks 8 weeks imagine being in a 8 month deployment on a floating tin can 😭

Lemme tell you something, I watched every single Lakers game the 19-20 season. Here are the facts and I dare anyone to argue them. Before the season shutdown the Lakers were on pace to win at least 55+ games. They were the #1 seed in the west and started the season off hot. Lebron was having an MVP caliber year, AD was playing his best basketball and the Lakers had a top 3-5 defense. A week before the season shutdown, the Lakers beat the Bucks and Clippers in back to back games whom were all having great seasons as well btw. The Lakers coming into the season were already the favorites to win the title. Fast forward to the bubble and you have a team that did EXACTLY what it was supposed to do against competition under the same circumstances as them. The fact of the matter is that people will clown this ring because it's Lebron. I guarantee had it been anybody else yall would've stayed quiet.

I see it as: the lakers were one of the best teams before The Bubble, all the teams in the bubble played under the same conditions, (more fair than normal NBA playing conditions,) and the best team, (that most who watched that season knew all year was the best team,) won the chip. What is the surprise about that? Halfway through the season, it was somewhat obvious that the Lakers looked like the best team in the league and would beat any team that would come out of the east (barring injury.) The reason that the finals sucked is that the Heat got to the finals in unlikely, although possible, fashion and were the clear underdog vs the Lakers. So the Lakers got hate for beating an inferior team. Same deal with the Warriors and Celtics in 2022 and the Nuggets and the Heat in 2023. We all knew who would win those series.

Looking at that as a real championship is joke. If Jokic and the Nuggets would have somehow won it, the narrative would have shifted. The championship was set up for the Lakers especially after Kobe's passing. They did not experience any of the playoff atmosphere that one gets. The biggest problem though is that in the subsequent seasons, the Lakers were first rounded and missed the playoffs and any and everything that happens in a normal NBA season occured. This season they beat two teams which were dysfunctional and the moment they faced a good one, they got swept. Not even a 6 game series. The story of LeBron's career, who we are supposed to believe to be the best in the world, is that when he wins, so much things must go wrong for his opponent but when he loses, it is the cleanest loss ever, no contest. Now if he had gone to the Finals in 2021 or the WCF and put on a good show, then maybe people would take it seriously.

People hate because their team didn't win and it's a reason to discredit LeBron. That's basically it

I didn't even watch NBA until the 2019-2020 season. The bubble was my first playoffs I followed 💀💀💀

100% agree regarding the organisation and logistics and management of the bubble. You voiced my words. I couldn't help thinking at the time, ooh f&CK, Adam Silver you're going to be popular, you weren't supposed to demonstrate how efficient and professional we actually can be, nobody is supposed to know that we are capable and can with drama and excuses get shit relatively easily. Jeez Adam, you really f&cked us all on that one, now people are going to expect government and civil services to operate as effectively. (Thankfully, people somehow managed to forget about that side of things or didn't notice. So it didn't catch on. - the curse of being to good - no one realised there was no drama - I guess that's what makes it forgettable), I love that the Lakers won, I love it that Dwight Howard, and JaVale McGee got their rings. The youngsters Kuzma and Schroeder, did their bit well and Im glad they won a ring. I love the fact that Gianni's younger brother Kostas was also part of this team, which means he was an NBA Champion before his brother.. But the story I love the most is the one, where a player was brought up from the G-league, came off the bench in the regular season, to be in the starting lineup in the final championship game, he is all heart, does everything asked of him, and more, especially at crucial times, He is a coach's dream player from the point of being a hard worker, eager to learn, a great team player, great attitude, delivers every time, gutsy, underrated, underestimated,, humble and loves the game. Started the season in the G-league & ended it a NBA Champion, and has a ring., just for this player alone I'm thrilled the Lakers won, (the rest are the cherries on top). And let us not forget Luca, it may only have been 7 games, but goddamn he made them exciting and great basketball to watch.

Bubble TJ warren hit diffrent , just had to be there

Ive been saying all along the bubble championship was fraudulent. LJ is far too lazy and incompetent to actually lead a team to a championship. He's no different the KD. LJ can only win is when he stacks players in his favor. He makes excuses when the lakers did make the playoffs at one point and when they did make they were exited quickly. Last season they were swept by D Denver again excuses. Yes i do agree hes a remarkable talent but an MJ nor Kobe, Magic, Bird hes not a will never be.

A ring is a ring. Lakers won fair and square but to say its the hardest battle for a ring in league history 🤦‍♂️

The lakers had to play under the same conditions as every other team. They had to deal with all the things their opponents did, no reason to not count it

Well I don't count the bubble ring, just like I don't count the Spurs ring when they had the shortened season.

The bubble is hands down the lowest viewed finals 😂😂

I’m a Lakers fan and I count it the least of all our rings. Like from an objective standpoint the four month gap benefited the Lakers more than any other team because of personnel. I think it was a hard fought ring and we won fair and square but it’s a lot of factors that just give me a sour face about it.

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